It’s fair to say MS Dhoni was underwhelmed about the chance to talk about his new-found status as India’s most-successful captain in Test cricket.

India’s victory by an innings and 135 runs in the second Test against Australia on Tuesday in Hyderabad was Dhoni’s 22nd win from 45 matches, beating Sourav Ganguly’s 21 in 49.

“It’s overrated and hyped,” Dhoni told his post-match media conference.

“If you see our dressing room right now, we are not bothered about who has won how many matches.

“What’s important is to win Test matches. The more consistent we become the better it is for the side.

“I don’t think this number really matters for us.”

Dhoni’s men took a pounding in the local media during their 2-1 series loss at home to England in December so understandably the skipper is determined to get his team back on the rails, rather than in the record books.

But he’s certainly not keen to be grilled by the media if he can help it, whether it’s in good times or bad.

A pre-tour agreement between the two boards stipulates both captains are obliged to attend pre-match and post-match media conferences, but Dhoni is sticking with his own policy of skipping the preview days.

“The only reason I don’t come to pre-match press conference is because I would like to expose other players (and) also what their views are when it comes to particular series,” Dhoni said.

“When I have come to a press conference right now, I won’t have anything different to say before the next game.

“So it gives ample opportunity to someone like a (young batting star Cheteshwar) Pujara, coming before a Test match and saying what he wants to say.

“It trains them how to handle media as you know how difficult it is to handle Indian media.

“You shouldn’t always call the captain because he hasn’t much to say in each and every press conference.”