McGrath and Warne couldn't do it, but could a bowler from another team have provided a breakthrough to change history?

Hot Seat: Who could have stopped Laxman-Dravid at Eden Gardens?

Former India opener S Ramesh on facing the best attacks in the world, the disappointment of being overlooked, and Kolkata 2001

'I should have played at least 50 Test matches'

The nation's greatest series win had more than a tinge of controversy, which nobody in India really wanted to talk about

Recalling India's collective vow of silence

After two consecutive whitewashes, it's worth reflecting on some of the great passages of play between India and Australia - my favourite of which was the four-ball spell by Glenn McGrath to Sachin Tendulkar at Eden Gardens a dozen years ago

When McGrath mastered the Master

VVS Laxman looks back at two monumental knocks against Australia, the 167 in Sydney in 2000 and the 281 in Kolkata in 2001, in an interview with Wisden India

'My 281 altered the cricket world's perception of India'

Peter Willey, who was involved in two of the greatest Tests of modern times, as player in one, umpire in the other, looks back at them

What's common to Headingley '81 and Kolkata '01?

While the senses are riveted on the World Cup, the 10th anniversary of a landmark day in Indian cricket - the famous Kolkata stand between Laxman and Dravid - has gone unheralded, unacknowledged even

A forgotten anniversary

India's go-to guy steps up and answers the doubters

Dravid gets a hundred at Eden

Amit Varma watches the invisible Rahul Dravid labour in the shadows of VVS Laxman

Best supporting act

A celebration of the best cricket in 2001, starting with Peter Roebuck on VVS Laxman's epic 281 against Australia

The impossible dream

Rahul Bhattacharya talks to VVS Laxman and finds a simple man, intent on doing his job the best he can

Amazing grace

Finally Australia's great winning streak has come to an end

Forced to follow-on yet won

Thursday was a day for drum beats and celebrations at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata

Laxman, Harbhajan script sensational Indian victory

The 17-year-mark that Laxman has now stretched

There was once a man who said "cricket's a funny game." If indeed thatis true, and a truer statement you cannot hope to hear, then VVSLaxman was the master comedian at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on thefourth day of the second Test

Laxman carves a place for himself in history at the Eden Gardens

The third day of the second Test saw VVS Laxman come into his own, playing two innings of character in one day

Laxman holds centre stage but India still face uphill task

From the euphoria and exultation of yesterday, India were brought back downto earth by a display of attacking cricket that Australia may as wellpatent as their own

Steve Waugh stands tall as India flicker and fade out

India managed to wrest the initiative on the opening day of the second Test, thanks chiefly to an impressive performance by Harbhajan Singh

My father would have been proud of my performance: Harbhajan

The first day of the second Test between Australia and India was a showcaseof the kind of cricket worth traveling far to witness

Harbhajan makes history as India restrict Aussies

As befits a city of thinkers and artists, the finest Test played there was a long, slow, examination of skill and character

Classical Kolkata

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Player Of The Match

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2nd Test, Australia tour of India at Kolkata, Mar 11-15 2001

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