'That's absolutely rubbish. You want to..." - Rohit Sharma hits back at Ravi Shastri on latter's 'overconfident' remarks for Team India after Indore Test loss

It seems like skipper Rohit Sharma is literally not in the mood to let outside noises within the team and the team management. The captain lashed out at the former head coach and current commentator, Ravi Shastri for the latter’s remarks on the Indian team after defeat in the Indore Test against Australia.

Shastri went on to term the Indian team ‘overconfident’ while talking during his commentary stint with the official broadcasters of the series.

"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,"  said Shastri during commentary.

"I think it was a combination of all these things when you actually cast your mind back to the first innings, see some of the shots played, see some of the over-eagerness to try and dominate in these conditions. You reflect back, take a step back or two to analyze,” he added later.

Although these comments from the former head coach didn’t go down well with the current Indian skipper Rohit Sharma. Subsequently, Rohit opted to hit back at Ravi Shastri during the pre-match press conference ahead of the fourth and last of the four-match Test series against Australia.

"When you win two games, if the people outside are feeling we are overconfident, that's absolutely rubbish. You want to do your best in all the games. You don't want to stop by winning just two matches,” said Rohit in the pre-match press conference.

"When they are not part of the dressing room, they don't know what sort of conversations happen"

Later on, Rohit also talked categorically about being called overconfident by Ravi Shastri. Apart from that, he also differentiated the things within and outside the dressing room.

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