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	===Day 1===		===Day 1===
	[[Steve Waugh]] won the toss and decided to bat first. [[Michael Slater]] and [[Matthew Hayden]] gave the visitors a strong foundation putting on 103 for the opening wicket. Slater was dismissed by [[Zaheer Khan]] but Hayden, given a life on 67 when he sliced a drive to [[Rahul Dravid]] off Zaheer<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=Wisden\|title=Wisden – India v Australia, 2000–01\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154129.html\|access-date=26 March 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117140747/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154129.html\|archive-date=17 November 2012\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> continued to score freely. He added another 90 runs with [[Justin Langer]] to take Australia to 193/1 by tea, and another Australian romp seemed imminent. [[Harbhajan Singh]] then dismissed Hayden for 93 immediately after tea, sparking a dramatic collapse from 193/1 to 252/7 and subsequently 269/8. Khan had Langer caught behind, and Harbhajan dismissed the dangerous [[Mark Waugh]] to make it 236/4; he then proceeded to take the first ever international hat-trick by an Indian bowler as he dismissed Ponting, ~~Glichrist~~ and Warne off successive deliveries.		[[Steve Waugh]] won the toss and decided to bat first. [[Michael Slater]] and [[Matthew Hayden]] gave the visitors a strong foundation putting on 103 for the opening wicket. Slater was dismissed by [[Zaheer Khan]] but Hayden, given a life on 67 when he sliced a drive to [[Rahul Dravid]] off Zaheer<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=Wisden\|title=Wisden – India v Australia, 2000–01\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154129.html\|access-date=26 March 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117140747/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154129.html\|archive-date=17 November 2012\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> continued to score freely. He added another 90 runs with [[Justin Langer]] to take Australia to 193/1 by tea, and another Australian romp seemed imminent. [[Harbhajan Singh]] then dismissed Hayden for 93 immediately after tea, sparking a dramatic collapse from 193/1 to 252/7 and subsequently 269/8. Khan had Langer caught behind, and Harbhajan dismissed the dangerous [[Mark Waugh]] to make it 236/4; he then proceeded to take the first ever international test hat-trick by an Indian bowler as he dismissed Ponting, Gilchrist and Warne off successive deliveries.

