WTC Final 2023: Highest successful run chases in Test cricket - India feature on third in list

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WTC Final 2023: Australia declared their first innings at 270/8 to set a 444-run target for India to win the World Test Championship final (WTC Final) 2023.

After Australia resumed at their overnight score of 123/4, India managed to get two quick wickets to reduce Australia to 167/6, however, a seventh-wicket partnership for 93 runs between Alex Carey (66*) and Mitchell Starc (41) ensured that a mammoth target is set for Rohit Sharma's men.

Pat Cummins' side had piled up 469 runs in the first innings and then bundled out India for 296 to take a 173-run lead. A target this big has never been chased in the history of Test cricket. But 400-plus sun targets have been chased four times. Let's have a look at highest successful run chased in Test cricket.

Highest successful run chases in Test cricket

418 by West Indies vs Australia in St John's in 2003

414 by South Africa vs Australia in Perth in 2008

404 by Australia vs England in Leeds in 1948

403 by India vs West Indies in Port of Spain in 1976

395 by West Indies vs Bangladesh in Chattogram in 2021

Highest successful run chases in Test cricket by India

403 vs West Indies in Port of Spain in 1976

387 vs England in Chennai in 2008

328 vs Australia in Brisbane in 2021

276 vs West Indies in Delhi in 2011

264 vs Sri Lanka in Kandy in 2001