India, July 21 -- After his hundred at Lord's, Rohit Sharma made a telling comment about Indian cricket. We are inside, he said, and there is an outside that creates noise.

It was obvious that Rohit doesn't think much of all that is outside. And he is dismissive of the noise (critical comment) around the team, coming largely from the media that is considered unfriendly.

Rohit is partly right. Indian cricket has two opposite sides, separated as though by a wall. The 'inside' consists of India players and the current stars. These top guys, privileged and entitled, live in an exclusive celebrity bubble of riches and hero worship. The 'outside' consists of everyone else - media, fans, random critics.

Rohit is also right about noise and neg...