R Ashwin captured 5 for 51 in the first innings of this test to provide the 18^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa.

With five wickets in the first innings of this test, R Ashwin achieved two milestones. He completed his 150 test wickets and also became the first Indian bowler to capture fifty plus wickets while sharing the new ball as a spinner

R Ashwin became the 13^th Indian bowler to capture 150 plus wickets. The following table lists all the bowlers. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings to take his tally of wickets to 153.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	35	8
2	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	23	2
3	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	25	5
4	Z Khan	92	165	18785	10247	311	7/87	10/149	32.94	11	1
5	BS Bedi	67	118	21364	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	14	1
6	BS Chandrasekhar	58	97	15963	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	16	2
7	J Srinath	67	121	15104	7196	236	8/86	13/132	30.49	10	1
8	I Sharma	65	114	13047	7302	200	7/74	10/108	36.51	7	1
9	EAS Prasanna	49	86	14353	5742	189	8/76	11/140	30.38	10	2
10	MH Mankad	44	70	14686	5236	162	8/52	13/131	32.32	8	2
11	S Venkataraghavan	57	96	14877	5634	156	8/72	12/152	36.11	3	1
12	R Ashwin	29	54	8464	4215	153	7/103	12/85	27.54	13	3
13	RJ Shastri	80	125	15751	6185	151	5/75	8/179	40.96	2	0

R Ashwin became the ninth Indian spin bowler to capture 150 plus wickets. The following table lists all the bowlers. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings to take his tally of wickets to 153.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	35	8
2	Harbhajan Singh	103	190	28580	13537	417	8/84	15/217	32.46	25	5
3	BS Bedi	67	118	21364	7637	266	7/98	10/194	28.71	14	1
4	BS Chandrasekhar	58	97	15963	7199	242	8/79	12/104	29.74	16	2
5	EAS Prasanna	49	86	14353	5742	189	8/76	11/140	30.38	10	2
6	MH Mankad	44	70	14686	5236	162	8/52	13/131	32.32	8	2
7	S Venkataraghavan	57	96	14877	5634	156	8/72	12/152	36.11	3	1
8	R Ashwin	29	54	8464	4215	153	7/103	12/85	27.54	13	3
9	RJ Shastri	80	125	15751	6185	151	5/75	8/179	40.96	2	0

R Ashwin of India achieved a rare distinction which no bowler has achieved in the last 105 years of test cricket. Opening the bowling attack as spinner he had an aggregate of 45 wickets prior to the start of the test series against South Africa. At Mohali, the first test of the series, he opened the bowling and captured five for 51 runs in South Africa’s first innings. These five wickets fetched him an aggregate of 50 wickets. He became the sixth bowler to aggregate 50 plus wickets while opening the bowling attack as a spin bowler and achieved the coveted distinction of becoming the first bowler from 1910 onwards to total 50 plus wickets under this category of statistics. The following table lists the bowler who have captured fifty wickets. The last bowler to achieve the feat was C Blythe who had captured 74 wickets under this category of statistics. He played eleven tests during 1902 to 1910. R Ashwin captured three more wickets in the second innings of this test to take his aggregate of wickets to 53 in this category of statistics.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	R Peel	Eng	1884-1896	17	31	4361	1520	88	7/31	11/068	17.27	4	1
3	C Blythe	Eng	1902-1910	13	24	3241	1319	74	8/59	15/099	17.82	8	4
4	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
5	W Rhodes	Eng	1899-1908	9	16	1766	784	48	8/68	15/124	16.33	3	1
6	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	13	16	1972	1057	53	6/47	12/198	19.94	6	2

One more little specification with the above classification – replacing spin bowler – with right arm spin bowler – would redefine the list further. The list would reduce to three bowlers. Thus R Ashwin would become the third right arm spin bowler while opening the bowling to capture 50 plus wickets.

No	Player	Team	Span	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5	10
1	H Trumble	Aus	1893-1904	15	25	4291	1512	93	8/65	12/089	16.25	8	3
2	GE Palmer	Aus	1880-1885	11	19	3347	1204	62	7/65	11/165	19.41	5	2
3	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2015	13	16	1972	1057	53	6/47	12/198	19.94	6	2

HM Amla was dismissed stumped in the first innings of this test to provide the 12th occasion of a South African captain dismissed stumped in a test innings against various oppositions. It also provides the first occasion of a South African captain dismissed stumped in a test innings against India.

AB de Villiers scored 63 in this game to provide the 97^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the 35^th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a fifty against India in India.

AB de Villiers’ 63 in this game represent his 58^th fifty and also his 37^th half century in his test career. He has played 99 tests and 164 innings. It also represents his sixth fifty and third half century against India.

India won this test under V Kohli. It was India’s third win under V Kohli and the first win on home soil. India had won two tests against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka – at Col-RPS and at Col-SSC

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the 43rd occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against various oppositions and also provides the sixth occasion against India

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the third occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against India in India. The other two occasions are – WJ Cronje at Mumbai in Feb 2009 and GC Smith at Kolkata in Nov 2004.

HM Amla was dismissed for a duck in the second innings of this test to provide the 21^st occasion of a South African captain dismissed without scoring in a test innings against various oppositions on away soil.

South Africa was dismissed for 109 in the second innings to provide its second lowest total in a completed innings against India in India. Its lowest total was 105 at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996.

RA Jadeja captured 5 for 21 in second innings to provide the 19^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against India at home. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	w	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
2	BKV Prasad	35.0	6	104	6	1	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
3	A Kumble	68.4	15	143	6	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	2 Mar 2000
4	A Kumble	54.0	13	131	6	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
5	Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
6	Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	1	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
7	Harbhajan Singh	48.3	23	59	5	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
8	R Ashwin	24.0	5	51	5	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
9	RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	4	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

RA Jadeja became the sixth Indian bowler to capture five or more wickets in a test innings conceding less than 25 runs against various opposition. All the six bowlers with their performances are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Gupte	6.0	0	18	5	3	v Pakistan	Dhaka	01 Jan 1955
2	S Madan Lal	12.0	6	23	5	4	v England	Mumbai	27 Nov 1981
3	SLV Raju	17.5	13	12	6	2	v Sri Lanka	Chandigarh	23 Nov 1990
4	J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
5	Harbhajan Singh	4.3	0	13	5	2	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Jun 2006
6	RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	4	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

J Srinath and RA Jadeja are the only two bowlers to have captured five or more wickets conceding less than 25 runs against South Africa at home. J Srinath and RA Jadeja have similarities in their bowling figures except for the wickets taken by them. Both have bowled 11.5 overs of which four were maiden overs. Both have conceded 21 runs. J Srinath had captured six wickets while RA Jadeja has captured five wickets. Both the bowler’s performance came in the fourth innings of the test. India won the Ahmedabad test by 64 runs and the Mohali test by 108 runs.

Player	O	M	R	w	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	4	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	4	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

India won this test by 108 runs to provide the fifth occasion of India winning a test against South Africa by runs margin. It also provides the third occasions of India winning a test against South Africa by runs margin at home. The other two occasions are – by 280 runs at Kanpur in Dec 1996 and 64 runs at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996. Thus the win by 108 runs in this test provides the second occasion of India winning the test by 100 plus runs against South Africa at home.