India vs South Africa, 2nd Test: The highest run chases in Test at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

The
highest
successful
chase
South
Africa
mounted
here
was
220
for
6
against
New
Zealand
in
2006
and
the
previous
highest
was
164
for
6
against
the
West
Indies
in
1998.

It
will
be
a
tough
task
for
a
South
Africa
side
that
did
not
boast
of
some
titans
like
they
had
it
in
the
past.
They
don’t
have
the
batsmen
of
the
calibre
of
Jacques
Kallis
or
Graeme
Smith
or
AB
de
Villiers
at
the
moment.

They
will
depend
heavily
on
skipper
Dean
Elgar,
experienced
Temba
Bavuma
and
talented
Aiden
Markram
and
Keegan
Petersen
to
surmount
the
target
that
India
set
for
them
here.

But
that
would
not
be
any
easy
task
for
them
against
an
Indian
attack
that
has
the
likes
of
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Mohammed
Shami
and
R
Ashwin.
Shardul
Thakur
too
showed
he
can
be
quite
handy
here
taking
7
wickets
in
the
first
innings.

India
will
be
hoping
that
pacer
Mohammad
Siraj
has
recovered
well
enough
from
a
hamstring
niggle
and
can
bowl
at
his
full
tilt
in
the
second
innings.

How
to
bowl
at
Wanderers?

South
Africa
pacer
Lungi
Ngidi
had
said
that
it
is
really
easy
to
bowl
on
Johannesburg
wicket
and
it
is
about
staying
patient.

Ngidi’s
remarks
came
ahead
of
the
start
of
Day
3
of
the
ongoing
second
Test
against
India
here
at
the
Wanderers.

“I
was
a
bit
unlucky
earlier,
didn’t
get
enough
overs
to
bowl.
But
it’s
really
simple
to
bowl
on
this
wicket,
you
just
need
to
stick
to
the
line
outside
off
and
bring
the
slips
into
play.
It’s
about
the
patience
game,”
said
Ngidi.

Highest
successful
run
chases
at
the
Wanderers,
Johannesburg
in
Tests.

1.
310/8
by
Australia
vs
SA
in
November,
2011

2.
294/8
by
Australia
vs
SA
in
April,
2006

3.
220/6
by
SA
v
NZ
in
May
2006

4.
164/6
by
SA
v
West
Indies
in
November
1998