This partnership between Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in the year 2001 was one of the most important partnerships in the history of Indian cricket and it came in a test match that is considered one of the greatest test matches of all time. They batted the entire day on Match 14 2001 and Indian cricket was never the same again.
This partnership of 376 runs that these 2 had in that match will always be remembered but the context and the significance of that partnership has not been talked about enough and the innings that both of these men played that match was some of the most extraordinary batting of all time. It has been 22 years and still there are very few partnerships that have been more memorable.
So, let’s look at this great partnership
India were out of the test match before this partnership
This test match was in the dumps before this partnership happened because Australia made 650 plus runs and then they bowled India for 171 in the first innings and then enforced the follow on and at that time it looked like all hope was lost and that Australia would win the match and the final frontier would be achieved. However fate and 2 men had different plans.
The Recovery Starts
India came to bat in the second innings and at number 3 VVS Laxman came into and then at number 6 Rahul Dravid came in and India needed a miracle to get out of this situation and these two started the recovery process and slowly slowly India started getting back in this test match and thus Australia started getting in pressure. VVS Laxman was in good form in this match and thus he was in his element.
VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid started toying with the Aussies
VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid were in their element and VVS Laxman hit a brilliant century and Rahul Dravid was having fever and thus the innings that he played was incredible. VVS and Rahul Dravid batted the whole day on Day 4 and the great Australian bowling attack did not get a single wicket and as result VVS Laxman got an outstanding double hundred and Rahul Dravid got a big Hundred.
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India script a miraculous Comeback
VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid with their 281and 180 made sure that India got a 384 runs lead Australia got a big target and they had one day to make sure to play out a draw or win the match. The Indian Bowling was in their element and Harbhajan Singh got 7 wickets in this innings and 13 wickets in the test match. VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid were the heroes of this match and the 281 by VVS Laxman is the greatest innings in the last 50 years in test cricket.
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