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The touch was silky but the execution was brutal. The Aussie bowlers were left in a daze by the ferocity of the counter-attack.

It all began in the first innings, when Laxman, in the company of last-man Venkatesh Prasad, summoned the belief that he could tackle the Aussies on his own terms. From that point on, it was mayhem.