Can India Win the 4th Test Against Australia? 

Australia started strong in their first match, especially since they were playing against India in the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground. At first, Australia was leading, thanks to Sam Konstas who came in hot with a quick 65 runs. Following him, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne kicked in with respectable scores of 57 and 72. But then, it was Steve Smith who truly mastered it by scoring a whopping 140, pushing Australia's total to 474. This game has been a wild ride, full of surprises, making the Boxing Day Test a really exciting and tense game.

Nitish Reddy did very well, obtaining a vital 114 runs, which cut India's deficit to just 105 runs. Washington Sundar joined him, and together they had a great teamwork, obtaining 127 runs for the eighth wicket which kept India in the chase. Before that, Yashasvi Jaiswal began things with an unquestionably key 82, but then India had some trouble losing some wickets quickly.

Jasprit Bumrah secured it on Day 4 by being the quickest Indian fast bowler to reach 200 wickets in tests but even with his wonderful record, Australia is still over 200 runs ahead. Now, all the people are thinking about how many runs India can actually go after with the score getting larger.

Australia lead India by 333 runs with one wicket remaining on the fourth day of the fourth Test.

India will require the highest successful fourth-innings chase at the Melbourne Cricket Ground if they are to win.

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It's a big challenge for India,

The record for the highest successful run chase at the MCG is held by England, who famously chased down 332 runs back in 1928. Out of 34 successful chases at this ground, England has managed it 8 times, while Australia leads with 21. South Africa once chased down 295 in February 1953 to win the game. .

Also, there was excitement in February 1953 when South Africa won a game by chasing down 295 runs.

When it comes to sub-continent teams, India has achieved a successful chase at the MCG just once—back in December 2020, when they chased down a modest 70 to win by eight wickets. In the 21st century, only India and South Africa have succeeded in chasing totals as visiting teams, with the latter chasing down 183 to win by nine wickets.

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List of highest successful run-chase in Melbourne Tests:

But it's not impossible for India?

In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, there have been 19 successful run chases, with India featuring 12 times. Remarkably, nine out of the top 11 chases belong to India. They've managed to chase down targets exceeding 200 runs twice in Australia, with one standout moment being the historic Brisbane Test in January 2021, where India chased down a challenging 328. Another memorable chase was back in 2003 at the Adelaide Oval, where Rahul Dravid's double century led India to a successful chase of 230.

List of highest successful chases in Border-Gavaskar Trophy: