India's magnificient win in the Kolkata Test against Australia yesterday is a great thing for Test cricket, said former Aussie opening batsman Geoff Marsh in Mumbai today.

Marsh, who is also the BCCI consultant for junior cricket, said there is no doubt that the Indian team has a lot of talented players and to see them all come good when the chips were down was just great.

"Yesterday's win has done a great thing not only for Indian cricket in particular but for Test cricket in general," Marsh, who was part of the Aussie golf team which won the tournament at the Royal Palms yesterday, added.

Marsh, who stepped down as the Aussie coach after the World Cup in England in 1999, said the Australians did everthing they could when VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid were "tearing the bowling apart and I do sympathise with them. The Indians came back brilliantly and batted beautifully on the fourth day and must have bowled brilliantly on the final day to win with quite a big margin. With this win the Indians have not only squared the three-Test match series at one all but have created immense interest for the Chennai Test which I am sure will be a real thriller," he added.

Marsh's opening partner David Boon said "Laxman and Dravid really played well and I think it was just one bad day that did the Australians in and of course they (Aussies) have not had a bad day in the last 16 Tests, so I think it was due anyway."

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