After losing to Australia off the penultimate ball of the match, India were involved in yet another nail-biting finish against Zimbabwe at Adelaide.

However India managed to keep their nerves this time winning the match by three runs.

This provided the fourth instance of India defending their score successfully in a match stretched up to the last ball. India's victory by three runs is also their fourth narrowest in terms of margin of runs.

India's wins off the last ball of the match (while defending a target)

Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Date	Margin
India	170-7	Pakistan	166-8	Quetta	01-10-1978	4 runs
India	195	South Africa	193-9	Calcutta	24-11-1993	2 runs
India	260-4	West Indies	256-7	Visakhapatnam	07-11-1994	4 runs
India	280-7	Zimbabwe	277-6	Adelaide	24-01-2004	3 runs

India's narrowest wins in terms of runs

Margin	Winner	Score	Loser	Score	Venue	Date
1 run	India	221	New Zealand	220	Wellington	06-03-1990
1 run	India	212-8	Sri Lanka	211	Colombo RPS	25-07-1993
2 runs	India	195	South Africa	193-9	Calcutta	24-11-1993
3 runs	India	280-7	Zimbabwe	277-6	Adelaide	24-01-2004
4 runs	India	170-7	Pakistan	166-8	Quetta	01-10-1978
4 runs	India	260-4	West Indies	256-7	Visakhapatnam	07-11-1994
5 runs	India	162	New Zealand	157	Perth	09-12-1980
5 runs	India	259-5	West Indies	254	Jaipur	11-11-1994
5 runs	India	289-6	Australia	284	Mohali	03-11-1996
6 runs	India	230-7	New Zealand	224	Adelaide	23-12-1980
6 runs	India	227-8	Sri Lanka	221	Ahmedabad GS	22-10-1989
6 runs	India	307-6	Sri Lanka	301	Colombo RPS	07-07-1998
8 runs	India	246-5	Sri Lanka	238-8	Rajkot	15-02-1994
9 runs	India	239-6	England	230	Sharjah	11-04-1999
10 runs	India	299-4	Sri Lanka	289-7	Mumbai WS	17-01-1987
10 runs	India	262-4	West Indies	252	Adelaide	14-12-1991
10 runs	India	261-9	South Africa	251-6	Colombo RPS	25-09-2002