#5 Dada's 144 at Brisbane:

People often remember Dravid's 233 at the Adelaide or Sachin's 241* in Sydney, but Ganguly's 144 in the first Test match at Brisbane propelled the team to perform well in the series.
The hosts scored 323 in their first innings. In reply, India was struggling at 62/3 with Sachin and Dravid back in the pavilion. If not for that amazing batting by Ganguly along with Laxman, the hosts would have won the first Test thereby having that psychological advantage going ahead into the series.
Ganguly was on top of his game and played a match-saving knock which consisted of 18 boundaries. The match ended in a draw, but this brought a lot of confidence in the team. We were able to level the series 1-1, and were the only team who challenged the Aussies back then.
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