Reflecting over reports that hinted at a rift within the team during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Indian fast bowler Akash Deep dismissed those reports and said such factors doesn’t really affect the team’s unity as players are focused on their on-field performance. 

After the huge 184-run defeat to Australia in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, reports of disquiet in the Indian dressing room emerged, claiming that head coach Gautam Gambhir is believed to have said, ‘Bahut ho gaya’ [I’ve had enough] in his speech, with the dressing room environment being ‘far from ideal’.