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Cricket's best day ... ever

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2001 Things weren't looking too good for India when the fourth day of the second Test began at Kolkata on this day. They had followed on, after being pummelled in the first Test, and were 254 for 4 in their second innings, effectively minus 20 for 4. Defeat looked a formality, but VVS Laxman, who already had 109 to his name, had other ideas. By the close, he had moved to 275 and his partner Rahul Dravid had gone from 7 to 155. Dravid's innings was almost unnoticed, such was the glorious, chanceless purity of Laxman's performance. His 281 was the highest Test score by an Indian at the time, and it set up one of cricket's most famous victories, sealed a day later when Glenn McGrath padded up to Harbhajan Singh and the umpire raised his finger to send an already frenzied Kolkata crowd into delirium. Earlier in the match Harbhajan took the first Test hat-trick by an Indian, on his way to 13 wickets in the match. But despite his, and Dravid's, phenomenal efforts, this will always be remembered as Laxman's match.
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Re: Cricket's best day ... ever That one day changed Indian cricket's attitude by large. Rahul Dravid since then has not just been good but has been one of the best ever. After that knock 200s came quite frequently for Rahul Dravid.

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