As passionate as we are, it is still impossible for West Indians to fully comprehend the intensity with which the people of the second most populous nation on earth are gripped by cricket, a game bequeathed to their widely diverse people by their one-time colonial overlords.
The fervor in India is most conspicuous when it relates to the nation’s greatest player, Sachin Tendulkar. It was never more so than in the ourpourings that followed his decision last week to retire after his 200th Test, the second against the West Indies in December.
Of the hundreds of thousands of words prompted by his simple letter informing the Board of
