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Laxman made his Test debut against South Africa in November 1996, and took almost four years to score his first century when he scored 167 against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2000. Laxman's next century came against the same team in 2001, when he made 281 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The score is the highest individual score in a ...
Laxman duly completed a hundred in Dravid's company. VVS Laxman scored 281 runs and was the highest run scorer for India in both innings. 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.
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. [16] Dravid's innings of 180 was his ninth Test century and first against Australia. Gilchrist became the first Australian to be dismissed for a king pair in Test cricket.
Laxman was finally dismissed the next day on 281. Dravid made 180, and India declared on day 5 at 657/7, setting Australia an almost impossible target of 384 runs. Australia did not immediately crumble under the reversed pressure; at tea, they were 161/3 for their final innings, and a draw looked the most likely result.
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"His 281 is the highest individual score by a batsman in an India–Australia test match." – "Test match" should be capitalised as such, and I would prefer for "India–Australia" to be written out, it would probably work better slightly reworded: "His 281 is the highest individual score in a Test match between India and Australia."
VVS Laxman's 281, scored against Australia in March 2001, during the famous second test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy, is the highest individual Test score achieved at the ground. [13] [14] The highest individual Test score by an overseas player is 256, scored by Rohan Kanhai of the West Indies in December 1958.
Then Laxman reached his century as well, in the 89th over, with a single towards mid-wicket, his sixth in tests and his third against Australia, the earlier two being 167 and 281. The two Indians continued to torment the Australians, with some risk-free but effective strokeplay, which fetched them boundaries.