Highest Successful Chase By India On Home Soil: On the third day of the Pune Test, New Zealand’s second innings was reduced to 255 runs. In this way New Zealand has a lead of 358 runs. Now India will have to score 359 runs in the fourth innings to win the test, but will Team India be successful in achieving the target? What is India’s most successful run chase in the fourth innings in Test matches on Indian soil? Statistics show that Team India is tremendous at home while chasing. The statistics are fantastic. India has a chance to defeat New Zealand in the Pune Test, but the way the wicket is helping the spinners, it will not be easy for India to reach the target.
India’s record in the fourth innings on home soil
India’s most successful run chase on home soil is 387 runs. India had achieved the target of 387 runs against England in Chennai almost 16 years ago in 2008. At the same time, till now India has achieved a score of more than 300 runs in the fourth innings of a test match only thrice. In which this feat has been done twice on foreign soil. After the successful run chase of 387 runs against England, India’s second successful run chase on home soil is 276 runs. India had achieved the target of 276 runs against West Indies in 2011. This test between India and West Indies was played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
After this, India successfully chased 262 runs against New Zealand in 2012. This match between India and New Zealand was played in Bangalore. At the same time, India had won the Test against Australia in 1964 by scoring 256 runs. Whereas in 2010, India chased 216 runs against Australia. In this way, the statistics show that India has a good record in the fourth innings on its home soil, but now the question is whether the Indian team will be able to achieve the target of 359 runs on the spin friendly wicket of Pune?
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