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Tino Best 95

Sachin Tendulkar’s final Test: Tino Best wanted to impress retiring legend

"I wanted his respect and well, Sachin Tendulkar gave me that. And that’s all I needed, that’s all I wanted. I gained the legend’s respect." - Tino Best

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Sachin Tendulkar’s 199th Test: Fans upset by controversial decision

They queued up to watch Sachin Tendulkar bat in his penultimate Test but even before fans at the Eden Gardens settled down on their seats, they were left disappointed when the retiring icon walked back to the pavillion just 41 minutes after coming in. When Tendulkar came in to bat just 39 minutes after the second day...

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Tino Best scores the highest by a No 11 and Denesh Ramdin lets his placard do the talking

On June 10, 2012, Tino Best registered the highest score by a No 11 in Tests, smashing 95 to take West Indies to its first total of over 400 in the series against England. Owing to weather, most part of the game had been washed out, but the fact remains that it was a Test during which the visitors had put up a fight. Karthik Parimal looks back at that eventful day that also saw an untoward gesture by Denesh Ramdin.

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