Cricket story when Team India beat Australia, read interesting story here after follow on

New Zealand vs England, Wellington Test: New Zealand defeated England by 1 run in a thrilling match after following on in the second Test played in Wellington. After this victory, New Zealand made the 2 test match series 1-1. The excitement was at its peak in the second test. Till the end it was not decided whether England would win or New Zealand. But in the end, the Kiwi team was successful in registering a win in the second match. This exciting victory of New Zealand revived the moments of India’s victory when in 2001 Team India defeated Australia after playing the follow-on.

New Zealand brings back memories of India-Australia match

India won against Australia in the year 2001 after following on. This golden opportunity came in the year 2001. When the Kangaroo team came on a tour of India. At that time a three-match Test series was played between the two teams. Whose first match was in the name of Australia. The second match started at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Which was very exciting.

In this match, the Australian team scored 445 runs while batting first. Captain Steve Waugh played a century innings of 110 runs for the Kangaroos. At the same time, in response to 445 runs, the first innings of the Indian team was scattered like cards and the whole team was piled on 171 runs. After this India was forced to follow on. But whatever happened after that became golden history.

Kangaroo battered in front of Laxman, Dravid and Harbhajan

Playing the follow-on, the Indian team declared the innings by scoring 657 runs for 7 wickets. In this match, Laxman played a brilliant inning of 281 runs. Whereas Dravid had scored 180 runs. Both had a partnership of 376 runs for India in the second innings. On the basis of his amazing batting, India had given Australia a big target of 384 runs. At the same time, at the time of bowling, India’s star spinner Harbhajan Singh showed his magic. He took 6 wickets in Australia’s second innings and bundled out the Australian innings for 212 runs. In this way, on the basis of Laxman, Dravid and Harbhajan, India created history and defeated the Kangaroos despite the follow-on.

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