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Xtra Time Web Desk:  When we talk about the heroics in Australian soil, two Indian figures shine bright. One is India's 'wall' Rahul Dravid and another one is 'spiday' Rishabh Pant!

20 years back, Rahul Dravid proved his ability to yell his head off and hit the winning runs for India in Adelaide. It was only the fourth time they had ever won a Test match in Australia and their first victory since 1981. Dravid spent 12 and a half hours at the crease, scoring more runs than he has ever done or will ever do in a single Test. Dravid being soaked in the Adelaide sunshine, teeth gritted, arms up high, the personification of triumph was in the lens of the world. Dravid's heroics that boosted India for a 1-0 lead in a series they went on to draw in Australia for the first time since 1985. 

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Many years after, India being all out for 36, their three jillion injuries, the hassle of cricket in quarantine - found its essence when Rishabh Pant came to the crease. He was then 23. Pant said after powering India to break Australia's undefeated streak, "This is one of the biggest things in my life right now." 

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India needed 161 runs with about 43 overs to go when Pant walked in at No. 5. He stood and managed one end strongly and ended up lashing Josh Hazlewood down the ground to win one of the greatest series wins in Test history.