Guwahati, Nov. 25 -- With four sessions left to bat, Team India has been assigned a near-impossible target of 549 runs to chase to level the two-match Test series against South Africa at Guwahati on Tuesday.

After Proteas put up a gigantic 489 on the board in the first innings after opting to bat first, India sank to a 288-run deficit after being bundled out for 201 runs. Proteas piled up 260 more runs in 2nd innings for the loss of five wickets before declaring with a lead of 548 runs.

While cricket is a game of uncertainties and anything could happen, this chase looks like not one, but two massive mountains to climb one after the other.

The highest successful run-chase in Test history is 418 runs, by the West Indies against Australia...