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The second match of the two-match Test series is being played between India and South Africa in Guwahati. The visiting South African team, which won the first test, is dominant in the second test as well. India has to score 522 runs to win on the last day of the second test. In such a situation, fans want to know what is the maximum number of runs scored in a day in the history of Test cricket. Well, here you will get the answer.
First of all, let us tell you that in the Guwahati Test, South Africa had scored 489 runs in its first innings, in response to which India was able to score only 201 runs. In this way South Africa had achieved a lead of 288 runs in the first innings. After this, the visiting team declared the second innings after scoring 260 runs and gave a target of 549 runs to Team India. Till stumps on the fourth day, Team India scored 27 runs after losing two wickets. Sai Sudarshan and nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav returned unbeaten. Now India has to score 522 runs to win the final and South Africa has to take 8 wickets to clean sweep.
588 runs have been scored in one day
For your information, let us tell you that so far in the history of Test cricket, more than 500 runs have been scored in a day five times. India and England together have scored the maximum runs in a day. In the year 1936, a record 588 runs were scored on the second day of the second Test played between India and England in Manchester, which till date is the highest runs scored in a single day. This record includes the runs of both the teams, in which England scored 398 runs and India scored 190 runs.
Team India on the verge of defeat
In the second test, South Africa has given India a target of 549 runs. In response, by the end of the fourth day’s play, Team India had lost two wickets for 27 runs. The Indian team is still behind by 522 runs. Right now Sai Sudarshan and Kuldeep Yadav are standing at the batting crease. In the fourth day’s play, South Africa had declared its second innings at 260 runs, due to which, based on the lead in the first innings, it gave India a target of 549 runs. The Indian team is on the verge of a big defeat.