Five occasions when Indian team defied the odds to script an overseas Test win 

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Indians team have scripted some memorable wins

#2 Australia vs India, Adelaide 2003

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Dravid's finest hour in Test Cricket
Dravid's finest hour in Test Cricket

Arguably India's best overseas win came at Adelaide in Steve Waugh's last series. Buoyed by Ponting's mammoth 242, Australia had India on the mat, reeling at 85/4 in response to their first innings total of 556.

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But then, the horrors of Kolkata 2001 came back to haunt Steve Waugh and his team again as Dravid (233) and Laxman (148) reproduced their Eden Gardens magic in a marathon 303 run partnership.

India eventually finished at 523 all out, trailing Australia by 33 runs in the first innings. With just over five sessions left in the game, the match looked set for a draw.

But India's Ajit Agarkar (6/42), in an outstanding display of fast-medium seam and swing bowling coupled with a buoyant fielding effort, skittled out the Australians for a mere 196, leaving India with 233 runs to get to register their first Test win Down Under after 21 years.

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Dravid (72) once again led the charge for India in the second innings, fittingly hitting the winning runs and subsequently completing his 300 runs in the match.

India won the game by four wickets and Dravid has duly adjudged the Man of the Match for scripting one of India's greatest Test win overseas.

Match Stats:

Australia 556 (Ricky Ponting 242, Anil Kumble 5/154) & 196 (Adam Gilchrist 43, Ajit Agarkar 6/41) lost to India 523 (Rahul Dravid 233, Andy Bichel 4/118) & 6-233 (Rahul Dravid 72*, Simon Katich 2/22) by 4 wickets.

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