Highest targets chased by Bangladesh in Tests: Indian team dominated the Chennai Test between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh needed 357 runs to win while India needed only 6 wickets. India set a huge target for Bangladesh to win the first Test. The target was 515 runs.
The record for the highest target chased in a Test match in the history of cricket was achieved by the West Indies team against Australia at St. John’s in 2003. The target was 418 runs. In this case, it is safe to say that a target of more than 500 runs has never been achieved in Test cricket.
The target set by India for Bangladesh is historic in itself. Let him understand how to do it. The target of 515 runs set by India against Bangladesh (144/6) is the second highest in Asian Tests after India had six wickets with scores of 150 or less in the first innings. The highest score in this tournament was 607 by Pakistan. Well, Pakistan had previously scored a big score of 39/6 against India in Karachi in 2006.
India’s previous highest score (home and away) was 481 against South Africa in Delhi in 2006. Even then, India’s innings seemed to be caught in a vortex. India was 139/6 at the time and scored 481 runs.
Bangladesh’s fourth innings highest score
No other team in the world, except Bangladesh, has ever chased a target of 500+ in the fourth innings. In a Test match held in December 2008, Sri Lanka gave Bangladesh a target of 521 in the fourth innings. Bangladesh were then bowled out for 413 and the match was a draw. This is the best record of Bangladesh in terms of fourth innings score.
While chasing the 400+ target, Bangladesh is playing in their 21st attempt (including the Chennai Test). Bangladesh has drawn only once in these 21 attempts (we told you about that above). Lost 19 times so far. Bangladesh has played a total of 145 matches so far and won only 21. Lost 105 matches and drew 18.
What has happened in the Chennai Test so far?
In the Chennai Test, Bangladesh won the toss and invited India to bat first. India scored 376 runs in the first innings thanks to the innings of Ravichandran Ashwin (113 runs) and Ravindra Jadeja (86 runs). Hasan Mahmood, 24, took the maximum wickets for Bangladesh, 5. Bangladesh, on the other hand, only managed 149 runs in the first innings. From his side, Shakib Al Hasan (32) was the top scorer. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah of India took the maximum wickets, 4. Apart from Bumrah, Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets each.
Poor lighting ended the day’s play.
Bangladesh 158/4, 357 runs required.
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After lunch on the third day, India declared for the second innings after scoring 287 runs for four wickets. Rishabh Pant faced 128 balls and scored 109 runs. This was the sixth century of his Test career. Shubman Gill also scored a century. Shubman remained unbeaten after scoring 119 runs. With this, India set a target of 515 runs for Bangladesh. When the play was stopped on the third day, the score of Bangladesh was 158/4. Bangladesh still needed 357 runs to win. Nazmul Hussan Shanto (51*) and Shakib Al Hasan (5*) were left with runs. In the second innings, Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets while Jasprit Bumrah took 1 wicket.
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