India chased a world record total of 338 to sprint past Australia in the semifinals of the 2025 World Cup. Out of 157 chases, 92 resulted in victories for India. So this should have been a cake walk for India, right? Wrong! Why? Let's take a look at India's successful chases over the last 15 years. Trend line representing India's top 10 successful chases before the semifinal win Until the victory in the semifinals, India's highest ever successful chase was 264 against Australia in 2021. This was also the first ever time that India had chased a total of over 250 against any opposition It remained the only victorious chase over 250 against Australia until the semifinal win Out of 92 victories for India batting second, only 20 (~22%) involved chasing a score of 200 or more Including the semifinal win, India had chased a score over 250 only 4 times in its entire history Until the 2017 World Cup final, India had chased a score of over 230 only once Hence this win ...
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