Team India batsman Karun Nair heaped praise on head coach Gautam Gambhir for giving the side a lot of encouragement and support during the England tour of the five-match series.

The 33-year-old revealed that Gambhir's message to the team was very clear: put the team first and defeat England in their own backyard.

"Gauti bhai was someone who gave us a lot of encouragement and support. I can talk for myself that he really gave me the confidence to go out there and give it my best. So, the whole focus was to go out there and play the way I know, to play for the team in any situation that I was in," Karun Nair told RevSportz.