	[[Ricky Ponting]] was the first to go, beaten by one pushed quicker through the air. Gilchrist was adjudged lbw off a similar delivery but had cause to be aggrieved; replays showed the ball pitched well outside legstump and that he had some bat on the ball.<ref>{{cite web\|last=UK\|publisher=Telegraph\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/3000588/Harbhajans-hat-trick-feat.html\|title=Harbhajan's hat-trick feat\|access-date=3 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106133904/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/3000588/Harbhajans-hat-trick-feat.html\|archive-date=6 January 2018\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> With Harbhajan on a hattrick, [[Shane Warne]] was surrounded by men around the bat, with Sadagopan Ramesh at short leg the man who eventually claimed the catch from a tentative prod. The on field umpires referred it to the third umpire, who took a long time making the tough decision before finally declaring Warne out. An emotional Harbhajan later remembered his father in the post match interview; his captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] called it a performance that brought India back into the match.<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=Cricinfo\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104929.html\|title=My father would have been proud of my performance: Harbhajan\|access-date=26 March 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015094112/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104929.html\|archive-date=15 October 2013\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		[[Ricky Ponting]] was the first to go, beaten by one pushed quicker through the air. Gilchrist was adjudged lbw off a similar delivery but had cause to be aggrieved; replays showed the ball pitched well outside legstump and that he had some bat on the ball.<ref>{{cite web\|last=UK\|publisher=Telegraph\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/3000588/Harbhajans-hat-trick-feat.html\|title=Harbhajan's hat-trick feat\|access-date=3 April 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106133904/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/3000588/Harbhajans-hat-trick-feat.html\|archive-date=6 January 2018\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> With Harbhajan on a hattrick, [[Shane Warne]] was surrounded by men around the bat, with Sadagopan Ramesh at short leg the man who eventually claimed the catch from a tentative prod. The on field umpires referred it to the third umpire, who took a long time making the tough decision before finally declaring Warne out. An emotional Harbhajan later remembered his father in the post match interview; his captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] called it a performance that brought India back into the match.<ref>{{cite web\|publisher=Cricinfo\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104929.html\|title=My father would have been proud of my performance: Harbhajan\|access-date=26 March 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015094112/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104929.html\|archive-date=15 October 2013\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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	Waugh was given able support by Gillespie, who batted for over 3 hours, facing nearly 150 deliveries to score 46, his then-highest test score. He helped add 133 with Steve Waugh – Australia's highest 9th wicket partnership in tests against India.<ref name="news">{{cite news		Waugh was given able support by Gillespie, who batted for over 3 hours, facing nearly 150 deliveries to score 46, his then-highest test score. He helped add 133 with Steve Waugh – Australia's highest 9th wicket partnership in tests against India.<ref name="news">{{cite news
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	===Day 5===		===Day 5===
	Laxman (281) and Dravid (180) both departed to standing ovations from the capacity Eden Gardens crowd. The two eventually added 376 in that game-changing stand. Zaheer Khan then scored some quick runs as India declared on 657/7 13 overs into the final day, setting Australia a target of 384 in a minimum of 75 overs. With a required rate of over 5 runs ~~per over~~ an Australian win was almost certainly out of the question. The openers Hayden and Slater again began well as Australia reached 166/3 in 45 overs. With only 30 overs remaining in the day and Steve Waugh looking solid, a draw seemed to be on the cards. But Harbhajan Singh dismissed Waugh and Ponting in quick succession to trigger a dramatic Australian capitulation. Tendulkar then removed Gilchrist for a first ball duck, completing Gilchrist's first and only king pair. It was only his 16th game, and he had won all 15 previous games. In his next two overs, Tendulkar dismissed Hayden and trapped Warne lbw with a perfectly pitched [[googly]]. Harbhajan then took the final two wickets to take his match tally to 13 wickets and complete a sensational 171 run Indian victory.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Vasu\|first=Anand\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105091.html\|date=15 March 2001\|publisher=Cricinfo\|title=Laxman, Harbhajan script sensational Indian victory\|access-date=6 May 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313115445/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105091.html\|archive-date=13 March 2014\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was only the third instance of a team winning the match after following on in the history of international cricket, with Australia on the losing side on all 3 occasions.		Laxman (281) and Dravid (180) both departed to standing ovations from the capacity Eden Gardens crowd. The two eventually added 376 in that game-changing stand. Zaheer Khan then scored some quick runs as India declared on 657/7 13 overs into the final day, setting Australia a target of 384 in a minimum of 75 overs. With a required rate of over 5 runs, an Australian win was almost certainly out of the question. The openers Hayden and Slater again began well as Australia reached 166/3 in 45 overs. With only 30 overs remaining in the day and Steve Waugh looking solid, a draw seemed to be on the cards. But Harbhajan Singh dismissed Waugh and Ponting in quick succession to trigger a dramatic Australian capitulation. Tendulkar then removed Gilchrist for a first ball duck, completing Gilchrist's first and only king pair. It was only his 16th game, and he had won all 15 previous games. In his next two overs, Tendulkar dismissed Hayden and trapped Warne lbw with a perfectly pitched [[googly]]. Harbhajan then took the final two wickets to take his match tally to 13 wickets and complete a sensational 171 run Indian victory.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Vasu\|first=Anand\|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105091.html\|date=15 March 2001\|publisher=Cricinfo\|title=Laxman, Harbhajan script sensational Indian victory\|access-date=6 May 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313115445/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105091.html\|archive-date=13 March 2014\|url-status=live\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was only the third instance of a team winning the match after following on in the history of international cricket, with Australia on the losing side on all 3 occasions.

