He listed weaknesses aplenty but a combative India captain Virat Kohli insisted that neither is the 1-4 Test series loss to England all that hard to take nor does his side require any "massive" course correction.
India were mostly outplayed by what was being considered a relatively weak England team, which had its own share of batting woes throughout the series.
"We understand why this series has gone the way it has and we don't see a massive-massive portion that we need to correct. If you are competing in every game, and you have an upper hand in every game at some stage or the other, you are doing something right," said a defiant Kohli after the 118-run loss in the fifth and final Test Tuesday.
The defeat in England added to the team's poor statistics on foreign soil, a tour of South Africa earlier this year being another missed opportunity.
"Not hard at all (to take these series' defeats in South Africa and England) because what matters to me is the kind of attitude you play cricket with. We said at the end of the fourth game that we won't throw in the towel and we didn't," he said.
Speaking about the many weaknesses of the team that lay thoroughly exposed, Kohli said the inability to capitalise on positions of strength stood out.
"We created pressure. We were not able to hold that pressure for long enough with the bat and the ball as well...They (England) took advantage of those situations better than us," he said.
Praising the Indian bowling attack, Kohli said, "I would like to offer specials congratulations to them for the way they have bowled.
"Because of them only we were in competitive situations because they were dismissing the opposition twice in the matches. That's a big boost for us."
As for the batsmen, Kohli said issues have been discussed.
"The next series we play, we'll try to play optimistically from the beginning so that we don't play catch-up from the start. In difficult conditions if you are on the back foot from the start then to recover it's very difficult," he said.