Five most thrilling Test draws of the last decade

#3 India vs West Indies: Mumbai, 2011

The Test between India and West Indies in Mumbai in 2011 ended with the scores level, only the second such instance in Test history

West Indies 590 & 134 drew with India 482 & 242/9

With the series already gone, Darren Sammy wished to salvage some pride, and his batsmen responded perfectly. At the Wankhede Stadium, Darren Bravo’s 166 and five half-centuries in the top six shot West Indies’ score to a massive 590, with Ravichandran Ashwin, with 5/156, the pick of the bowlers.

It was again Ashwin’s turn to frustrate the visitors, as he top-scored with a maiden Test century – a confident 103. Four fifties in the middle-order propelled India to a fighting 482, with Marlon Samuels and Ravi Rampaul accounting for three wickets apiece.

Sensing the turn which the track had begun to offer, MS Dhoni handed over the new ball to Pragyan Ojha, a move which worked wonders. The left-arm spinner extracted plenty of spin and bounce from the surface to finish with 6/47, and his cohort Ashwin bagged the remaining wickets to arise a sudden interest in a run fest of a match so far. West Indies managed a mere 134 and that set India 243 in 64 overs on the final day.

Virender Sehwag began in his usual urgent manner to smash 60 off 65 balls, but India lost their way as only Virat Kohli could capitalize on that start. When he fell for 63, India required 19 off 4.5 overs with Ashwin at the crease. Ashwin brought it down to 1 off 1, but could not scrape through for a single and was run out to end a Test level pegging for the second time in history.