Worst: Tendulkar's 50th
Not the feat itself, obviously, but in the emotions it evoked back in India - which, with their hype, jingoism and myopia, showed up everything that is wrong with Indian cricket. The media, largely overlooking the fact that India were on the verge of an embarrassing thrashing, focused on the individual's success rather than the team's failure. A debate that began, that Monday night, with "Is Tendulkar greater than Bradman?" (and daring you to say "no") had extended by the weekend to whether Tendulkar was the greatest sportsman of all time. We're all guilty.
Andrew McGlashan
assistant editor
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