Rohit Sharma has a strong reaction to Ravi Shastri's 'complacency' remark, rubbishes claim

Ahead of start of fourth and final Test between India and Australia, Rohit Sharma made his scheduled appearance in front of media. India captain addressed various topics in presser and cut a confident figure before match. While Sharma was calm and composed throughout, one instance brought a strong reaction out of him.

After end of third Test, which India lost by 9 wickets, former coach of India, Ravi Shastri, who was behind mic at point when India lost, stated that team India became a victim of complacency.

"This is what a little complacency, a little bit of overconfidence can do. When you take things for granted, you drop guard and this game will bring you down," Shastri said in commentary after Australia beat India on third morning of Test match.

Rohit Sharma gives strong reaction to Ravi Shastri's comments

When aforementioned comments were highlighted in presser, Rohit Sharma said, "When you win two games, if people outside are feeling we are overconfident, that's absolutely rubbish. You want to do your best in all games. You don't want to stop by winning just two matches," Rohit said on eve of Test match.

In fact, India captain did t shy away from taking Shastri's name and dismissed opinion of people 'outside' dressing room.

"All se guys, when y talk about being overconfident, especially when y are t part of dressing room, y don't kw what sort of conversations happen. Ruthless is word that comes to my mind, we don't want to give any inch to opposition. Oppositions never let you come into series when you tour abroad. We want to do that. If it seems overconfident to people outside n we can't do anything. Ravi himself has been a part of this dressing room, he kws what conversations we have, what mindset we have. So yeah. it's about being ruthless, t being overconfident," he added.

Rohit talked about Indore Test loss and touted India's failure with bat as reason behind loss. 

"We didn't bat well eugh in last Test, that's why we didn't win. t having eugh runs on game is probably what cost us game. Toss is t a factor at all in this series. You've got to trust your skills

"Leave conditions aside, every Test match you play, you've got to find ways to score runs, that is talk within group. How much is pitch turning, how conditions are we are trying to keep those thoughts away. We have to find our way to score runs on whatever pitches we get. You can't change a lot of things in three weeks, so you just need to adapt and change your mindset keeping your batting approach in mind. More than skills, it's how you mentally want to tackle opposition bowlers," Rohit said.