Rohit Sharma recently became the first Indian captain in 12 years to lose a home Test series. However, his friend and former opening partner, Shikhar Dhawan, is not worried about this defeat. For him, it is absolutely unfair to criticize Rohit after losing one series since he won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup title just few months back. In an interaction with India Today, Dhawan said: "The pressure you all talk about isn't something we feel. While there is pressure in the game, we don't dwell on losses or wins; that's part of the game. I feel that's neither a fair nor a practical approach toward anything." Rohit's leadership came under scrutiny in the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru when he confessed to underestimating the pitch. India chose to bat first, but India was bowled out for their lowest home total of 46 and lost to New Zealand for the first time in 36 years. After coming out with a cautious performance by his team on the first day of the game, Rohit was bashed by cricketing gurus Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, and Simon Doull during the second Test in Pune. Rohit seemed to make the smart decision by including Ashwin and Sundar for a turn-friendly pitch, but his defensive field settings made New Zealand's batting get an easy run. New Zealand pacers have also done the maximum exploitation of Bengaluru's rain-affected pitch to take 17 out of India's 20 wickets to complete a comprehensive eight-wicket victory. Here at Pune, a slower pitch than one would have expected, New Zealand saw it come to their advantage against the home team as Mitchell Santner's spin attack bagged ten-wicket haul across both innings. Also Read | BCCI Revises Penalty Runs Rule in Domestic Cricket India suffered their first home series defeat since 2012. It left Rohit Sharma as the first Indian captain to suffer defeats in three consecutive Tests of a calendar year since the great Kapil Dev played against the West Indies. Dhawan thought Rohit's leadership and his ability to get around the team is more important than gold. Dhawan added: "As a cricketer, we don't think that way. And Rohit is a great leader; it's not just about winning and losing. There's a bond, the team's connection with its leader, and how much they look up to him." India's defeats have now made the WTC title hard to come by now because they must win four out of the remaining six Test matches to qualify. It won't be easy because five are in Australia, where they enjoy home conditions. Adding to the challenge would be the fact that Rohit may possibly miss the first one or two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy owing to personal reasons. BCCI did name him the captain for this five-Test series but hasn't commented about him missing the first game of it.