5 greatest run chases in ODI history

3. India Make Mockery of 360-Run Target vs Australia (Jaipur, 2013)

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma made a mockery of the 360-run target set by Australia

This 7-match series, in effect a 5-match contest due to two matches being washed out, was unparalleled in terms of high-scoring. It seemed that there was no upper limit to the scores that could be scored by either side and chasing them down too seemed ridiculously easy.

This was the second ODI and Australia were leading the series 1-0. When a brutal batting display against hapless Indian bowlers produced a score of 359/5, they seemed set to go up 2-0.

India got off to a steady start and were helped by a dropped catch. While the Indians were not racing away, batting seemed quite easy and the openers – Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan – were getting more and more comfortable.

There was absolutely no help for the bowlers and boundaries starting to flow by the time India reached 150 in just 22.2 overs. When Shikhar Dhawan got out, just five short of his hundred, India were already at 176. Things were only going to get worse for the Aussies.

Virat Kohli arrived at the wicket and punished the bowlers in a ruthless manner, in the process scoring the fastest hundred by an Indian. Rohit Sharma also joined the fun and became equally violent in his stroke-play.

India reached 300 in the 39th over and the match was all but lost for the Kangaroos. In the end, a target that seemed insurmountable was chased down in just 43.3 overs with just one wicket down. Australians were left wondering what hit them. The pulverization of bowlers by Indian batsmen was hard to believe.