378 By ENG To 339 By AUS: Highest Successful Run Chases In Tests Against India
Only one team in the last 93 years has managed to successfully chase down a target of more than 350 runs against India in Test cricket.
India posted a total of 364 runs in their second innings on Monday (June 23) to set a target of 371 runs for England to chase down in the fourth innings of the ongoing first Test at Headingley in Leeds. In the 590 Tests played so far by Team India in the last 93 years, only once has a team successfully managed to chase down the target of more than 370 runs against India.
The feat was achieved by the Ben Stokes-led English team in the last Test played between the two teams on English soil. India faced England in the rescheduled Test of the 2021 series at Edgbaston from July 1 to 5 in 2022, and riding on unbeaten centuries from Jonny Bairstow (114) and Joe Root (142), England chased down the target of 378 runs in 76.4 overs for the loss of three wickets.
The second highest total successfully chased down against India in Tests is 339. In 1997, during the red-ball match played at WACA Ground in Perth, Australia chased down the target of 339 runs in 87.2 overs for the loss of eight wickets. No. 3 batter Tony Mann scored 105 runs in the second innings, and No. 5 batter Peter Toohey hammered 83 runs from 140 balls.
The highest total chased down against India in red-ball matches played at home is 276. The feat was achieved by the West Indies in 1987 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
For England, Ollie Pope scored 106 runs in the first innings, and Harry Brook amassed a total of 99 runs. The duo will be key batters for the hosts in the second innings as well.
England 117/0 at lunch on Day 5
England finished the fourth day's play of the first Test in Leeds at 21 without loss in six overs, and their openers—Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley—added 96 more runs to the team's total in the morning session of the fifth day's play without losing any wickets. Duckett completed his second half-century of the ongoing match in the first session, and Crawley was batting on 42 runs at the end of the first session.
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