The best Test series in India ever played!! Stopping that Australian side twice was stuff of legends!!I have a lot of respect for VVS Laxman for his talent and Harbhajan for his heart!! Unforgettable series!!

They were the reason for us to read the newspaper from the last page

55:44 Ganguly hugging Dravid. Priceless. Only 90s kids knows the feel of many hard fought test cricket wins and draws.

19:16 VVS Laxman playing like T20 😊 47 runs just in 51 balls.... that also against Australia.... He is *the legend*

That hug between Dravid and dada when we won that was moment❤️❤️55:44

This series will live in the hearts of Indians for decades. Some of the most legendary players to have played cricket competing against each other in a test series. Awsome!! What an era of test cricket!!

Why am I crying with tears of joy even in February 2020?❤️ That was Test cricket man. The best Indian team ever.

That hug from Dada to Dravid--> Begining of a new era.

Tony Greig's commentary was GOLD, genuine,he felt these moments just like you...rest in peace..

One of the best series ever! And the final hug of Dada and Jam with Tony Greig's Commentary....Simply Unforgettable!!!

the hug between dravid and dada just show how much passion they had ....

Samir Dighe should also be remembered for his contribution with bat when the team was in deep trouble, he did hit couple of boundaries to help achieve the target.

Look at that hug in the end from Ganguly to Dravid that says it all. Priceless

My two favourite teams - India and Australia. Glad to see them fight in such a tense match; Australia were the world champions for a long time but 1998-2001 was the turning point and ever since, India has been ranked Number 1 in ICC/MCC/Global Cricket. India are just so consistent, much like Aus but now the Aus team are weak - well done India!!!! Love, from Germany.

Wonderful test series. Kills me that we lost it but full credit to India.

Don't forget the talent of Ramesh. The best bowling attack at this point of time is for Pakistan and Australia. And Ramesh play very well against them. He was my favourite at that time

55:40 The best part of this 1hr long video. That hug is everything.

golden child hood days are in flash after seeing this match.. Just realizing now how many people came to see test matches and cheered those days....

This series changed Cricket across globe... And it was dawn of new era of Indian Cricket... Best series of all time...❤️❤️

This Captain, this team, they started it all. From making steve waugh wait at the tosses to show him who is the boss to letting his boys play their natural game to sacrificing his own batting for the team that man Ganguly surely deserves a lot more praise than any other Indian captain. He was at the helm after a disastrous event, he built the team from scratch. He instilled faith in them, he instilled faith that this team can win anywhere. He did it, His boys did it for him and their Colours. Legends all of them, the era where the dominance started. Kudos to these gentlemen.

The greatest series in the last 25 yrs along with 2005 ashes and the Brian Lara 1999 series

VVS, Bhajji, Dravid and Sachin... these 4 players are the real match winners in this series...

Just a word of appreciation for Mark Waugh! The heroes of this match are definitely sachin for his century and harbhajan for his 15 wickets. Hayden's double is also appreciated...but few people talk about Junior Waugh. Classy half centuries in both innings, top score in the second and about half a dozen catches...some of which are miraculous! Really, an awesome player! Someone whose impact cannot be measured by stats!

The greatest test victory for 90's kids.. That celebration from dada and Chennai crowd says it all... Rise of bhajji and everytime there is a major contribution from Master Blaster in such victories..

In this series 3 cricketers who were average performers turned into great players .All of them started in 90s but had pretty ordinary careers until this series. They all had superb performances throughout this series and had brilliant careers afterwards. They were mathew hayden , vvs laxman and harbhajan singh .

This series saw the rise and fall of many.. The rise of Ganguly as a captain, Dravid as a commendable batsman and Gilchrist as a quality wicket keeper in challenging circumstances. Hayden, Harbhajan and VVS were the stand out performers of this series... They went on to rule the cricketing world for the first decade of the new millennium.. In the hindsight this high pressure series also brought the curtains for alteast 3 big names.. Slater, Mark Waugh & Venkat Raju. Their international career came to an end within a year or so.. I don't think Raju ever played a test match again. Mark lost his form and was lost in woods, after the series against NZ and SA he was never considered again, neither for one dayers nor for test matches. He never announced his retirement in a manner modern cricketers did but those 8500 runs were pure treat to the eyes. Slater brought embarrassment to himself and his team by claiming a catch that was never there. That angry outburst against Dravid did him.. The series was played in perfect competitive spirit, each player bringing his best on to the table, an acknowledgment to two of the biggest ambassadors of the game in whose name the prizes trophy was named - Alan Border and Sunil Gavaskar.

"So one of the best Test Series ever witnessed, Australia's domination of world cricket finally ended, they certainly didn't play badly but India reached remarkable heights and found new heroes when they needed them most. India Australia 2001 simply unforgettable." Simply awesome conclusion.

Still brings tears to my eyes.. Happy happy childhood memories..

