Second Test, 2000–01 Border–Gavaskar Trophy: Difference between revisions

[[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.

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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.

| '''Series result''' || Series drawn 1–1

| [[Michael Kasprowicz|M. S. Kasprowicz]] || [[Leg before wicket|lbw]] b [[Sourav Ganguly|Ganguly]] || 7 (28) || [[not out]] || 13 (56)

| [[Glenn McGrath|G. D. McGrath]] || [[not out]] || 21 (28) || lbw b [[Harbhajan Singh]] || 12 (27)

| [[Zaheer Khan|Z. Khan]] || b [[Glenn McGrath|McGrath]] || 3 (19) || [[not out]] || 23 (15)

| [[Venkatesh Prasad|B. K. V. Prasad]] || [[not out]] || 7 (23) || – || –