Ravi Shastri has rubbished a news agency report that quoted an unnamed BCCI official as saying that a member of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) told the Indian cricket team's head coach that the people should judge whether this is India's best travelling team in the last 15 years. Shastri made the 'best in 15 years' comment after India lost the fourth Test against England at Southampton.

India had a chance of evening out the scoreline in Southampton since they won the third Test at Trent Bridge. In the end, England won the Pataudi Trophy at the Oval 4-1.