The pacer said that he noticed the frustration of former England skipper Michael Vaughan on the cancellation of the fifth Test but he could understand the Indian cricketers' anxiety "so close to the flights out."
Oval Test hero Shardul Thakur revealed his conversation with Sam Curran ahead of the final day of the Oval Test, where India defeated England by 157 runs.
Malan, who made a Test comeback in the series after three years, said the likes of Bumrah, Shami and Siraj are different from each other and batsmen struggle to cope when they bowl in tandem.
The former England cricketer feels India did not respect this series and they did not respect Test cricket either in flouting Covid guidelines ahead of the fourth Test.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has written to the ICC seeking a Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) verdict on the fate of the cancelled match that was to be played at Old Trafford
It may depend on whether the various broadcasters, who paid 25 million pounds for the rights to the Old Trafford Test, would be willing to settle for two evenings' cricket rather than five full days.
Shastri has been in quarantine since September 4 and is expected to complete his 10-day isolation period along with Arun and Sridhar on Monday.
The final match of the series was cancelled when a physio in the Indian camp tested positive ahead of the game, making the visiting players apprehensive, though all of them tested negative.
Shastri himself was the first to test positive for the virus, followed by bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar too testing positive.
ECB is going to lose 40 million pound if the match is declared abandoned due to COVID-19.
After a COVID-19 outbreak in the Indian camp, senior players expressed their apprehensions to both BCCI and ECB on playing and the Test was called off with India leading 2-1 after four Tests.
Shastri's book, titled 'Stargazing: The Players in My Life', had a launch event on August 31 in London, two days before the start of the fourth Test at The Oval
The 39-year-old Anderson bagged 15 wickets, behind Jasprit Bumrah (18 wickets) and Ollie Robinson (21 wickets) for most wickets in the series.
The fifth Test was called off just hours before it was due to begin due to Covid-19 outbreak concerns in the Indian team after the second physiotherapist tested positive.
Vaughan's comments come after the fifth Test between the two teams was cancelled on Friday due to fears of COVID-19 cases increasing inside the Indian camp.
The former England skipper added that he didn't want to blame the Indian cricketers for deciding not to play the fifth Test as life inside the bio-bubble is very tough.
The fifth Test between India and England here was called-off hours before its start on Friday after a COVID-19 outbreak in the visiting team's camp.
The most likely window for the rescheduled game is July next year when India would be here for a limited-overs assignment.
Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara, Shardul Thakur, Moeen Ali and Sam Curran are part of the CSK squad which has already started training ahead of the IPL resuming September 19.
The fifth and final Test between England and India has been called off.
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