If Ravi thinks we were overconfident, that’s rubbish: Rohit on former head coach’s assertion on India’s loss

India’s former head coach Ravi Shastri’s assertion that the lads in blue misplaced within the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar resulting from “overconfidence” has been termed “rubbish” by captain Rohit Sharma.In the Indore Test, India suffered an embarrassing loss by 9 wickets. According to Shastri, the lads within the blue paid value for “complacency and overconfidence” and were over-eager to dominate the Australian bowlers. 

“This is what a little complacency, a little bit of overconfidence can do where you take things for granted, you drop guard and this game will bring you down,” Shastri had mentioned.

Asked about his ex-head coach’s evaluation on the third Test, Rohit sounded very agency.

“Honestly, when you win two games and people on the outside feel that we are overconfident, it’s absolutely rubbish because you want to do your best in all four games,” Rohit mentioned.

“You don’t want to stop by winning two games. It is as simple as that. Obviously, all these guys, when they talk about being overconfident and all and especially when they are not part of the dressing room, they do not know what sort of talk happens in the dressing room,” Rohit mentioned.

“We want to do best in all games and if it seems overconfident, or anything like that for outsiders, it doesn’t really matter to us,” he added.

Maybe Rohit was a bit cross with the truth that Shastri is aware of how the system works and will have been a bit extra empathetic in his selection of phrases.

“Because Ravi has been himself in this dressing room and he knows what sort of mindset we have when we play,” Rohit mentioned.

 
The Indian skipper mentioned that it’s about being ruthless.

“So yeah, it is about being ruthless and never being overconfident. Ruthless is the phrase that comes to each cricketer’s thoughts, to not give an inch to the opposition when they’re touring overseas.

“We have also experienced that when we have toured outside, the opposition will never let you come into the game or series, and that is the mindset we have as well,” he added.

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