India captain Rohit Sharma says he will not “overreact” after the embarrassing series loss to New Zealand but stressed the need to have “a calm conversation with certain people” to discuss the way forward. India lost the second Test by 113 runs after failing to chase a lofty target of 359 runs. This was India's first consecutive home defeat in 12 years, having suffered a 2-1 defeat in four games against England in 2012-13.

Meanwhile, India won 18 consecutive home series.

“You don’t have to overreact. But you have to have a calm conversation with certain people and let them know where they stand and what we as a team expect from them,” Rohit said in the post-match press conference.

As he headed home, reality may have been at the top of his agenda, but Rohit didn't want to make a spectacle of it.

“I don't think you have to make them have one-on-ones in a team room, go through their innings and tell them that's what you should do. I don't think this is the right forum to do that.

“Just because we lost a series, I don’t think we have to talk or do anything differently. But yes, we have to find ways to get out of these situations,” Rohit said.

Rohit said he trusts his teammates who have won India so many games.

“I don’t doubt anyone’s abilities. I won't do much postmortem on it but the batsmen have to come with their plans and have faith in the plans as the New Zealand batsmen have shown.” Some of the seniors in the side like batting star Virat Kohli, senior spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, played a minor role in this series, which India lost 0-2.

Apart from the experienced triumvirate, even skipper Rohit has failed to fire in the ongoing series as his last four innings read: 2, 52, 0 and 8.

The Mumbaikar understands that such a measured approach is the need of the hour as India head to Australia for a five-match Test series next month.

“We don’t want to play cricket like that. But again, the important thing is that we (the current seniors) only played five or six test matches, all we wanted was the support of the team, the captain, the coach and the management.

“I’m going to try that with a lot of guys who haven’t been to Australia or played their first or second Test match. So clear messages that keep them nice and calm and make them feel like they belong.” “That's our responsibility,” he explained.

Adding to this, Rohit said he doesn't want an atmosphere in the team where players start doubting their abilities.

“Of course it (series defeat) is important to pay attention to. But don’t react so much if the guys on the team feel like something else is happening.”

“I don’t want to create an environment where people start doubting themselves and putting unnecessary pressure on them,” he said.

As a general request, Rohit asked everyone to focus on the good things instead of focusing on a strange slip-up.

“Look at the number of games we have won in India. I think I just saw on TV that we won 42 of the 54 Test matches. That's almost 80% of the test matches we won. So there is.” More good things have happened than bad things. So why look at so many bad things? We had a great run for a good 12 years, which meant we did a lot of good during those periods,” he said.

The captain also fielded a strong defense with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja whose lack of control came under scrutiny while Mitchell Santner thrived.

“They are expected to run through teams and win games for us. I don't think that's fair, it's our collective responsibility to win. Both have played so much and made such big contributions across 18 series, these two have played a big part in that.

“We are talking about someone with 500 and 300 wickets and he has won Tests for us. It's very difficult to put expectations on him. It can happen, and this is the time others need to improve.”

“It is the collective batting unit that needs to come together. The same applies to the bowling unit,” he said goodbye.