England captain Ben Stokes maintained a defiant tone despite the 4-1 series defeat to India.

It doesn't always work out as you want to, but you back your best players, pick your best players … look at what we managed to do over the last two years.

We ain't, I ain't, going to let the last two years go to waste over this series in isolation." Shortly after India wrapped up the Dharamsala Test by annihilating England in an innings and 64-run win to seal the series 4-1 on Saturday, England skipper Stokes wore a defiant and resistant tone in his overview of the series. The proponent of the newfound Bazball way of Test match cricket, alongside head coach Brendon McCullum, also said: "I have done a lot of India tours now. I am disappointed with my performance for the team, but write this team off, write me off at your own peril." Stokes also questioned the supposed lack of ruthlessness after England surrendered against an all-round Indian unit within two-and-a-half days in Dharamsala. "Ruthlessness? What is it? How does it show itself?" : In India's Himalayan win, Sarfaraz Khan tells Shoaib Bashir 'finish the game, let's go and see snow on mountain' "Everyone goes into the game with their best intentions, when it doesn't pay off people say we're not ruthless but when they do, they say we are. I don't really understand the saying. That's from my point of view; we try to do what we think is the best way to win the game. It can be a throwaway comment when people say we're not ruthless enough. What does it mean," Stokes countered. However, former England skipper Michael Vaughan regarded the team's lack of self-introspection and the general lack of wanting to achieve Test wins as a characteristic of England's lack of ruthlessness. England find themselves in the eighth spot in the World Test Championship after nine matches this cycle.