	==Scorecard==		==Scorecard==
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	\| '''Result''' \|\| {{cr\|IND}} won by 171 runs		\| '''Result''' \|\| {{cr\|IND}} won by 171 runs
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	\| '''Series result''' \|\| Series ~~drawn~~ 1–1		\| '''Series result''' \|\| Series tied 1–1 (India later went on to win the series 2-1)
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	\| '''Man of the Match''' \|\| {{flagicon\|IND}} [[VVS Laxman]]		\| '''Man of the Match''' \|\| {{flagicon\|IND}} [[VVS Laxman]]
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	\| [[Shane Warne\|S. K. Warne]] \|\| c [[Sadagoppan Ramesh\|Ramesh]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 0 (1) \|\| lbw b [[Sachin Tendulkar\|Tendulkar]] \|\| 0 (7)		\| [[Shane Warne\|S. K. Warne]] \|\| c [[Sadagoppan Ramesh\|Ramesh]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 0 (1) \|\| lbw b [[Sachin Tendulkar\|Tendulkar]] \|\| 0 (7)
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	\| [[Michael Kasprowicz\|M. S. Kasprowicz]] \|\| [[Leg before wicket\|lbw]] b [[Sourav Ganguly\|Ganguly]] \|\| 7 (28) \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 13 (56)		\| [[Michael Kasprowicz\|M. S. Kasprowicz]] \|\| [[Leg before wicket\|lbw]] b [[Sourav Ganguly\|Ganguly]] \|\| 7 (28) \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 13* (56)
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	\| [[Jason Gillespie\|J. N. Gillespie]] \|\| c [[Sadagoppan Ramesh\|Ramesh]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 46 (147) \|\| c [[Shiv Sunder Das\|Das]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 6 (38)		\| [[Jason Gillespie\|J. N. Gillespie]] \|\| c [[Sadagoppan Ramesh\|Ramesh]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 46 (147) \|\| c [[Shiv Sunder Das\|Das]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 6 (38)
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	\| [[Glenn McGrath\|G. D. McGrath]] \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 21 (28) \|\| lbw b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 12 (27)		\| [[Glenn McGrath\|G. D. McGrath]] \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 21* (28) \|\| lbw b [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| 12 (27)
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	\| [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| c [[Ricky Ponting\|Ponting]] b [[Jason Gillespie\|Gillespie]] \|\| 4 (15) \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 8 (6)		\| [[Harbhajan Singh]] \|\| c [[Ricky Ponting\|Ponting]] b [[Jason Gillespie\|Gillespie]] \|\| 4 (15) \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 8 (6)
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	\| [[Zaheer Khan\|Z. Khan]] \|\| b [[Glenn McGrath\|McGrath]] \|\| 3 (19) \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 23 (15)		\| [[Zaheer Khan\|Z. Khan]] \|\| b [[Glenn McGrath\|McGrath]] \|\| 3 (19) \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 23* (15)
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	\| [[Venkatapathy Raju\|S. L. V. Raju]] \|\| lbw b [[Glenn McGrath\|McGrath]] \|\| 4 (15) \|\| – \|\| –		\| [[Venkatapathy Raju\|S. L. V. Raju]] \|\| lbw b [[Glenn McGrath\|McGrath]] \|\| 4 (15) \|\| – \|\| –
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	\| [[Venkatesh Prasad\|B. K. V. Prasad]] \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 7 (23) \|\| – \|\| –		\| [[Venkatesh Prasad\|B. K. V. Prasad]] \|\| [[not out]] \|\| 7* (23) \|\| – \|\| –
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/AUS_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/AUS_IND_T2_11-15MAR2001.html Scorecard] from [[Cricinfo]]		* [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/AUS_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/AUS_IND_T2_11-15MAR2001.html Scorecard] from [[Cricinfo]]

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[[File:Eden Gardens.jpg|thumb|[[Eden Gardens]], the venue for the Second Test]]
[[File:Rahul cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Rahul Dravid]] (pictured in 2007) scored 180 runs in India's second innings.]]
The '''Second Test''' in the [[Australian cricket team in India in 2000-01|Australian cricket team's tour of India in early 2001]] was a [[Test cricket|Test]] match played over five days at [[Eden Gardens]] in [[Kolkata]] from{{nbsp}}11–15 March 2001. [[India national cricket team|India]] won the match by 171 runs after being forced to [[follow-on]], only the third time this has happened since Test cricket began in 1877.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/RESULTS/VICTORY_AFTER_FOLLOWING_ON.html| title=Tests – Victory after Following-On| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| accessdate=3 March 2007| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040627122908/http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/RESULTS/VICTORY_AFTER_FOLLOWING_ON.html| archivedate=27 June 2004| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Australian team, rated as the best in the world, had won 16 Tests in a row, a [[List of Test cricket records|Test cricket record]], including the previous Test at [[Wankhede Stadium]] in [[Mumbai]] by 10 wickets.<ref name="WisdenSeries">{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154127.html|title=The Australians in India, 2000–01|last=Rutnagar|first=Dicky|year=2002|work=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – online archive|publisher=John Wisden & Co.|accessdate=9 April 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119214536/http://content.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154127.html|archive-date=19 January 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The match is remembered for [[VVS Laxman]] and [[Rahul Dravid]]'s batting performance, [[Harbhajan Singh]]'s hattrick and last day wicket-taking, [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s wicket-taking spell on the final day and [[Sourav Ganguly]]'s aggressive brand of captaincy in deciding to go for the improbable victory and not just a draw. Also of note were Australia's first innings performances, particularly that of captain [[Steve Waugh]] and [[Matthew Hayden]]. The Test is most noted for its fourth day. After India trailed by more than 250 runs in the first innings, Dravid and Laxman batted the entirety of day four to build up a lead of 384. In the process, Laxman also posted what was, at that time, the highest individual score by an Indian (later to be surpassed by [[Virender Sehwag]]'s two triple centuries and [[Karun Nair]]'s triple century). It is widely considered to be one of the greatest test matches in cricket history.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/sports_talk/1224298.stm | work=BBC News | title=The greatest Test ever? | date=16 March 2001 | access-date=9 July 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117005702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/sports_talk/1224298.stm | archive-date=17 November 2012 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Summary==

