Rahul has 8 Man of the Match awards in Tests.  

    Date: January 16-20 1997

     Performance: Made a  mammoth 148  off 362  balls  in the  1st innings and an 81 of 146 balls in

     the 2nd. Also took 2 catches. The match was drawn.

     Match: 3rd Test vs. South Africa

     Ground: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

    Date: April 17-21 1997

     Performance: Made 92  off 295  balls in  the  1st  innings. Rahul  shared  the  Man of the match 

     award with S. Chanderpaul of West Indies. The rain-interrupted match ended in a draw.

     Match: 5th Test vs. West Indies

     Ground: Bourda, Georgetown

    Date: August 22-26 2002

     Performance: Was one of 3  centurions for India  in that  Test. Made a  brilliant 148 that  helped

     India declare at 628/8, also took  3 catches. Rahul was chosen over Tendulkar, who  had  scored

     a 193, for the Man of the Match award. India won by an innings and 46 runs.

     Match: 3rd Test vs. England

     Ground: Headingley, Leeds

    Date: September 5-9 2002

     Performance: Made a  solid 217 off  468 balls (629 minutes) that  helped India post 508 in reply

     to England's 1st  innings total  of  515. Also  took 3 catches. This  was  his  2nd Man  of the Match

     award in the series!

     Match: 4th Test vs. England

     Ground: The AMP Oval, London

    Date: October 8-12 2003

     Performance: Made a huge 222 to take India to 500 in the 1st innings and smashed a 73 in the

     2nd innings, scoring nearly 300 runs in the match. Also took 3 catches. The match was drawn.

     Match: 1st Test vs. New Zealand  

     Ground: Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

    Date: December 12-16 2003

     Performance: After India were down and out at 85-4 in the 1st innings, Rahul (233) and Laxman

     (148)  put up 300  runs  for the  5th wicket as  Ind  posted  523 in  reply to  Australia's 556. After

     batting for nearly 600 minutes, Rahul took two amazing catches in the slips as Ind bowled out Aus

     for 196. Chasing  233 to win, he  again scored 72*  to help  India to one  of the most  memorable

     wins ever. Rahul scored 305 runs in the match. This was his 2nd MOM award in 2003!

     Match: 2nd Test vs. Australia

     Ground: Adelaide Oval

    Date: April 13-16 2004

     Performance: After bowling out Pak  for 224 on  the 1st day, India needed  to get a big score to

     seal off the match. Rahul batted for 12 1/2 hrs. for his career best 270 which helped his  team  to

     a huge 600. Thanks to him, India won the match by an innings and 13 runs and the series 2-1!    

     Match: 3rd Test vs. Pakistan  

     Ground: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

    Date: March 16-20 2004

     Performance: Made 110 in the 1st innings  and 135 in the 2nd. This was the 2nd time he  scored

     100s in both innings. His contributions helped India win by 195 runs and go 1-up in the series. 

     Match: 2nd Test vs. Pakistan  

     Ground: Eden Gardens, Kolkata