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‎" When X travelled to Y to face one of the best bowlin attacks in history , Michael Schumacher was yet to race, Lance Armstrong has been to tour de france ,Roger Federer was not famous; Lio Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was in Jamaican backwaters . X was tamin the _______ and his company. Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of X. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another X and we never will.”
Identify X and Y....