India, May 21 -- With Rohit and Virat's retirement two big wickets fell, and one unexpected fallout of their exit is Indian cricket's 'superstar culture' is nearing its expiry date.

When questions were asked after India were drubbed at home by New Zealand and overseas by Australia, disturbing truths spilled out. Distressing details of the toxic dressing room culture of leaks, disagreements and divisions in the team. These reports could be exaggerated but it appeared players were on their own trip: staying in hotels of their choice, using private cars instead of team bus, accompanied by large entourages comprising family, children, cook, masseur, media manager.

This represented an unprecedented, and unacceptable, collapse of team traditi...