Mccullum won’t change his approach
Brendon Mccullum insisted England's best chance of turning the tide in India is to keep trusting in their methods as he resists calls to adapt despite a humbling defeat in Rajkot.
Michael Vaughan described a 434-run loss in the third Test - their heaviest since 1934-as a "wake-up call" on social meda, while Nasser Hussain indicated in a newspaper column that "tweaks" to the 'Bazball' approach are a must.
The suggestions of two former England captains are likely to fall on deaf ears as Mccullum sticks to his guns despite going 2-1 down in a five-match series which resumes in Ranchi on Friday.
Mccullum, who has won 14 of 21 Tests as England head coach after taking charge of a team triumphant in one of their preceding 17, accepts criticism will come his way but he and skipper Ben Stokes feel that putting limitations in place can only have a disruptive effect.
"The positivity and confidence within the environment needs to remain," Mccullum said. "If we do that we give ourselves the best opportunity with the talent we possess to bounce back.
"That messaging that comes from myself and the skipper will never change regardless of how we're going. I don't want our guys to ever doubt themselves otherwise we go back to where it was beforehand.
"When you start retreating a little bit on what you've done before and what you' ve said you' re trying to achieve, you're literally living and dying every day by your results and that's not what this team is about. this team is about trying to keep pushing the game forward."