Day -12: The 2001 Eden Test

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As a 2000s kid, I've grown up hearing stories about this Test from both my parents dozens of times.

India, against Australia, conceded a follow-on. Then Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman batted and batted and batted and took a decent lead, and Harbhajan Singh, a newbie, ran through the Aussie line up (including a hat-trick) in the 4th innings to gift India a victory for the ages.

This is the legendary match in Chetan Bhagat's '3 Mistakes of my Life', too (one of his very few good books).

This is the legendary match in Chetan Bhagat's '3 Mistakes of my Life', too (one of his very few good books)

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This match always used to make me wish: why wasn't I born earlier enough to see this?

Till Gabba 2021 happened, that is. Now we have a story to tell our kids, too, like our parents told us this.

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