Biggest leads Cover by Team India: The Test cricket history of the Indian cricket team has been full of ups and downs. Team India has suffered crushing defeats many times, and many times the Indian team has also achieved the number-1 crown in Tests. In the 92 years of Test cricket journey of Team India, many times it has faced huge leads from the opposing teams.
During this period, the Indian cricket team sometimes got buried under the burden of a heavy lead and there were also some occasions where Team India successfully covered the lead by a large margin. So let us tell you the 3 biggest leads in the test cricket history of Team India which have been covered successfully.
3) 334 runs vs Sri Lanka, Ahmedabad (2009)
The record of covering the third highest lead in the history of Test cricket by the Indian cricket team was made in the year 2009. When the test match was played against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. In this Test, India batted first and scored 426 runs, in response to which Sri Lanka scored 760 runs and took a lead of 334 runs over Team India. After this, in the second innings, India played brilliantly, covered this big lead and scored 412 runs for 4 wickets and saved the match.
2) 356 runs vs New Zealand, Bengaluru (2024)
Team India did a great job in the first test match of the series between India and New Zealand at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, India and New Zealand took a lead of 356 runs on the basis of first innings, which India covered while playing in the second innings. Here in this match, Team India was out on the score of only 46 runs in the first innings, after which New Zealand scored 402 runs in its first innings. But the Indian team made a strong comeback in the second innings and covered the lead.
1) 380 runs vs England, Chennai (1985)
The Indian cricket team made the record of covering the biggest lead in its Test cricket history in the year 1985 against England. In this match played between India and England in Chennai, the Indian team was all out after scoring 272 runs in the first innings, after which England declared the innings at the score of 652 runs for 7 wickets in the first innings and took a lead of 380 runs. Was. After this, in the second innings, India covered the lead by scoring 412 runs, but England achieved the target of 33 runs by losing 1 wicket and won the match by 9 wickets.
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