India beat Pakistan by six wickets in the first Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Monday to a take a 1-0 lead in the three match series.
The Delhi Test provided only the sixth instance of India winning a Test after chasing a fourth innings target of 200 runs or more.
Interestingly this is only the second such instance on Indian soil.
The earlier one was about 43 years back.
The following table has the details:
Total | Target | Opponent | Venue | Season |
406-4 | 403 | West Indies | Port-of-Spain | 1975-76 |
264-3 | 264 | Sri Lanka | Kandy | 2001 |
256-8 | 254 | Australia | Mumbai BS | 1964-65 |
233-6 | 230 | Australia | Adelaide | 2003-04 |
203-4 | 203 | Pakistan | Delhi | 2007-08 |
200-5 | 200 | New Zealand | Dunedin | 1967-68 |
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