'If you win at home, not a lot is spoken about': Skipper Rohit Sharma

India captain Rohit Sharma Monday rued the lack of adequate recognition for a Test series win at home and the critics tendency to go after the team with all their might in the event of a defeatRohit emphasised the importance of a Test series win regardless of the venue opposition or conditions his observation coming after the hosts flattened a trendsetting England team for a 17th consecutive series win at homeHome and away you can differentiate between the two but if you win at home not a lot is spoken about its like oh no India are supposed to win at home Rohit said at the postmatch press conferenceIf you dont then I know what happens as well but yeah like you said clearly every series win whichever team you play against whenever you play Test series win is a Test series no matter the conditions or the country you play in he addedIndia beat England by five wickets on the fourth day of the IND vs ENG 4th Test to claim an unassailable 31 lead in the fivematch rubberBasking in the glory of yet another series win at home Rohit though was not sure if this would make up for the heartbreaking defeat in the ODI World Cup final to Australia after a glorious runIts gruelling Playing a fivematch series is not easy Thats what Test cricket is all about You find your way keep fighting whatever contest you are in with the bat or the ball you have to do that consistently over a period of may be five to seven weeks So its quite pleasing But again I dont want to compare the World Cup and this series win because both are different formats But I am quite pleased with this result he saidWith the series in pocket India may extend pace ace Jasprit Bumrahs breakI have no idea We have not sat down and discussed the India skipper said of his lead pacer who was rested for the fourth Test in line with the teams workload managementRohit praised youngsters such as Yashasvi Jaiswal Dhruv Jurel Sarfaraz Khan and Akash Deep for displaying grit and unflappable temperament at the highest levelThese guys have come in have done the job perfectly they have taken the responsibility perfectly and I mean you can take a lot of pride from performances like this with inexperienced players Rohit saidAlso ReadEngland players to spend free time in Bengaluru amp Chandigarh before fifth TestChasing 192 on a challenging fourth day track Gill and Jurel completed the task with an unbroken 72run partnership after Rohit was dismissed for a brisk 55Whatever you say Test cricket throws different kinds of challenges different kinds of pressures but some of these youngsters the way they have dealt with the pressures throughout the series has been superbHe added Many of these guys are quite young and youll see these guys playing regularly in this format for the coming 510 years for sureOpener Jaiswal who is the top scorer of the series so far with 655 runs in eight innings is hunkydory according to RohitOur job is to make sure that the environment is there for the youngsters to go out there and do the job and that is what we try and do with a lot of these players Rohit explainedA lot of these guys are quite grounded to be honest Jaiswal is still hunkydory but other than that all these guys are quite humble they come from a humble background so they obviously take that into their game as wellRohit also responded to criticism about the pitch for IND vs ENG 4th Test which was believed to be a rank turnerOne guy made a hundred one a 90 and two made 50s What happens on it matters I think whatever we saw of the four days play Its Indias nature that the ball spins and it remains low Not just now but this has been the case for 50 yearsIts not that the batters couldnt bat and bowlers couldnt bowl In fact bowlers were very happy to bowl on this wicket Even for batters if you applied yourselves making big runs wasnt difficult The way Joe Root batted made a 100 Dhruv Jurel played in such a situation for the first time second Test and he made runs More than the runs see how many balls he playedWith agency inputs