Iyer and Ashwin knocked off nearly half the runs of India’s target
Sampath Bandarupalli25-Dec-202271* – The partnership between Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin, the highest for the eighth wicket in a successful fourth-innings chase. The previous highest was 52 between Inzamam-ul-Haq and Rashid Latif against Australia in 1994. The unbeaten 71-run stand is also the fourth-highest for the eighth or a lower wicket in a successful chase.Related
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0 – India’s losses in Test cricket against Bangladesh, having won 11 of the 13 matches. Only three teams are unbeaten against an opponent, having played more Tests – 20 by Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe, 17 by New Zealand against Zimbabwe and 14 by South Africa against Bangladesh.49 – Percentage of India’s target knocked off by the Iyer and Ashwin partnership. It is the highest percentage of target added by the last three wickets in a successful fourth-innings chase. The previous highest was 48.1% by New Zealand against West Indies in Dunedin in 1980, when 50 runs came for the last three wickets in a 104-run chase.
74 – India’s total when they lost their seventh wicket. Only two teams have been successful in the fourth innings after losing their seventh wicket at a lower score – 54 by New Zealand chasing 104 against West Indies in 1980 and 59 by Pakistan in pursuit of 65 against England in 1984.42* – Ashwin’s score in the fourth innings in Mirpur, the highest by a No. 9 or lower during a successful chase in Test cricket. The previous highest was 40* by Winston Benjamin while batting at No. 10 against Pakistan in 1988 in Bridgetown.71 – Runs scored by India after the fall of seventh wicket, their second-most in a successful fourth-innings chase. India had added 94 runs for their last three wickets against Australia in 2010 during a one-wicket win in Mohali. The 71 runs by India are also the tenth-highest by any team after losing their seventh wicket in a Test chase.145 – India’s target in Mirpur, the third-highest successful chase for India in Tests in the last ten years. They won chasing 328 against Australia in Brisbane in 2021 and a 155 while also chasing against Australia, in the 2013 Mohali Test.