See the crowd in the stadium...from day 1 to day 5 it's been awesome , shows how much passionate people were for cricket at that time And now even in T20 match you won't find such an energetic crowd

I am Here after today winning 😍 2001 to 2021 what a great domination over the test cricket 🇮🇳🇮🇳 Lots of legend born in this country , future hero’s are pant , gill ❤️❤️

I have watched 3 unbelievable things that never happened before... Dravid's six, Gilchrist's drop, and Hayden bowling.. 🤣😛

True great memories. The matriculation exam was going on for me and my dad had packed the television for good. The entire series I listened to relayed through Radio. Really one of the greatest memories I can think of. Lived and watched through the eyes of the radio commentators and was really a wonderful experience. And got through the exams in flying colours too. Cherry on the cake🙂

Dravid batting at 6 and pointing at 7 in this match. Few years down the line they both retired as the best no 3 batsmen for their respective sides.

The series that saw rise of Harbhajan singh, Mathew hayden, turning point for VVS laxman

38:02 look at Ponting .... how confidently he was standing there... when there was "huge deflection off the bat" .... 35:14 Langer rection is like he was given out wrong... Not walking away is another thing... But after given out, when u re fairly out, giving such expressions and reactions is insane.....

Little master in mood. Darvid Laxman & Harbhajan just turns the Series. Most importantly Sourav Ganguly's test Captaincy is far better than any other captain in the world. Total aggressive. No mercy.

damn, its been 16 years, since this happened what nostalgia it still creates and a whole picture of our lives during those times come to the fore

Emotions clearly visible on Sourav and Rahul's faces at 55:42 . Great Test Match and Series.

Best moment... After winning Just see Dada and Rahul Dravids hugging moment.....💟💟💥💥✌️ Golden era of Indian cricket...

Shiv sundar das was also a classic batsman sweeping shane warne for fours & sixes.

Any win against 2001 Australia is a historic victory!

51:13 What a commentary by Tony Greig. Legend!!! “HE IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED. SO HE SHOULD BE”

this Aussie batting line struggles like baby and got decimated destroyed shattered into pieces by Bhajji. That was dream Indian cricket line up. And now you see how easily Indian team has lost to back to back WTC to a much weaker NZ and AUS side. What a team that was!!. Legends of legendary hall of fame.

This was the series of Harbhajan and VVS.

That series win was priceless & can only be compared with only world cup title wins of INDIA in 1983 & 2011. Because before this series AUSTRALIA won 16 tests in a row (not even a single draw match during these ) . All teams started to believe that no team can even imagine to beat these mighty Aussies team😢. But Dada's(saurav) unique leadership and very very skillfull legends like VVS,DRAVID,SACHIN and more importantly totally mesterious masterpiece offspin attack by Bhajji turned in to stop mighty winning run of AUSSIES. This series victory started to change defensive mindset of INDIAN cricketers in all forms of cricket. Today s(2019) mighty attacking mindset of all indian cricketers is no doubt the result of spectacular leadership given by saurav ganguly (dada) to indian cricket👌💐 DHONI was the next supreme updated version of SAURAV Dada's leadership😊😊😊😊👌💐

This was the level of competition which could only be tackled by great captain Sourav Ganguly.... Old memories.....missing badly

This series changed the indian cricket Laxman,and harbhajan were heroes of the series and vital contribution from dravid and sachin But at the last but not the least the captaincy of dada

watched this match on doordarshan live.was in 4th standard but still remember the thrill and joy of those 5 days.A dada fan.

India were a pretty weak team back then. Till then, Batting used to be Tendulkar, and Bowling, basically none. We had poorest of bowlers. This series actually changed the old tradition, as others in the Batting lineup stood up as well. Though our bowling was always the weak link, and a major reason of so many matches that India has lost even when there were Sachin and Dravid in the team. Dada is one of the greatest Captains ever, the the greatest of all Indian ones that have ever been. What we see today in Indian Cricket is Dada's Legacy.

Having watched this match plenty of times over the years, still, for the first time as I looked at India's line up, it gave me butterflies in the stomach. It's crazy that we won.

I was in that stadium at day 1 with my father at the age 15 to see that match, Hayden was completely dominated at day 1 played like ODI innings , it was unforgattable day in my life

those days even a test series promoted like world cup... signboards on road, scheduled card distributed on shops, posters were selling of the playing teams... that was a craze at that time

I was in the stadium watching this. Great Memories.

Test in those times were more interesting than today's t20s.... East or west, test is the best

इस सीरीज ने तीन भारतीय खिलाड़ियों का नाम इतिहास के सुनहरे पन्नों में दर्ज कर दिया,, राहुल द्रविड़,,,लक्ष्मण और हरभजन सिंह।

An unbelievable series. Massives crowds, drama, performances and non-performance of some of the best threw it all up into the air. I love Australia v India test series.

what a test series!!! childhood memories!!!!

राहुल द्रविड़ और तेंदुलकर के बीच एक शानदार साझेदारी देखने को एक बार फिर मिली थी। यह टीम प्रयास ही था जो ऑस्ट्रेलिया जैसी अजेय और मजबूत टीम को उस समय भारत ने पटखनी दे दी।

This series will be immortal in Indian hearts !! Sad that nowadays we don't see such passion for the game anymore..

Another classy innings by Sachin....Drives to Macgrath were awesome....Tx sachin.

