New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan said: "We haven’t had any approach from John and certainly we’ve had no word from India with regard to this.
"We’ve read the media stories and I suppose there is that historical link between Sourav Ganguly and John Wright. It’s more innuendo than anything else."
"It’s a different kettle of fish," Vaughan said. "We have an employment relationship with John which is great. He adds a lot to New Zealand cricket.
"But if you look at the broader sense there are international coaches around the world who coach in the IPL who learn new things and bring those back to their countries.
"We’ve seen the absolute surfeit of Australian coaches who are currently coaching in the IPL and you could argue it’s been a positive thing for Australian cricket in general.
"Whilst we certainly get a lot of value out of John and he is a great contributor to New Zealand cricket, our eyes aren’t blinkered to the fact that some form of New Zealand presence…in the IPL would not be a bad thing."
He explained: "We’ve got some issues in that Australia can only arrive in NZ very late, far later than the Indians arrived last year.
"Also, the Australians aren’t willing to play three consecutive Test matches like the Indians did last year. They have certain regulations around player rest.
"We’re still trying to figure it out. We would dearly love to have a three-Test series against Australia but we do know that playing a lot of cricket in April just isn’t really a viable prospect with the autumn weather in New Zealand."