Even as the team's die-hard fans lost all hopes of a win, alone came the last batsman and surpassed them with three sixes in a row, leading the team to its victory.

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Even as the team's die-hard fans lost all hopes of a win, alone came the last batsman and surpassed them with three sixes in a row, leading the team to its victory. Option 1: along came the last batsman and superannuated Option 2: alone came the last batsman and surprised Option 3: along came the last batsman and surprised Option 4: alone came the last batsman and superannuated

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**Clue:** Two errors in the underlined part. The batsman ARRIVED unexpectedly and did something amazing for the FANS. **Answer: Option 3 - 'along came the last batsman and surprised'**. **Error 1:** 'Alone came' is wrong. The idiom is 'along came X' = 'X arrived'. **Error 2:** 'Surpassed them' (the fans) is meaningless - you don't surpass fans. The batsman SURPRISED them. | Option | Issues | |---|---| | along came...superannuated | 'superannuated' = retired due to age - wrong | | alone came...surprised | 'alone came' still wrong | | along came...surprised | both fixes - CORRECT | | alone came...superannuated | both wrong | **Tip:** Eliminate by fixing one error at a time. Only Option 3 fixes BOTH.

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