New Delhi. India's cricket journey with Australia began after independence. The first series was played in 1947, in which independent India lost 4 matches. Australia, which won the first series against India, dominated for the next 53 years. In this journey of Test cricket, a day comes in the year 2001 which changes the entire history. It is as if everything has changed. Since then, India's dominance over Australia can be clearly seen. Let us know which was that date, which changed the history of the India-Australia Test series.

When Dravid-Laxman dropped anchor
14 March 2001. This was the same day when India was playing follow-on against Australia in the Kolkata Test. The first three days of the match were in Australia's favor. On the fourth day, India was struggling to avoid defeat. The day started with 254 runs for 4 wickets. VVS Laxman started playing ahead with 109 runs and Rahul Dravid with 7 runs. Both played the whole day. Laxman and Dravid dropped anchor against the Australian attack against which it was difficult to survive for an hour. Both did not get out the whole day. They batted for the entire 90 overs and took India's score to 589 runs for 4 wickets. India was already in the driving seat. Amazingly, there was one day and another day. India has maintained its hold on the driving seat since then.

India had won only 11 out of the first 58 Tests.
The period from 28 November 1947 to 13 March 2001 in India-Australia Test history is full of the dominance of the Kangaroos. During this period, 58 Tests were played between the two countries. Out of these, Australia won 29 and India won 11 matches. There was one tie and 17 draws. Even those who understand simple mathematics can guess that when India won 2 Tests on an average, Australia won 5. That means Australia's winning average was almost two and a half times that of India.

Then won 21 out of 49…
Then India defeated Australia by 171 runs in the Kolkata Test on March 15. This was India's 12th win over Australia. After this, it seemed as if the whole history had turned. After the Kolkata Test (2021) between India and Australia, 49 matches have been played till now… Out of these, 21 have been won by India and 16 by Australia. 12 matches were drawn. You can see - the wheel of time has turned. India now wins more matches.

Australia has been on the back foot from 2001 till today
. There was a time when Indian players used to get nervous when they went to Australia. Now Australia is nervous that it may lose its third consecutive Test series to India at home. India defeated Australia at home in 2018-19 and 2020-21. Australia may have an upper hand in the overall record. It may have won 45 out of 107 Tests and India has 32 wins to its credit. But this is the incomplete side of the coin. The picture becomes clear when you look at both its sides. See how Australia is still on the back foot even after the 376-run partnership between Laxman and Dravid.