By IANS
Adelaide : Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman will go into the fourth and final Test against Australia with extra confidence as they had slammed centuries in the 2003 win when the team toured here.
Dravid made a total of 305 runs in India’s win in December that year.
Dravid had scored a superb 233 and Laxman a fine 148 in the first innings and the former remained unbeaten on 72 in the second innings as India scripted a four-wicket win over Australia.
Dravid’s double century is the third all-time highest knock at this venue, after Don Bradman’s 299 not out against South Africa in 1931-32 and Ricky Ponting’s 242 against India in 2003-04.
India have reduced the deficit in the ongoing series to 1-2 after their win in the third Test in Perth last week. The Adelaide match starts Thursday.
The following are India’s the top performances in Adelaide:
* Highest innings totals:
523 2003-04
520 1985-86
* Lowest innings totals:
110 1999-00
* Highest individual innings:
233 Rahul Dravid 2003-04
174 Sandeep Patil 1980-81
166* Sunil Gavaskar 1985-86
148 V.V.S.Laxman 2003-04
Most runs in a Test match:
305 (233 + 72*) Rahul Dravid 2003-04
261 (116 + 145) Vijay Hazare 1947-48
* Leading run-getter:
Rahul Dravid: 346 at 115.33 in 2 Tests
* Best partnership:
303 (5th wicket) Dravid and Laxman 2003-04
* Best bowling in an innings:
8-106 by Kapil Dev 1985-86
Leading wicket-taker:
19 by Kapil Dev (23.11) in 3 matches