Sports Desk: Just a few days ago, New Zealand lost to Sri Lanka by an innings. New Zealand whitewashed India 3-0 on their own soil.

Rohit

This unprecedented defeat came as a huge blow as India dream of a third ICC Test Championship final. After the match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma frankly admitted that such a defeat was difficult to digest.

Even a loss is difficult for Rohit to accept. There are three losses in a row at home. Rohit admits his team did not play to their potential.

He said, 'Losing a series or losing a match is never easy. It's been something that's hard to digest. We didn't play our best cricket. New Zealand played better than us throughout the series. We made many mistakes. I scored less runs in the first innings in the first two Tests. This time I got a lead of 28 runs, the target was also chasing. We failed as a whole team.'

Chasing 47 runs, Rohit was playing in ODI mood. The team loses as soon as he departs. Then could not turn around. In the end, the margin of defeat was only 25 runs. Rohit told why he was in a hurry even with 3 days in hand, 'When you chase such a target, you want to run as fast as possible.

That's what I had in mind too. But it didn't work. If it doesn't work, it seems that the plan was not good. Not many such plans have come to fruition in this series. We could not play our best in this condition and we had to pay the price.'

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Calling this series unfortunate, Rohit also admitted his failure as a captain. He said, 'It is an unfortunate series. I could not give my best as a captain, not even with the bat. Failed to perform as a whole unit.'