India, Nov. 7 -- New Zealand captain Tom Latham put his weight behind a struggling Indian team despite whitewashing them in a three-match Test series. Latham said Rohit Sharma's team does not become a bad team overnight and expected them to bounce back with a much-better performance in the all-important Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia that starts on November 22.

Latham became the first visiting captain to whitewash India in a Test series (involving minimum three matches) at home. It was India's first series defeat at home in 12 years and New Zealand's first Test series win in India in more than 70 years. To give more context to the magnitude of Latham's side's achievements one needs to know that before this series, New Zealand had be...