India's 11th straight winning chase

India's [ Images ] record of successful chases is getting better and better. The five-wicket victory over Pakistan at Lahore [ Images ] was India's 11th consecutive while chasing a target.

Where does this performance stand in ODIs?

An indepth study of all the one-day internationals played till date reveals the fact that the 11 consecutive successful chases is not only just India's best run in ODIs, but also the fourth-best performance by any side in ODI history.

Two more successful chases and India will equal South Africa's [ Images ] world record in this regard. India's previous best run was of six consecutive successful chases between the 1984-85 and 1985-86 season.

There was another sequence of six chases between 1985-86 and 1986-97, but that sequence was interrupted by a 'no-result' match.

The following table lists the best sequences of successful chases in one-day internationals:

Notes:

- South Africa did not suffered a single loss in 15 consecutive games. After beating Bangladesh at Birmingham in 2004 by 9 wickets, they had a tied match with England at Bloemfontein, which followed their run of 13 consecutive wins.

 - England (2003 to 2003-04) had in fact not faced a defeat in 14 consecutive matches while batting second. After winning 10 matches at a trot, they had a 'no-result' match, which followed another three consecutive successful chases

 - The West Indies' sequence of 8 matches was in their first eight matches in which they batted second.

 - Between 1983-84 and 1986-87, the West Indies had lost only one game along with a no-result game batting second in 28 consecutive matches.