South Africa has set a target of 549 runs for India in Guwahati. On the fourth day of the match, South Africa declared its second innings at 260 runs. Since it had a lead of 288 runs in the first innings, Team India will have to score 549 runs to win the second test match and level the series 1-1. Let us tell you that India’s first innings was limited to 201 runs.

Talking about Test cricket, the chase record of the teams in India is not good. Forget 500 runs, till date even the target of 400 runs has not been successfully chased on Indian pitches. The biggest run chase in India is in the name of Team India, when it chased the target of 387 runs against England in 2008.

Most successful run chase in India

The most successful run chase in India is in the name of Team India, it chased the target of 387 runs against England at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai in 2008. In that match, Sachin Tendulkar had scored unbeaten 104 runs in the fourth innings. This is the only occasion when a team has successfully achieved the target of 300 runs or more while playing on an Indian pitch.

The second most successful run chase in India is in the name of West Indies. He had achieved the target of 276 runs against India in 1987. In the year 2011, India has also achieved the target of 276 runs. He had shown this by doing this against West Indies.

• 387 runs – India (vs England)
• 276 runs – West Indies (vs India)
• 276 runs – India (vs West Indies)
• 262 runs – India (vs New Zealand)
• 256 runs – India (vs Australia)

Let us tell you that this is the first time that a Test match is being played at Baraspara ground in Guwahati. Generally, Indian pitches become difficult for batting by the fourth-fifth day, in such a situation, achieving the target of 549 runs will be a big challenge for Team India.

Also read:

Good news for Team India, Hardik Pandya may return to the field on this date!

Indian team is in very bad condition in Guwahati Test. India’s first innings was reduced to just 201 runs, giving South Africa a huge lead of 288 runs. Last year, New Zealand did it and now South Africa is also close to clean sweep Team India at its home. Even if South Africa gets all out after scoring 150 runs in the second innings, India will still get a target of more than 400. In such a situation, the question is whether the Indian team can still win the Guwahati Test. Know here what is the biggest run chase in test cricket?

South Africa had scored 489 runs in the first innings thanks to Senuran Muthusamy’s 109 runs and Marco Jansen’s 93 runs. For the Indian team, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 58 runs, while KL Rahul returned after scoring 22 runs. At one time it seemed difficult for Team India to even score 150 runs. But Washington Sundar played an inning of 48 runs, somehow taking Team India beyond 200.

Biggest run chase in test

Since South Africa has got a huge lead of 288 runs in the first innings. If Africa scores even 250 runs in the second innings, then India will get a huge target of more than 500 runs. There is bad news for Team India, because a target of more than 400 runs has never been chased on Indian pitches. The biggest run chase in India is in the name of Team India, when in the year 2008 it chased the target of 387 runs against England at Chennai ground.

The biggest successful run chase in the history of Test cricket is in the name of England. In the year 1939, England had created history by achieving the target of 654 runs against South Africa. But after that, not only 600, even the target of 500 runs could not be chased in Test cricket. Overall, it is going to be very heavy for the Indian team to fall behind by 288 runs in the Guwahati Test.

Also read:

South Africa won the third day, Marco Jansen’s historic ‘sixer’; Threat of clean sweep looms over India

In the Oval Test, when India’s first innings was reduced to 224 runs, it seemed as if the match has now come out of India’s hand. Well, there was a change in the weather, Indian bowlers allowed England to take just 23 runs. Now the English team has got a target of 374 runs, in response to which Ben Docket and Jack Crolly shared a 50 -run partnership to give England a start. But the question is whether England can chase this huge looking target? Actually, statistics show that a target of 300 runs has never been chased in the Oval ground. If England could do this, then it will be a historic moment.

How much is the biggest run chase in the Oval ground?

The biggest run chase ever on the Oval ground in Test cricket is just 263 runs, which England received against Australia in the year 1902. Today, that match is 123 years old. In 1963, West Indies achieved a target of 252 runs against England. The top-5 list of the biggest run chase on the Oval ground is of the 20th century. In the 21st century, the biggest run at the Oval ground so far came in 2024, when Sri Lanka defeated England by chasing a target of 219 runs.

• 263 runs – England vs. Australia – 1902
• 252 runs – West Indies vs England – 1963
• 242 runs – Australia vs England – 1972
• 225 runs – West Indies vs England – 1988
• 219 runs – Sri Lanka vs England – 2024

The figures show that there has never been a target of more than 263 runs in Test cricket on the Oval ground. At the same time, the Indian team has set a target of 111 runs in front of England. According to the stats, now only a miracle can save England from defeat, but it is also worth noting that the England team’s bedball style can become a problem for Team India.

This is India’s 16th Test match on the Oval ground. If she is able to beat England, then this will be Team India’s third win here. Earlier, India had waved here in 1971 and 2021.

Also read:

Happy Friendship Day: From Kohli-Divieliers to Harbhajan-Yuvraj, the friendship of these cricketers is an example in the cricket world