India's vice-captain in Tests Ajinkya Rahane, who withstood immense pressure to score match-defining knocks in the first Test against the West Indies, said he made a conscious effort to ignore criticism directed at him for not reaching three figures in the last couple of years.

Coming into the Test series, AjinkyaRahane's form was a subject of widespread debate but he silenced his critics with scores of 81 and 102 in India's 318-run win over the West Indies here on Sunday.