I can't believe it. So many people watching a Test Match in India!!!

That iconic Sachin's stance on the thumbnail is mesmerizing 🥰🥰

Brings tears to the eyes even now after two decades. This victory was a turning point in India’s development as a team. Luckily it coincided with the time BCCI started bringing in professional structures to groom young talent, ensuring that the gains from this win were built on. The result is there for all to see

well played shivsunder das.. we oriyas are proud of you... 🙌🙌🙌

35:01 that Dumbo Langer, shaking his head, when he's clearly out

I don't think any test series can be above this ......this was beyond....... great test series in test cricket history ever.

Some kids these days wont understand the importance of this series for Indian cricket. To standup against mighty Aussies !! What an era began from here !! The hug between Ganguly and Dravid at the end here after winning shot shows how important this win was. Never seen such emotions from specially Dravid. They both knew how highly valued this win is as equal to any world cup win !!

This series revived Indian cricket :)

32 wickets in 3 matches ! no words ! happens to score the winning runs. what else we could say.

One of those moments I will never forget ...I burst into tears after india won......

I just watched Ind vs aus 2021 successor of this series

27:30 rare ball.. brilliant Sachin 😍

RIP Tony Greig. Miss his commentary so much.

I feel sorry for current generation. I missed golden days of cricket when bilateral series were hyped and lived upto expectations.

Man, look at that Australian line-up. 75% of that could've been part of world X1 team of that time.. Terrific team! To win against them was something special..

Awesome Bhajji, Laxman, Sachin, Rahul

What GREAT men these were! The credit is shared by almost everyone, the batsmen, the bowlers; but most of all the captain, THE GREAT DADA, GANGULI!

lets give this video 100M views ...probably the greatest series ever played... wow...i want these raw emotions back..

At 55:04, the winning runs by Bhajji is a great lesson. He and Dighe wanted to be double sure about score. Even when the whole stadium was celebrating, they were looking at scorer to ensure that they had won the match and maintained calm. Only when they were certain, they started celebrating. A certain lesson for todays' cricketers who start celebrating as early as when 2 runs are needed in 3 balls😉.

Sachin vs McGrath hand down is the best rivalry in the last 25 years. Mark Waugh is easily the greatest slip fielder ever. I am sure his catch to dismiss Laxman would have given heart attacks to fans back then. I was only 5 and half years old that time. Dighe can proudly tell the story to his grandsons about his 3 fours.

It's always India who bring Aussies from cloud 9 to Earth

Must say SS Das was a damn good short leg/silly point fielder. He had great reflexes.

INDIAN CRICKET TEAM CONSTANTLY DOING GLORIOUS WORK WITH ALL EFFECTS IT'S A GOOD SIGN APPRENTICE

Believe me that was Australia...Steve Waugh's Australia

2 debutants and another change in bowling department for the all important match.... thats DADA for u.... brave man....love u dada

Those 3 boundaries from samir dighe were extremely crucial... because of it we won...he was useful cricketer but never quite got enough opportunities at the highest level

यह मैच मैंने रेडियो पर सुना था मेरी जिंदगी की सबसे रोमांचक सीरीज थी द्रविड़ लक्ष्मण हरभजन जैसे बड़े स्टार मिले थे भारत को ऑस्ट्रेलिया का विजय रथ रोका था भारत ने दादा एक बेस्ट कप्तान उभर कर आए थे

I am getting tears from these dada real Bengal tiger and childhood hero and sachin God of cricket and Tony greig commentary mind blowing

Kulkarni and Bahutule and we still won the match!! bothwere smashed badly !!

the last ball steered by Harbhajan for 2 runs was an inswinging yorker & an extremely difficult delivery to cope up with , but Harbhajan played it masterfully

This is what Cricket was. This is what Cricket teams were. This is how cricket has to be played. Proud to be part of the era.

This matched also emphasized why australia were the best side in the world for the preceding half decade and upcoming half decade. No match is lost or won till the last run is scored or the last wicket has fallen

Still it use to give goosebumps....no matter how many time you watch this.....those days of cricket....our childhood was soo simple yet sooo beautiful

Only remember how Waugh and his boys were forced to swallow the bitter pill of humility. Going by Australia’s wonderful test match streak, Waugh famously termed India as their ‘final frontier’. And then Kolkata and Chennai happened.

The rise of Sehwag signalled the end of Das. He did get chances though. That poor show in the Carribbean in the summer of 2002 made the selectors select Sehwag for the England tour and that was it for SS Das.

One of the greatest ever test series played. Top stuff. Hats off to India to defeat mighty Australians. 👌👌👍

One of the best test series, just unforgettable. This series has turned the fate of Indian Cricket.

Bhajji tormented Ausies... in that series... no 1 can forget historic Lakshman Dravid partnership... and icing on the cake was Sachin scoring hundred in this match... and ofcourse India winning the series.... great memories

I am from Pakistan and I watched all matches of this series live. Stuff of legends.

If any Dhoni fans believing Dhoni played better captaincy by most victories, jus go through this Australian line up and watch how their winning streak ended by Dada and co