Thursday was a day for drum beats and celebrations at the Eden Gardens inKolkata. India beat Australia by 171 runs in one of most thrilling Test matchesof all times and had leveled the three match series with one game to play. Atthe end of the second day, India were down and out, able to make just 171 intheir first knock. In a knock of 281, described by Steve Waugh as "some ofthe best batting I have ever seen," VVS Laxman galvanised the Indians.