India vs Australia Melbourne Test: The fourth match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia is going on at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Four days of play has ended in this match. At stumps on the fourth day (29 December), host Australia’s score was 228 runs for 9 wickets in the second innings. Scott Boland is not out after scoring 10 runs and Nathan Lyon is not out after scoring 41 runs. The total lead of the Australian team is 333 runs.
What history will the Indian team create?
Now an exciting game is expected on the fifth day. If seen, all three results are possible in this match – India’s victory, Australia’s victory or a draw. It is now clear that India will have to set a target of at least 334 runs to win, which will not be easy. The Indian team will have to bat a little faster to win because only 98 overs of play is possible on the fifth day. Only if the Indian team gets a good start in the second innings will it think about victory. Indian batsmen can go for a draw if two-three wickets fall in the beginning.
Anyway, the run chase is not going to be easy in the fourth innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A target of more than 300 has been chased only once on this ground. England did this in the year 1928, when it achieved the target of 322 runs against Australia by losing three wickets. If seen, England have three successful run chases in the top-5 on this ground.
The Indian team has been successful in successfully chasing the target only once at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This happened in the year 2020, when Team India, led by Ajinkya Rahane, achieved the target of 70 runs by losing 2 wickets. In the year 2011, when the Indian team got the target of 292 runs, it could not chase that target. At that time the Indian team had lost the match by 122 runs.
Most successful runs in MCG (Test cricket)
322 England vs Australia, 1928
297 England vs Australia, 1895
295 South Africa vs Australia, 1953
286 Australia vs England, 1929
282 England vs Australia, 1908
If seen, in the 21st century, apart from India, only South Africa was successful in chasing the target set by Australia in the MCG. In December 2008, South Africa achieved the target of 183 runs by losing one wicket. The record of most successful run chase on this ground in the 21st century is in the name of Australia. Australia had achieved the target of 231 runs against England in December 2013 by losing two wickets.
India has chased 200 plus twice in AUS
There have been 19 successful run chases in the history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, in which the Indian team won on 12 occasions. 8 out of the top-10 runners-up in BGT are from India. By the way, the Indian team has achieved the target of more than 200 twice in Australia. India chased the target of 328 runs in the Brisbane Test in January 2021. This was the most successful run chase ever in the history of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Whereas in 2003, India chased the target of 230 runs at Adelaide Oval.
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