Top 5 batting collapses for Australia against India

#2 At Eden Gardens, 2001

India scripted one of the most unbelievable wins in Test history

Whenever you talk about India’s finest wins against Australia or Test cricket in general, the Eden Test of 2001 has to come.

Australia batted first and put on 445 in their first innings. India responded with just 171.

Aussie skipper Steve Waugh enforced the follow-on and this time, India put on a mammoth 657/7 on board thanks to the majestic knocks of 281 and 180 by Laxman and Rahul Dravid respectively. Australia had to chase down 384 to win the match in the final day.

Australia began decently with openers Matthew Hayden and Michael Slater putting on 74 for the first wicket.

Slater got dismissed by Harbhajan Singh.

The next few Australian batsmen were not able to give a lot of assistance to Hayden but were scoring enough runs to keep the possibility of a draw.

On the other side, Harbhajan was taking wickets in quick succession.

Australia were looking quite good at 166/3 before Bhajji dismissed Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting within the blink of an eye.

At 167/5, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly sent in Sachin Tendulkar to bowl just one over. In his first over, he dismissed Adam Gilchrist before getting the key wicket of Hayden.

With all the big Aussie batsmen gone, India were only a few steps away from victory. Tendulkar dismissed Shane Warne while Harbhajan dismissed Gillespie and Glenn McGrath to give India probably their most memorable Test win. The final seven Australian wickets fell for just 46 runs.