India's highest successful run chase in Tests: Can hosts repeat history to avoid SA whitewash?

India's highest successful Test run chases [Source: AFP Photo]

A series whitewash is on the cards as India are on the verge of getting embarrassed at the hands of South Africa in Guwahati. The side lost in Kolkata, and now has been set a target of 549 to win the game and chase down an improbable total to salvage their pride and the series. The Proteas team has been the better of the two and they have played brilliantly as India need a miracle to win in Guwahati.

The pitch still hasn’t deteriorated, and Indian batters will fancy their chances and if the side does manage to chase down 549, it will be a world record created by Team India, and here’s the highest successful run-chase by the Indian team in Test cricket.

India's highest successful run-chases in Test cricket

Interestingly, India’s highest successful chase in Tests came way back in 1976, when the team defeated the mighty West Indies in Port of Spain. The team needed 403 against the Windies and they scored 406 as the side defeated the best team in the world and created a record that still stood tall.

Here is a list of India's highest successful chase in Tests.

• Apart from the 1976 heroics, India’s two historic wins while chasing came against England in 2008, when Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and Yuvraj Singh played match-winning knocks to steer India past the winning line with ease.
• The 2021 chase against Australia at the Gabba still remains fresh in the minds of the people as Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten knock propeled India to glory and a series win.

Highest successful Test run chases in India

India's 387-run win against England in 2008 remains the highest any team has chased down in India, while West Indies' 276/5 against India in the 1987 Delhi Test occupies the second spot.

Meanwhile, India gave a knockout blow to the West Indies in 2011, when the team chased down 276 in the Delhi Test match.

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