Laxman's second-innings act
VVS Laxman's classy batting, and some inspired bowling set up another overseas win for India at a venue where they had a poor record

VVS Laxman: India's best second-innings batsman in wins • AFP
Period | Played | Won | Lost | Draw |
Since Jan 2000 | 63 | 23 | 21 | 19 |
Since Jan 2007 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
1990s | 39 | 1 | 15 | 23 |
Captain | Played | Win | Lost | Draw | W-L ratio |
Don Bradman | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 5.00 |
MS Dhoni | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 4.66 |
Steve Waugh | 57 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 4.55 |
Mike Brearley | 31 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 4.50 |
Lindsay Hassett | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3.50 |
Viv Richards | 50 | 27 | 8 | 15 | 3.37 |
Batsman | Matches | Runs | Average | 100 | 50 |
VVS Laxman | 31 | 1217 | 67.61 | 2 | 9 |
GR Viswanath | 18 | 767 | 54.78 | 2 | 3 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 41 | 1247 | 51.95 | 3 | 6 |
Rahul Dravid | 40 | 1231 | 51.29 | 2 | 7 |
Sourav Ganguly | 28 | 658 | 50.61 | 0 | 4 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 19 | 633 | 42.20 | 2 | 3 |
Virender Sehwag | 24 | 718 | 37.78 | 0 | 5 |