Today Sachin and Yuvraj did the historical run chase and India managed to cross the historical target of 387 runs. But we should not forget the contribution of Virendra Sehwag. Actually the match saw a dramatic turnaround when Sehwag gave India a fantastic start with his sensational 83 runs. “This is a very, very special hundred,” Tendulkar said after his unbeaten 41st test hundred. He said he rated the hundred here among his best. To score 387 on a bouncing, turning and jumping track was a great achievement. Yuvraj, who was out of the Test side for last a few months, made an impressive comeback in the second innings. He added valuable 163 runs with Sachin for the fifth wicket. This is fourth highest run chase in the history of Test Cricket.

Highest Fourth Innings winning Test totals

Runs For Against Venue Series
418-7 West Indies Australia St.John’s 2002-03
406-4 India West Indies Port of Spain 1975-76
404-3 Australia England Leeds 1948
387-4 India England Chennai 2008-09
369-6 Australia Pakistan Hobart 1999-00
362-7 Australia West Indies Georgetown 1977-78
352-9 Sri Lanka South Africa Colombo (PSS) 2006
348-5 West Indies New Zealand Auckland 1968-69
344-1 West Indies England Lord’s 1984
342-8 Australia India Perth 1977-78
340-5 South Africa Australia Durban 2001-02

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Congratulations to Indian Cricket Team for this magnificent victory.