Full list of highest run chases in Tests: What is the best score by a chasing team in fourth innings?

India set up a daunting 608-run target for England on day four of the second Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Birmingham on Saturday.

The Shubman Gill-led side smashed 427 runs in the second innings which took the side’s lead to 607 runs. This was the ninth-highest target set by an team since in a Test since 2000.

For India, this was the second-highest target it set in its Test history. The highest-ever, 637, came against New Zealand in Wellington in 2009.

West Indies holds the record for the highest run chase in Tests, which overhauled 418 against Australia in 2003.

Highest target chased in a fourth innings of a Test

1) 418 – West Indies vs Australia, 2003

2) 414 – South Africa vs Australia, 2008

3) 404 – Australia vs England, 1948

4) 403 – India vs West Indies, 1976

5) 395 – West Indies vs Bangladesh, 2021