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Here we are ready to make your visit to our restaurant a great experience.  Owners Harry and Sandy are on the far left and second right respectively.

You may ask, "Why have you dubbed Chefs of Tandoori 'Second Innings'?  Well, we have come back from the brink after the fire in May of 2011 that shut us down for almost 8 months.  Many thought that it was possibly the end of the Chefs of Tandoori.  But we fought on and now we are back, better than ever!

And as we know that many of our wonderful customers our great cricket fans, as are we, we have named our second version of the Chefs of Tandoori 'Second Innings' after one of India's, if not world crickets greatest comebacks.  Against the might of the awesome Australian Cricket team of 2001 no less.  A team that featured the likes of Steve Waugh, Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting, Warne, McGrath and company that was on a magic streak of 16 test wins in a row.

But the Indians were packed with some great players of their own and they were not going to just sit back and let the Aussie's have it there own way.  In a rare game that saw arguably the world's greatest ever player, Sachin Tendulkar actually not contribute with the bat the game was turned into a classic by the quintessential back against the wall agressive batting of V.V.S. Laxman.  He, with Dravid (180), kept the Aussie bowling attack of McGrath, Gillespie, Warne, etc... at bay for 422 minutes while compiling a score of 281.  Their partnership was worth 376 and ultimately took this amazing game out of the reach of the Australian team and India to victory.

This game will live on as one of India's proudest Cricketing moments and one of crickets mightiest comebacks.

Check out V.V.S. Laxmans fantastic innings

See the final moments of this test match

Australia won the toss and decided to bat
First Innings Australia 445 all out (131.5 overs)  India 171 all out (58.1 overs)	Second Innings Australia 657 for 7 (178.0 overs) declared  India 212 all out (68.3 overs)

Australia First Innings
Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s

M J Slater	c N R Mongia	b Z Khan	42	99	7	1
M L Hayden	c sub	b H Singh	97	157	14	3
J L Langer	c N R Mongia	b Z Khan	58	91	9	1
M E Waugh	c N R Mongia	b H Singh	22	31	4	0
S R Waugh	lbw	b H Singh	110	202	11	1
R T Ponting	lbw	b H Singh	6	11	1	0
A C Gilchrist	lbw	b H Singh	0	1	0	0
S K Warne	c S Ramesh	b H Singh	0	1	0	0
M S Kasprowicz	lbw	b S C Ganguly	7	28	1	0
J N Gillespie	c S Ramesh	b H Singh	46	147	8	0
G D McGrath	not out		21	28	2	0
Extras	19b 10lb 0w 7nb	36
TOTAL	131.5 overs	(all out) 445

Bowler	O	M	R	W		Fall of wickets:
Z Khan	28.4	6	89	2		1-103	[ M J Slater, 133 mins]
B K V Prasad	30.0	5	95	0		2-193	[ M L Hayden, 111 mins]
S C Ganguly	13.2	3	44	1		3-214	[ J L Langer, 19 mins]
S L V Raju	20.0	2	58	0		4-236	[ M E Waugh, 29 mins]
H Singh	37.5	7	123	7		5-252	[ R T Ponting, 21 mins]
S R Tendulkar	2.0	0	7	0		6-252	[ A C Gilchrist, 1 mins]
						7-252	[ S K Warne, 2 mins]
						8-269	[ M S Kasprowicz, 26 mins]
						9-402	[ J N Gillespie, 186 mins]
						10-445	[ S R Waugh, 43 mins]

India First Innings
Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s

S S Das	c A C Gilchrist	b G D McGrath	20	48	3	0
S Ramesh	c R T Ponting	b J N Gillespie	0	3	0	0
R Dravid	b S K Warne		25	83	4	0
S R Tendulkar	lbw	b G D McGrath	10	17	2	0
S C Ganguly	c S R Waugh	b M S Kasprowicz	23	51	4	0
V V S Laxman	c M L Hayden	b S K Warne	59	83	12	0
N R Mongia	c A C Gilchrist	b M S Kasprowicz	2	4	0	0
H Singh	c R T Ponting	b J N Gillespie	4	15	1	0
Z Khan	b G D McGrath		3	19	0	0
S L V Raju	lbw	b G D McGrath	4	15	0	0
B K V Prasad	not out		7	23	0	0
Extras	0b 2lb 0w 12nb	14
TOTAL	58.1 overs	(all out) 171