===Day 1===
[[Steve Waugh]] won the toss and decided to bat first. [[Michael Slater]] and [[Matthew Hayden]] gave the visitors a strong foundation putting on 103 for the opening wicket. Slater was dismissed by [[Zaheer Khan]] but Hayden, given a life on 67 when he sliced a drive to [[Rahul Dravid]] off Zaheer<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Wisden|title=Wisden – India v Australia, 2000–01|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154129.html|access-date=26 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117140747/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154129.html|archive-date=17 November 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> continued to score freely. He added another 90 runs with [[Justin Langer]] to take Australia to 193/1 by tea, and another Australian romp seemed imminent. [[Harbhajan Singh]] then dismissed Hayden for 93 immediately after tea, sparking a dramatic collapse from 193/1 to 252/7 and subsequently 269/8. Khan had Langer caught behind, and Harbhajan dismissed the dangerous [[Mark Waugh]] to make it 236/4; he then proceeded to take the first ever international hat-trick by an Indian bowler as he dismissed Ponting, Glichrist and Warne off successive deliveries.

[[Ricky Ponting]] was the first to go, beaten by one pushed quicker through the air. Gilchrist was adjudged lbw off a similar delivery but had cause to be aggrieved; replays showed the ball pitched well outside legstump and that he had some bat on the ball.<ref>{{cite web|last=UK|publisher=Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/3000588/Harbhajans-hat-trick-feat.html|title=Harbhajan's hat-trick feat|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106133904/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/india/3000588/Harbhajans-hat-trick-feat.html|archive-date=6 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> With Harbhajan on a hattrick, [[Shane Warne]] was surrounded by men around the bat, with Sadagopan Ramesh at short leg the man who eventually claimed the catch from a tentative prod. The on field umpires referred it to the third umpire, who took a long time making the tough decision before finally declaring Warne out. An emotional Harbhajan later remembered his father in the post match interview; his captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] called it a performance that brought India back into the match.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Cricinfo|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104929.html|title=My father would have been proud of my performance: Harbhajan|access-date=26 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015094112/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104929.html|archive-date=15 October 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Forced to bring himself on to bowl when Zaheer Khan walked off with cramp, Ganguly dismissed Kasprowicz lbw to leave Australia at 269/8 by the end of Day{{nbsp}}1 with [[Steve Waugh]] batting on 29 with [[Jason Gillespie]] for company.<ref>{{cite web | last=Vasu | first=Anand | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104928.html | title=Harbhajan makes history as India restrict Aussies | publisher=Cricinfo | date=11 March 2001 | access-date=6 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423071834/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104928.html | archive-date=23 April 2012 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Australia, having dominated the first two sessions, had lost 7 wickets in one session to squander the advantage.

