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India vs South Africa first test is being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Team India got the target of only 124 runs to win, but while chasing it, it got off to a very bad start. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on zero and KL Rahul was out on the score of 1 run. When India’s fourth wicket fell at the score of 38, even this small target started looking like a mountain. Do you know what is the smallest target in Test cricket, while chasing which Team India lost?
Lowest score defended in test against India
The team that won by defending the least runs in Test cricket is Australia, when they bowled out England for 77 runs. In this match, England had to score only 85 runs to win, although this match was played many years ago in 1882.
The winning team against India by defending the lowest score is West Indies. The Caribbean team had all out India for 81 runs in 1997, the target in this match was 120 runs. Team India lost this match by 38 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar was the captain in that match played on March 27-31, 1997, who scored only 4 runs in the second innings. VVS Laxman was the only one who had crossed the double digit mark. Laxman had scored 19 runs, while Sourav Ganguly (8), Mohammad Azharuddin (9), Rahul Dravid (2), Navjot Singh Sidhu (3) were out cheaply.
Team India stuck in Kolkata test also
India vs South Africa In the first test, South Africa had scored 159 runs in the first innings, Team India took a lead of 30 runs in the first innings and scored 189 runs. South Africa’s second innings was reduced to 153 runs, after which India got a target of only 124 to win. However, the pitch at Eden Gardens is not helping the batsmen much. Questions are also being raised regarding a more spin friendly pitch.