Years ago, Sachin Tendulkar had earmarked Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as players to watch out for and probably break many batting records. While the legendary Indian batsman's prophetic thoughts are turning out to be true with Kohli and Rohit being the batting mainstays of Team India, talk of rift surfacing after India's shocking loss in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand has created a flutter.

Before Team India departed for the West Indies tour, skipper Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri (who was not scheduled to attend the press conference), quashed all theories and reports of a rift. "It is baffling to be honest. It is absolutely ridiculous to read such stuff. I have been to a few public events and everyone comes up and says, 'aap log kya khele [you guys played so well], we have so much respect for you'. And here we are feeding off lies. We are overlooking facts, we are turning a blind eye to all the good things that have happened and creating fantasies and scenarios in our head and we want to accept that this is the truth.