===Day 2===
Led from the front by Steve Waugh, Australia began the day at a precarious 291/8 but that was the high of the day for India. The 35 year old Waugh batted well with Gillespie and then [[Glenn McGrath]], crossing numerous landmarks on the way, as he took Australia to a total of 445. In the process the Australian captain notched up his 25th Test century, crossing [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s tally of 24 hundreds at the time. Having never made a Test hundred in India, Waugh was more emotional than normal as he tugged at the red handkerchief in his pocket, took off his helmet and raised his bat to a full house Eden crowd. He also passed [[Javed Miandad]] to become the (then) 4th highest run getter in test cricket.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Waugh stands tall as India flicker and fade out|publisher=Cricinfo|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104974.html|access-date=6 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208001035/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104974.html|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Waugh was given able support by Gillespie, who batted for over 3 hours, facing nearly 150 deliveries to score 46, his then-highest test score. He helped add 133 with Steve Waugh – Australia's highest 9th wicket partnership in tests against India.<ref name="news">{{cite news
|work = [[BBC sport]]
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|date = 12 March 2001
|title = India rattled by Waugh century
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}}</ref> After Gillespie was dismissed with the scoreboard reading 402/9, Waugh rubbed more salt into the wound to add 43 more with McGrath and take Australia to a formidable total of 445. The last 2 wickets had added 176 and day 1 seemed a distant memory. Worse, however, was to come.

India began their innings poorly. Steve Waugh, with runs to work with, attacked from the beginning with as many as 7 men catching.<ref name="news" /> Opener [[Sadagoppan Ramesh]] duly obliged to Jason Gillespie, edging one to Ponting in the slips without a single run on the board. [[Shiv Sunder Das]] and [[Rahul Dravid]] played out the remainder of the session to take India to 32/1 at tea. The final session was again the most dramatic, as India then collapsed from a cautious 34/1 to 113/8. Wickets fell regularly as Das was soon followed by the celebrated Indian middle order. Tendulkar played across one from McGrath and was adjudged lbw, Dravid lost his stumps to Warne and Ganguly was snapped up brilliantly by Steve Waugh at gully. India ended Day 2 on 128/8 with the two Hyderabadis [[VVS Laxman]] and [[Venkatapathy Raju]] at the crease, still needing 118 more to avoid the follow-on. India had lost 7 wickets in a session, just like the Australians the previous day, and Australia looked odds-on favourites to extend their winning streak to 17.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vasu|first=Anand|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104974.html|date=12 March 2001|publisher=Cricinfo|title=Steve Waugh stands tall as India flicker and fade out|access-date=6 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208001035/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/104974.html|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Day 3===
India showed more determination than they had done in 5 days of test cricket before this one{{snd}}3 of them an abject 10 wicket humiliation in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia tour of India, 2000/01 / Scorecard|publisher=Cricinfo|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63919.html|access-date=27 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601013727/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63919.html|archive-date=1 June 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> First the tail wagged (if not in Australian proportions); the last two wickets added 58 runs in the company of VVS Laxman who batting at No.6 stroked a fluent and graceful 59. Laxman was the last man out, a tad unfairly perhaps – replays showed the ball popped up off his arm – as India were bowled out for 171, 274 in arrears. As expected, Steve Waugh asked India to follow-on.

This time though, the openers began solidly; putting on 50 for the first time in the series. When Ramesh was dismissed, Ganguly sent in [[VVS Laxman]]. Rahul Dravid had been struggling for runs for a while and Laxman had been stroking the ball well before his unfortunate dismissal. Laxman had been asked to open the innings in this match but had refused.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Rediff|title=Laxman puts his hand up|accessdate=27 March 2013|url=http://www.rediff.co.in/cricket/2001/mar/13india.htm}}</ref> He seemed to pick up from where he had left off, batting serenely, and at times aggressively{{snd}}a reminder that there were no demons in the pitch. Das departed, unfortunate to hit the stumps with his heels whilst executing an immaculate pull shot to end a promising partnership with Laxman. Tendulkar soon followed, for a second failure in the match, but Laxman found a willing ally in [[Sourav Ganguly]]. The pair set about repairing the damage done by raising a hundred for the 4th wicket, but just when it seemed India was going to end the day with some semblance of balance, McGrath induced an edge that was lapped up gleefully by Gilchrist to dismiss Ganguly 2 runs short of a deserved half century. Out came [[Rahul Dravid]], with the scorecard reading 232/4. Laxman duly completed a hundred in Dravid's company.