Bowler	O	M	R	W		Fall of wickets:
G D McGrath	14.0	8	18	4		1-0	[ S Ramesh, 6 mins]
J N Gillespie	11.0	0	47	2		2-34	[ S S Das, 47 mins]
M S Kasprowicz	13.0	2	39	2		3-48	[ S R Tendulkar, 24 mins]
S K Warne	20.1	3	65	2		4-88	[ R Dravid, 54 mins]
						5-88	[ S C Ganguly, 6 mins]
						6-92	[ N R Mongia, 5 mins]
						7-97	[ H Singh, 16 mins]
						8-113	[ Z Khan, 23 mins]
						9-129	[ S L V Raju, 16 mins]
						10-171	[ V V S Laxman, 54 mins]

India Second Innings
Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s

S S Das	hit wicket	b J N Gillespie	39	99	7	0
S Ramesh	c M E Waugh	b S K Warne	30	43	6	0
V V S Laxman	c R T Ponting	b G D McGrath	281	452	44	0
S R Tendulkar	c A C Gilchrist	b J N Gillespie	10	23	2	0
S C Ganguly	c A C Gilchrist	b G D McGrath	48	81	8	0
R Dravid	run out		180	353	20	0
N R Mongia	b G D McGrath		4	10	0	0
Z Khan	not out		23	15	3	0
H Singh	not out		8	6	1	0
Extras	4b 14lb 2w 14nb	34
TOTAL	178.0 overs	(for 7 wickets)657

Bowler	O	M	R	W		Fall of wickets:
G D McGrath	39.0	12	103	3		1-52	[ S Ramesh, 65 mins]
J N Gillespie	31.0	6	115	2		2-97	[ S S Das, 59 mins]
S K Warne	34.0	3	152	1		3-115	[ S R Tendulkar, 24 mins]
M E Waugh	18.0	1	58	0		4-232	[ S C Ganguly, 126 mins]
M S Kasprowicz	35.0	6	139	0		5-608	[ V V S Laxman, 422 mins]
R T Ponting	12.0	1	41	0		6-624	[ N R Mongia, 18 mins]
M L Hayden	6.0	0	24	0		7-629	[ R Dravid, 4 mins]
M J Slater	2.0	1	4	0
J L Langer	1.0	0	3	0

Australia Second Innings
Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s

M L Hayden	lbw	b S R Tendulkar	67	119	6	0
M J Slater	c S C Ganguly	b H Singh	43	79	7	0
J L Langer	c S Ramesh	b H Singh	28	21	3	2
M E Waugh	lbw	b S L V Raju	0	10	0	0
S R Waugh	c sub	b H Singh	24	57	4	0
R T Ponting	c S S Das	b H Singh	0	2	0	0
A C Gilchrist	lbw	b S R Tendulkar	0	2	0	0
J N Gillespie	c S S Das	b H Singh	6	38	1	0
S K Warne	lbw	b S R Tendulkar	0	7	0	0
M S Kasprowicz	not out		13	56	2	0
G D McGrath	lbw	b H Singh	12	27	2	0
Extras	6b 5lb 0w 8nb	19
TOTAL	68.3 overs	(all out) 212

Bowler	O	M	R	W		Fall of wickets:
Z Khan	8.0	4	30	0		1-74	[ M J Slater, 91 mins]
B K V Prasad	3.0	1	7	0		2-106	[ J L Langer, 16 mins]
H Singh	30.3	8	73	6		3-116	[ M E Waugh, 14 mins]
S L V Raju	15.0	3	58	1		4-166	[ S R Waugh, 53 mins]
S R Tendulkar	11.0	3	31	3		5-166	[ R T Ponting, 4 mins]
S C Ganguly	1.0	0	2	0		6-167	[ A C Gilchrist, 1 mins]
						7-173	[ M L Hayden, 20 mins]
						8-174	[ S K Warne, 7 mins]
						9-191	[ J N Gillespie, 22 mins]
						10-212	[ G D McGrath, 32 mins]