India is standing on the edge, requiring a must-win at The Oval to return with a draw in the Anderson-Tendulkar Series. India was gritty and could have had a draw at Lord's at least, if not a win, given the fight from the tail, led by Ravindra Jadeja. The scoreline changed there, becoming 2-1 in England's favor. India managed a draw at Manchester and is fighting for a win at London. England has enough time, as it's just Day 4. Riding on the century from Yashasvi Jaiswal, India posted 396 runs on the board. Akash Deep, and Ravindra Jadeja had fifties, while Washington counterattacked the English bowlers for another quick half century. The target for the English was set to 374, of which 50 were scored on Day 3, losing just Zak Crawley's wicket to Mohammed Siraj. England still has 324 runs left to chase. Now the question is, is it chaseable? England is playing one man down right now, as Chris Woakes suffered a shoulder dislocation while fielding. The sun was out on Day 3, however, Day 4 is expecting rain during the afternoon session. Keeping aside the weather, what do the stats say? The highest ever run chased at Kia Oval is 263, done long back in 1902, against Australia. In the recent years, in 2024, 219 runs were chased down by Sri Lanka against England in 2024. In case England manages to chase 374 runs, it will not only grant them a series win but also a record of the highest-ever run chased on this field. Read also: Watch: Umpire Raza’s Funny Reply to Duckett’s Sledge Goes Viral Highest runs ever chased at Oval Team Opponent Target Final Score Year England Australia 263 (263/9) 1902 West Indies England 252 (255/2) 1963 Australia England 242 (242/5) 1972 West Indies England 225 (226/2) 1988 Sri Lanka England 219 (219/2) 2024 India had won two Tests at Oval. One of them was in the famous 1971 tour, when India, led by Ajit Wadekar, chased 173, with himself scoring 45 and Dilip Desai scoring 40. Highest chase against India Well, England had earlier chased down 378 runs against England. But the venue was Birmingham, in the famous 2022 England tour. Recently at the Leeds, England chased 371 runs too. The other 300+ runs (339) were chased at Perth by Australia in 1977. Here are highest ever runs chased against India Target Score Team Venue Year 378 378/3 England Birmingham 2022 371 373/5 England Leeds 2025 339 342/8 Australia Perth 1977 276 276/5 West Indies Delhi 1987 240 243/3 South Africa Johannesburg 2022 213 215/6 New Zealand Wellington 1998 212 212/3 South Africa Cape Town 2022 211 211/5 South Africa Cape Town 2007 207 208/4 England Delhi 1972 196 196/2 West Indies Barbados 1989 194 195/2 Australia Bengaluru 1998