India ended the day with 252 on the board for the loss of 4 wickets. Laxman had scored a masterful unbeaten 109 and keeping him company was the woefully out of form Dravid on 7. India were still trailing by 20 and while Laxman may have given India some joy, it seemed only a matter of time before the inevitable happened.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vasu|first=Anand|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105015.html|date=13 March 2001|publisher=Cricinfo|title=Laxman holds centre stage but India still face uphill task|access-date=6 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208085301/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105015.html|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Day 4===
The fourth day was one in which numerous records tumbled and the game changed dramatically with an incredible partnership between Laxman and Dravid. Laxman struck 44 fours on his way to a record-breaking double hundred. With a single off Matthew Hayden, he crossed the mark of 236 set by Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies at Chennai in 1983 for the highest score by an Indian batsman in tests. Dravid, meanwhile, also reached his century and celebrated in uncharacteristic fashion gesturing to the press box, having been criticised in the media for his recent poor form.

Astonishingly, the two batted out the whole day without being dismissed and took India to 589/4, leading by 315.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vasu|first=Anand|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105061.html|date=14 March 2001|publisher=Cricinfo|title=Laxman carves a place for himself in history at the Eden Gardens|access-date=6 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208142735/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105061.html|archive-date=8 February 2012|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Day 5===
Laxman (281) and Dravid (180) both departed to standing ovations from the capacity Eden Gardens crowd. The two eventually added 376 in that game-changing stand. Zaheer Khan then scored some quick runs as India declared on 657/7 13 overs into the final day, setting Australia a target of 384 in a minimum of 75 overs. With a required rate of over 5 runs per over an Australian win was almost certainly out of the question. The openers Hayden and Slater again began well as Australia reached 166/3 in 45 overs. With only 30 overs remaining in the day and Steve Waugh looking solid, a draw seemed to be on the cards. But Harbhajan Singh dismissed Waugh and Ponting in quick succession to trigger a dramatic Australian capitulation. Tendulkar then removed Gilchrist for a first ball duck, completing Gilchrist's first and only king pair. It was only his 16th game, and he had won all 15 previous games. In his next two overs, Tendulkar dismissed Hayden and trapped Warne lbw with a perfectly pitched [[googly]]. Harbhajan then took the final two wickets to take his match tally to 13 wickets and complete a sensational 171 run Indian victory.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vasu|first=Anand|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105091.html|date=15 March 2001|publisher=Cricinfo|title=Laxman, Harbhajan script sensational Indian victory|access-date=6 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313115445/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/105091.html|archive-date=13 March 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It was only the third instance of a team winning the match after following on in the history of international cricket, with Australia on the losing side on all 3 occasions.

==Scorecard==

{| style="background:transparent;"
|style="width:8em;"| '''Match referee''' || {{flagicon|West Indies}} [[Cammie Smith]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| '''Field umpires''' || {{flagicon|IND}} [[S. K. Bansal]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Willey]]
|-
| '''Third umpire''' || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sameer Bandekar]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| '''Captains''' || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sourav Ganguly]] & {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Waugh]]
|-
| '''Toss''' || {{cr|AUS}} elected to bat first
|-
| '''Result''' || {{cr|IND}} won by 171 runs
|-
| '''Series result''' || Series drawn 1–1
|-
| '''Man of the Match''' || {{flagicon|IND}} [[VVS Laxman]]
|}

