Cricket records: Highest successful chases in ODI cricket history

One-Day cricket has evolved throughout the years. Before the T20 era, chasing a total in limited-overs cricket was found to be a task. However, after the T20 cricket started, teams batting second have found it easy to chase down targets. With more and more batting-friendly conditions and batters being more fearless, teams have found to set up a trend of winning batting second in recent years. In fact, 300s and 400s have not been found enough while batting first under the light in one-day internationals. So, in that context, we bring you all the cricket records made while batting second in ODI cricket. We present you the Top 5 highest successful chases in ODI cricket.

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5 highest successful chases in ODI cricket

1. South Africa against Australia, 2006 | 435

Graeme Smith-led South Africa did the unthinkable when none thought it could be done. A first-inning beating from Ricky Ponting (164) and Micheal Hussey (81) took Australia to 434 in Johannesburg on March 12, 2006, with the series on the line in the fifth match of the series.

None thought, this could be chased down except the eleven players of South Africa. Captain Smith started the slaughter from ball one against the likes of Brett Lee and Nathan Bracken. Smith scored 90 from 55 and Herschelle Gibbs scored 175 from 111 to take the team home in a spectacular way. Every South African batter contributed in their way as they chased down the score with one ball left in the match leaving the whole Australian team in despair.

2. South Africa against Australia, 2016 | 372

The South African team has the nack of chasing down big totals and they found the Aussies as opponents to break cricket records mostly. Tons from David Warner (117) and Steve Smith (108) took Australia to 371 at Durban in 2016.

Quinton de Kock started unleashing his batting ability from the ball one. QDK gave a great start scoring 70 from 49. But, it was David Miller who took the South African team over the line with 118 from 79 balls. Andile Phehlukwayo supported Miller with a steady knock of 42 from 39 as well. With this, Africa registered the second-highest successful chase in ODI cricket.

3. England vs West Indies, 2019 | 361

The Eoin Morgan-lead England team started playing a new brand of cricket and that started enhancing their ability to chase big scores in One-Day cricket. The Universe boss Chris Gayle (135) blasted the English bowlers to take the West Indies to 360 in Bridgetown.

After putting a humongous total on board, West Indies looked confident of winning the first match of the series and taking a lead in the series. But, Jason Roy had some different plans on his mind. Roy and Bairstow put up 88 runs in the first powerplay to set the stage for Joe Root and Eion Morgan to finish the job. Jason Roy (123) and Joe Root (102) were the heroes of the match while captain Morgan's knock of 65 took England over the line with 8 balls left in the match.

4. India against Australia, 2013 | 360

Somehow uncannily Australia has been on the receiving end whenever a successful chase is made in ODI cricket. In 2013, it was India that chased down a target of 360 put by them in Jaipur. Not only India chased down 360, they chased it easily, with 39 balls remaining in the match.

Rohit Sharma starred for India with the bat as he scored a sublime 141 from 123 balls. But it was Virat Kohli who was on every headline for scoring a 52-ball 100, the fastest ODI ton by any Indian to date. Shikhar Dhawan missed out on a hundred with 95 off 86 balls. India won the match with 8 wickets in hand. This is India's highest successful chase in ODI cricket with Kohli breaking multiple cricket records. This is one of the best highest successful run chases in ODI cricket ever.

5. Australia against India, 2019 | 359

Australia took revenge of their 2013 loss to India when they chased down India's 359-run target in Mohali. Shikhar Dhawan (143) and Rohit Sharma (95) were amongst the run while helping India to get a commendable total. Although the wicket looked easy, with bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvenshwar Kumar in the ranks, India looked confident.

Despite Peter Handscomb's 117 from 105 balls, India looked confident of winning the match. But, it was Aston Turner who turned the match for the Aussies with 43-ball 84. Turner remained not out to take the team home with 13 balls remaining in the match and 4 wickets in the hand. This is Australia's highest successful chase ever.