Acutely aware but dismissive of the “noise” around his future in international cricket, veteran Indian batting star Rohit Sharma says he knows that speculation won’t stop till he is playing, but he would rather focus on scoring runs instead of fighting it.

With a facile 138 at Lord’s on Sunday, Rohit could not prevent India’s 27-run loss, and didn’t look his usual self, possibly trying to mask the insult and hurt he must have felt. “The noise, since I made my debut, was there. Till I am going to stay here, it is always going to be there, so it doesn’t really matter too much,” the 39-year-old told BCCI.TV.