Reacting to Team India's 1-2 loss in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, ex-India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin said, "In my books, New Zealand won the series 5-0." "They won two but threatened to win one more too, so it was actually a sweep," Ashwin added. "I don't think we put them under pressure...We played very soft cricket," he stated.