On this day...

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14th Dec 2003 VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid put on 303 on this day against Australia from 93.5 overs in the second Test at Adelaide to turn the match around for India. They had been 85 for 4 but Dravid scored one of the finest hundreds played overseas by an Indian batsman. He posted 233, helping them keep in touch with Australia, who had posted 556 on the back of Ricky Ponting's 242. The ghosts of Kolkata 2001 - when India beat Australia after following-on, and which was the last time an Indian pair had put on more than 300 - were alive and well. And those spirits were even more animated two days later, when India became the first side since Kepler Wessels's South Africans to take a series lead in Australia. 2000 Violent stuff from Ajit Agarkar as India sealed a 4-1 one-day series victory with a 39-run win over Zimbabwe at Rajkot. Agarkar might not be able to score a single run against Australia but here he creamed an unbeaten 67 off 25 balls. His 50, off 21 balls, is the fastest by an Indian in a one-dayer, and carnage reigned as he and Reetinder Sodhi added an amazing 65 off the last four overs. --- That is one of the best performances ever by India in the slog overs.