A host of former Indian players, including Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, are in favour of the country taking part in the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in the United Kingdom next month.
India go back to the drawing board after Pope cracks spin code.
The Indian captain said it is difficult to match somebody of Brian Lara's quality.
'We've had an opportunity to connect as the group, we have had a chance to do some fitness, we have had some fielding done on the side, lot of skills with the bat and ball.'
The most recent 1-4 series loss in England was India's third in a row with batsmen letting the team down innings after innings.
Rohit Sharma's triumphant team will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11 am at his residence before flying to Mumbai, where a road show and felicitation function is scheduled at the Wankhede stadium.
India's captain said the team got its act together after losing the Test series.
'So, I mean, look, I know Dhoni quite well and I hope he hasn't changed, but I know Dhoni is probably not one to look at reams of data and statistics.'
The Indian captain said his team struggled to get used to the conditions in the Caribbean
India's captain said the hype over the speedster's brief loss of form is only because of the high expectations following the success he has achieved.
BCCI said it would seek an explanation from Rahul Dravid for his outburst against the team manager Chetan Desai.
'Fan wars should never go this ugly a route. One should remember which country these players represent -- our country. So, then what warrants a cricketer getting booed?'
India's captain said the 4-0 lead in the series against England offers the opportunity to try out the younger boys in the team.
London Spirit is the Lord's based team participating in England's domestic cricket tournament, The Hundred.
Rahul Dravid has no qualms conceding that he wouldn't have survived international cricket of today by batting at the pace he did at his prime but neither does he believe that defensive technique will become redundant even though the "value is decreasing". Dravid said the likes of Virat kohli and Rohit Sharma "have blown the ODI paradigm to an all new level" but someone like Cheteshwar Pujara will also always be needed in Test cricket. As for himself, he doesn't mind being called defensive as he always wanted to be a Test player.
"History shows that over four and half runs on the final day has never been done," explained Dravid.
The Indian captain said the top order batsmen let the team down in the second Test against South Africa.
The Gautam Gambhir-led Indian team management has an opportunity to decide who among KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be India's long-term first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in ODIs
Indian captain Rahul Dravid promised the team would be bounce back to win the last two ODIs in the West Indies
India's captain is hoping his 100th Test in Mumbai will produce entertaining cricket and bring the team success.
India's captain said the team's showing in the second ODI against Sri Lanka was 'exceptional'.
Rahul Dravid, who sustained a jaw injury during the Bangladesh series, has been advised by his doctors to stay away from active sports for the next 15 days. The ace batsman, who had to prematurely retire from the just-concluded Test series which India won 2-0, underwent surgery on his jaw at the Manipal hospital in Bangalore on Friday.
