India took the Gavaskar-Border Trophy 2-1. Australia came so close to conquering the "Final Frontier". They will have to wait for some more years to make yet another assault at it. Matthew Hayden and Harbhajan Singh shared the 'Man of the Match' award. Harbhajan Singh took the 'Man of the Series' award for his brilliant bowling display that destroyed the Aussie batting and enabled the memorable Indian victory. Harbhajan Singh with 32 wickets easily stole the limelight away from the star batsmen of the series, Matthew Hayden and VVS Laxman.