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When the 10th World Cup Final was on the drawing board this is how it looked. In one corner were sketched India, cricket crazy hosts, their team worshipped by millions upon millions. The inhabitants of the other corner were less clearly prescribed, although Sri Lanka, fellow hosts, a tiny nation by comparison but with the romance that brings, were always viable contenders.
That confrontation in turn brought something else, something that could not be bought, though there are people who might be prepared to try. It brought Sachin Tendulkar, the world's most celebrated cricketer and the leading run scorer of all time in the international game, and Muttiah Muralitharan, the most singular bowler on the planet and the highest Test...