January 2000: After being in and out of the squad, Laxman made his mark by scoring 167 at SCG during India’s tour of Australia 1999/00. However, the innings couldn’t save India from an innings and a 141-run defeat. The instance where he came close to scoring a century prior to that was against the same opponents during Australia’s tour of India in 1998, where he scored 95 at Eden Gardens coming in as an opener. India won by an innings and 219 runs then.