The third match of the ODI tri-series being hosted by Pakistan has entered the record books, in which the Sri Lankan cricket team successfully chased the record chase of 430 runs against England and won the match by 2 wickets in the match played on the grounds of Rawalpindi. This is the second highest successful run chase by any team in the history of ODI cricket. Batting first in this match, England scored 429 runs in 50 overs on the basis of captain Harry Brook’s inning of 202 runs. After this, while chasing the target from Sri Lanka, Pawan Ratnayake’s 130 runs and Dasun Shanaka’s 97 runs played an important role in helping them win.
Sri Lanka left the Indian team behind
The Sri Lankan team, which has chased the second highest number of runs in ODI cricket, has left the Indian team behind and has now become the Asian team with the most successful run chase in ODI cricket. At the end of September, Team India had achieved the target of 406 runs in the second match of the ODI series against West Indies. Now the Sri Lankan team left the Indian team behind while chasing the target of 430 runs. If we talk about the record of highest run chase in the history of ODI cricket, then it is in the name of South Africa who had achieved the target of 435 runs in the match played against Australia in Johannesburg in 2006.
Most successful run chase in ODI cricket history
- South Africa – 435 runs vs Australia (Johannesburg, 2006)
- Sri Lanka – 430 runs vs England (Rawalpindi, year 2026)
- India – 406 runs vs West Indies (Guwahati, 2026)
- Netherlands – 375 runs vs West Indies (Super Over win, Harare, 2023)
- South Africa – 372 runs vs Australia (Durban, 2016)
The match with the second highest number of runs in ODI cricket
In this tri-series match played between Sri Lanka and England, both the teams together scored a total of 859 runs, with which it has become the second highest run-scoring match ever in the history of ODI cricket. The first place in this list is the 2006 match between South Africa and Australia, in which both the teams together scored a total of 872 runs. At the third place is the ODI match played between India and Sri Lanka at Rajkot ground in 2009 and a total of 825 runs were scored in this match, while at the fourth place is the ODI match played between India and West Indies in September 2026, where both the teams together scored a total of 811 runs.
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