Head coach Ravi Shastri has backed the current Test team despite suffering a 1-4 drubbing at the hands of England, who won their third consecutive series against India on English soil.

Joe Root's men lifted the Pataudi Trophy at the Oval on Tuesday after winning the fifth and final Test by 118 runs. "I know exactly and clearly where the team is heading — it is heading in the right direction. People are entitled to their opinions. As long as we know the job we are doing and we are honest to our jobs, as long as support staff we are helping players channelise the energies in the right direction, we are not worried about what critics say," Shastri told ESPN Cricinfo amidst some serious criticism of his team.