Many years prior to this, after India had lost a Test match early on the fifth day in Melbourne, the hugely respected former Australian captain and later television broadcaster Mark Taylor, was walking back to the team hotel when he saw a group of Indian fans celebrating there. When asked what it was they were celebrating, he was told that it was in honour of a Tendulkar century (‘best batsman in the world, mate …’ they went). It didn’t seem to matter who had won the match as long as Tendulkar had done well. It was a powerful example of how we can sometimes glorify the individual ahead of the
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