===Australian innings===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: grey solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%;" class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="1" | {{cr|AUS}}
! colspan="2" | First Innings
! colspan="2" | Second Innings (target 384)
|-
! [[Batsman]]
! [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
|-
| [[Michael Slater|M. J. Slater]] || [[Caught (cricket)|c]] [[Nayan Mongia|Mongia]] [[bowling (cricket)|b]] [[Zaheer Khan|Khan]] || 42 (99) || c [[Sourav Ganguly|Ganguly]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 43 (79)
|-
| [[Matthew Hayden|M. L. Hayden]] || c [[Substitute (cricket)|sub]] [[Hemang Badani|H. K. Badani]] b [[Zaheer Khan|Khan]] || 97 (157) || lbw b [[Sachin Tendulkar|Tendulkar]] || 67 (118)
|-
| [[Justin Langer|J. L. Langer]] || [[Caught (cricket)|c]] [[Nayan Mongia|Mongia]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 58 (91) || c [[Sadagoppan Ramesh|Ramesh]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 28 (21)
|-
| [[Mark Waugh|M. E. Waugh]] || [[Caught (cricket)|c]] [[Nayan Mongia|Mongia]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 22 (31) || lbw b [[Venkatapathy Raju|Raju]] || 0 (10)
|-
| [[Captain (cricket)|*]] [[Steve Waugh|S. R. Waugh]] || lbw b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 110 (203) || c [[Substitute (cricket)|sub]] [[Hemang Badani|H. K. Badani]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 24 (58)
|-
| [[Ricky Ponting|R. T. Ponting]] || lbw b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 6 (12) || c [[Shiv Sunder Das|Das]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 0 (4)
|-
| [[Wicket-keeper|+]] [[Adam Gilchrist|A. C. Gilchrist]] || lbw b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 0 (1) || lbw b [[Sachin Tendulkar|Tendulkar]] || 0 (1)
|-
| [[Shane Warne|S. K. Warne]] || c [[Sadagoppan Ramesh|Ramesh]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 0 (1) || lbw b [[Sachin Tendulkar|Tendulkar]] || 0 (7)
|-
| [[Michael Kasprowicz|M. S. Kasprowicz]] || [[Leg before wicket|lbw]] b [[Sourav Ganguly|Ganguly]] || 7 (28) || [[not out]] || 13 (56)
|-
| [[Jason Gillespie|J. N. Gillespie]] || c [[Sadagoppan Ramesh|Ramesh]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 46 (147) || c [[Shiv Sunder Das|Das]] b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 6 (38)
|-
| [[Glenn McGrath|G. D. McGrath]] || [[not out]] || 21 (28) || lbw b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 12 (27)
|-
| [[Extra (cricket)|Extras]] || || 36 || || 19
|-
| '''Total''' || (131.5 [[Over (cricket)|overs]]) || '''445''' || (68.3 [[Over (cricket)|overs]]) || '''212'''
|}
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: grey solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%;" class=wikitable
|-
! {{cr|IND}}
! colspan="4" | First Innings
!
! colspan="4" | Second Innings
|-
! [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
! [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! [[Maiden over|Maidens]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Wicket]]s
!
! [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! [[Maiden over|Maidens]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Wicket]]s
|-
|| [[Zaheer Khan|Z. Khan]] || 28.4 || 6 || 89 || 2 || || 8 || 4 || 30 || 0
|-
|| [[Venkatesh Prasad|B. K. V. Prasad]] || 30 || 5 || 95 || 0 || || 3 || 1 || 7 || 0
|-
|| [[Sourav Ganguly|S. C. Ganguly]] || 13.2 || 3 || 44 || 1 || || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0
|-
|| [[Venkatapathy Raju|S. L. V. Raju]] || 20 || 2 || 58 || 0 || || 15 || 3 || 58 || 1
|-
|| [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 37.5 || 7 || 123 || 7 || || 30.3 || 8 || 73 || 6
|-
|| [[Sachin Tendulkar|S. R. Tendulkar]] || 2 || 0 || 7 || 0 || || 11 || 3 || 31 || 3
|}

