Date: July-Sept 2002

     Performance: In the 1st  test at Lord's, Rahul  scored 46 and 63 but India crashed  to a 170 run

     defeat. In the 2nd  test, he scored  a  fine century and  helped  India  draw the  match. Rahul  hit

     another  100 in  the 3rd  Test. This time his  148 helped India win  by an  innings and 46 runs. He

     was  chosen over  Tendulkar,  who had  scored 193, for  the 'Man of the Match'  award. However,

     Rahul's best was yet to come in the  final Test. He struck  his then career-best 217, which  helped

     India  draw the  match. With an  aggregate of 602 runs at  an average  of 100.33, Rahul was  the

     obvious choice for the 'Man of the Series' award.

     Series: India in England

     Country: England

    Date: Dec 2004-Jan 2005

     Performance: In the 1st  test at Brisbane, Rahul  scored an unbeaten 43  in the 2nd innings and

     helped draw the match. This was followed by his  then-career best score  of 233 in the 1st innings

     of  the Adelaide Test. He  batted for more than  10 hours and steered India to a  historic win after

     they were  dead and buried at 85-4. In  the 2nd innings, his  72* helped India win the  game by 4

     wkts. Rahul's brilliant performance won him the acclaim of critics and fans all over the world.

   

     Rahul followed up his  double hundred with a  49 and 92 in the  3rd Test at Melbourne. In the final

     test  at  Syndey, he again missed  out  on a 100  when he  retired hurt on  91 in the 2nd  innings.

     Rahul  scored  a  total  of  619   runs  in  the  series  at   an  incredible  average  of  123.80.   His

     performance was so great that he was chosen over  Ricky Ponting, who had scored  706 runs, for

     the 'Man of the Series' award.

     Series: India in Australia

     Country: Australia