Highest first innings score for India against Australia in away Tests – A record in making?

India’s score of 408 against Australia at Brisbane in the 1^st Innings was the 4^th highest score in Test matches that India has played in Australia against Australia. India got to this score thanks to some good batting from Murali Vijay as he scored 144 runs.

But the stats say that India has never won a Test match in Australia after scoring more than 400 runs in the 1^st innings. Therefore the question is can MS Dhoni change this? It will surely tough for India to win this as Indians have already given away 97 runs lead to the Aussies.

Let us first take a look at India’s highest 1^st innings score against Australia in Australia:

Score	RPO	Result	Ground	Match Date
705/7d	3.76	Draw	Sydney	2 Jan 2004
600/4d	3.55	Draw	Sydney	2 Jan 1986
526	3.44	Draw	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
408	3.72	Awaited	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
402	3.78	Lost	Perth	16 Dec 1977
366	3.55	Lost	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
330	3.35	Won	Perth	16 Jan 2008
263	2.81	Lost	Melbourne	26 Dec 1991
256	2.77	Won	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
239	2.71	Lost	Brisbane	29 Nov 1991

Stat updated till 19 December, 2014
RPO: Runs Per Over

As we can see, In India’s top 10 scores in the 1^st innings only 2 have India won the match. Though there is a good chance to take this tally a number higher this time round.

India’s highest score in the 1^st innings against Australia in Australia is 705 at Sydney in the year 2004, but even this match ended in a draw. India’s second best performance has also come in Sydney in the year 1986 where they 600 but the result wasn’t good here either.

In this the only 2 occasions where India has managed to win is in 2008, at Perth after India scored 330 runs in the 1^st innings. Another win for India was registered at Melbourne in 1977, where India scored 256 runs.

Currently India is fighting back to set a stiff target for the Aussies to chase in the 4^th innings. With still 2 days left in the match, there are 70:30 chances of us seeing a result in this match.