===Indian innings===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: grey solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%;" class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="1" | {{cr|IND}}
! colspan="2" | First Innings
! colspan="2" | Second Innings (following on)
|-
! [[Batsman]]
! [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Dismissal (cricket)|Method of dismissal]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
|-
| [[Shiv Sunder Das|S. S. Das]] || c [[Adam Gilchrist|Gilchrist]] [[bowling (cricket)|b]] [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 20 (48) || [[hit wicket]] b [[Jason Gillespie|Gillespie]] || 39 (99)
|-
| [[Sadagoppan Ramesh|S. Ramesh]] || c [[Ricky Ponting|Ponting]] b [[Jason Gillespie|Gillespie]] || 0 (3) || c [[Mark Waugh|M.Waugh]] b [[Shane Warne|Warne]] || 30 (43)
|-
| [[Rahul Dravid|R. Dravid]] || [[bowled|b]] [[Shane Warne|Warne]] || 25 (82) || [[Run out (cricket)|run out]] || 180 (353)
|-
| [[Sachin Tendulkar|S. R. Tendulkar]] ||lbw b [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 10 (18) || c [[Adam Gilchrist|Gilchrist]] b [[Jason Gillespie|Gillespie]] || 10 (23)
|-
| [[Captain (cricket)|*]] [[Sourav Ganguly|S. C. Ganguly]] || c [[Steve Waugh|S. Waugh]] b [[Michael Kasprowicz|Kasprowicz]] || 23 (51) || c [[Adam Gilchrist|Gilchrist]] b [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 48 (81)
|-
| [[V. V. S. Laxman]] || c [[Matthew Hayden|Hayden]] b [[Shane Warne|Warne]] || 59 (83) || c [[Ricky Ponting|Ponting]] b [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 281 (452)
|-
| [[Wicket-keeper|+]] [[Nayan Mongia|N. R. Mongia]] || c [[Adam Gilchrist|Gilchrist]] b [[Michael Kasprowicz|Kasprowicz]] || 2 (4) || b [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 4 (10)
|-
| [[Harbhajan Singh]] || c [[Ricky Ponting|Ponting]] b [[Jason Gillespie|Gillespie]] || 4 (15) || [[not out]] || 8 (6)
|-
| [[Zaheer Khan|Z. Khan]] || b [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 3 (19) || [[not out]] || 23 (15)
|-
| [[Venkatapathy Raju|S. L. V. Raju]] || lbw b [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 4 (15) || – || –
|-
| [[Venkatesh Prasad|B. K. V. Prasad]] || [[not out]] || 7 (23) || – || –
|-
| [[Extra (cricket)|Extras]] || || 14 || || 34
|-
| '''Total''' || (58.1 [[Over (cricket)|overs]]) || '''171''' || (7 wickets [[Declaration and forfeiture|declared]]; 178 overs) || '''657'''
|}
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 85%; border: grey solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%;" class=wikitable
|-
! {{cr|AUS}}
! colspan="4" | First Innings
!
! colspan="4" | Second Innings
|-
! [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
! [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! [[Maiden over|Maidens]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Wicket]]s
!
! [[Over (cricket)|Overs]]
! [[Maiden over|Maidens]]
! [[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
! [[Wicket]]s
|-
|| [[Glenn McGrath|G. D. McGrath]] || 14 || 8 || 18 || 4 || || 39 || 12 || 103 || 3
|-
|| [[Jason Gillespie|J. N. Gillespie]] || 11 || 0 || 47 || 2 || || 31 || 6 || 115 || 2
|-
|| [[Michael Kasprowicz|M. S. Kasprowicz]] || 13 || 2 || 39 || 2 || || 35 || 6 || 139 || 0
|-
|| [[Shane Warne|S. K. Warne]] || 20.1 || 3 || 65 || 2 || || 34 || 3 || 152 || 1
|-
|| [[Mark Waugh|M. E. Waugh]] || – || – || – || – || || 18 || 1 || 58 || 0
|-
|| [[Ricky Ponting|R. T. Ponting]] || – || – || – || – || || 12 || 1 || 41 || 0
|-
|| [[Matthew Hayden|M. L. Hayden]] || – || – || – || – || || 6 || 0 || 24 || 0
|-
|| [[Michael Slater|M. J. Slater]] || – || – || – || – || || 2 || 1 || 4 || 0
|-
|| [[Justin Langer|J. L. Langer]] || – || – || – || – || || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0
|}

==Notes==
* [[Harbhajan Singh|Harbhajan]]'s first innings [[List of Test cricket hat-tricks|hat-trick]] was the first ever by an Indian in Test cricket.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/136977.html| title=Test matches: Hat-tricks| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| accessdate=10 April 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321205721/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/136977.html| archive-date=21 March 2009| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[VVS Laxman|Laxman]]'s innings of 281 was the highest, at the time, by an Indian in Tests, surpassing [[Sunil Gavaskar]]'s record of 236 not out.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/105062.html| title=The 17-year-mark that Laxman has now stretched| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| accessdate=10 April 2009| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708035542/http://content.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/105062.html| archive-date=8 July 2012| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Rahul Dravid|Dravid]]'s innings of 180 was his ninth Test century and first against Australia.
* [[Adam Gilchrist|Gilchrist]] became the first Australian to be dismissed for a [[Pairs in Test and first-class cricket#King pairs in Test cricket|king pair]] in Test cricket.
* The Indian victory ended a 16 Test winning streak for [[Steve Waugh]]'s team, which was a world record.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/105118.html| title=Most consecutive wins| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| accessdate=10 April 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318073831/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/105118.html| archive-date=18 March 2009| url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/AUS_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/AUS_IND_T2_11-15MAR2001.html Scorecard] from [[Cricinfo]]

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