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In an interview to 'The Guardian' newspaper, Shastri said that there was a "gang of people in India" who always wanted him to fail.
Shastri feels the likes of Kohli needs to be handled with care and empathy amid the COVID-19 restrictions which has confined players inside bio-bubbles.
India failed to qualify for the semifinals in Shastri's final assignment as Team India head coach.
Rahane said "someone else took the credit" for decisions he made to resurrect the team during the tour of Australia in 2020-21.
Kohli's greatest achievement has to be making India win Test matches consistently in SENA.
The former Indian head coach also mentioned that as a player he would have been motivated to prove his coach wrong and not 'go home crying'.
Shastri, whose tenure ended recently at the end of India's campaign in the T20 World Cup, also said that he will always back the Men in Blue.
The off-spinner also said that there was a phase between 2018 and 2020 when he almost quit the sport.
In an exclusive interview with THE WEEK, Shastri speaks at length about his tenure as coach and his thoughts on the future of the game.
The former Indian head coach felt either Ambati Rayudu or Shreyas Iyer could have been picked for the mega event in England.