HM Amla scored 25 runs in 244 deliveries in its second innings of this test  to become the third captain in the annals of test cricket to score less than 50 runs in an innings while facing 200 plus deliveries. Others are AR Border of Australia scored 45 runs facing 204 deliveries against South Africa at Cape Town in Mar 1994 and JC Adams of West Indies scored 48 not out facing 212 deliveries against Pakistan at St John’s in May 2000.

Thus HM Amla holds the dubious record of a captain scoring least numbers of runs while playing the most deliveries in the annals of test cricket

R Ashwin’s tally of wickets in the calendar year at the end of the test read 62. His feat of 62 wickets in 2015 provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 60 plus wickets in a calendar year. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5s	10	Year
1	N Kapil Dev	18	25	3469	1739	75	9/83	10/135	23.18	5	1	1983
2	N Kapil Dev	17	29	3553	1699	74	6/63	9/121	22.95	5	0	1979
3	A Kumble	12	23	3680	1838	74	8/141	13/181	24.83	6	2	2004
4	Harbhajan Singh	13	24	3567	1463	63	7/48	8/85	23.22	5	0	2002
5	Harbhajan Singh	13	23	4230	1987	63	6/102	10/153	31.53	2	1	2008
7	R Ashwin	9	17	2260	1067	62	7/66	12/98	17.35	7	2	2015
6	Harbhajan Singh	12	22	3424	1557	60	8/84	15/217	25.95	6	2	2001

R Ashwin’s 5 for 61 in the South Africa’s second innings of the Delhi test against South Africa represent his seventh five wicket haul in an innings in the calendar year 2015. All his seven five wicket hauls are furnished below

No	O	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	25.0	6	87	5	2	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
2	13.4	2	46	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	16.0	6	42	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
4	24.0	5	51	5	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	16.1	6	32	5	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
6	29.5	7	66	7	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
7	49.1	26	61	5	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

R Ashwin became the ninth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture seven or more five wicket hauls in a calendar year. He is also the first Indian bowler to achieve the feat. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5s	Year
1	MD Marshall	Win	13	25	3251	1471	73	7/53	10/107	20.15	9	1984
2	M Muralitharan	Srl	11	21	3532	1521	90	8/70	12/225	16.90	9	2006
3	SF Barnes	Eng	9	15	2201	863	61	8/29	13/57	14.14	8	1912
4	AA Donald	SAF	14	26	3232	1571	80	6/88	8/74	19.63	7	1998
5	M Muralitharan	Srl	8	16	3302	1256	68	9/65	16/220	18.47	7	1998
6	M Muralitharan	Srl	10	17	3740	1463	75	7/84	13/171	19.50	7	2000
7	M Muralitharan	Srl	12	23	4688	1699	80	8/87	11/170	21.23	7	2001
8	HMRKB Herath	Srl	10	18	3224	1417	60	6/43	12/171	23.61	7	2012
9	R Ashwin	Ind	9	17	2260	1067	62	7/66	12/98	17.35	7	2015

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of the just concluded test series between India and South Africa read 31. His feat provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 30 plus wickets in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Balls	R	W	5	10
1	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1972-73	5	9	1747	662	35	4	0
2	MH Mankad	Eng	1951-52	5	10	2225	571	34	1	1
3	SP Gupte	NZl	1955-56	5	10	2140	669	34	4	0
4	N Kapil Dev	Pak	1979-80	6	11	1271	566	32	3	1
5	Harbhajan Singh	Aus	2000-01	3	6	1071	545	32	4	2
6	BS Bedi	Aus	1977-78	5	10	1259	740	31	3	1
7	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31	4	1

R Ashwin’s feat of 31 wickets in the just concluded test series against South Africa provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 25 or more wickets in a four test home series. It also represents the record for most wickets taken by an Indian bowler in a four test series at home. It was an improvement over his own 29 wickets against Australia in 2012-13

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Overs	M	R	W	5	10
1	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	164.4	56	345	31	4	1
2	R Ashwin	Aus	2012-13	4	8	241.2	74	583	29	4	1
3	A Kumble	Aus	2004-04	4	8	197.3	30	685	27	3	1
4	MH Mankad	Pak	1952-53	4	7	265.2	100	514	25	3	1

R Ashwin became the first bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture nine five wicket hauls while opening the bowling as a spinner. He went past C Blythe of England and H Trumble of Australia who had captured eight five wicket hauls. His exploits are furnished below

No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	21.3	5	47	6	2	3	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	32.0	6	95	5	1	3	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
3	28.0	12	63	5	2	3	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	25.0	6	87	5	2	2	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	16.0	6	42	5	1	4	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	20 Aug 2015
6	24.0	5	51	5	1	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
7	16.1	6	32	5	2	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
8	29.5	7	66	7	2	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
9	49.1	26	61	5	2	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of just concluded test series between India and South Africa read 31.  His feat provides the 12^th occasion of a bowler and also the first Indian bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in a test series against South Africa. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1935-36	5	10	2077	642	44
3	WJ Whitty	Aus	SAF	1910-11	5	10	1395	632	37
4	GA Lohmann	Eng	SAF	1895-96	3	6	520	203	35
5	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
6	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
7	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1931-32	5	8	1836	557	33
8	AS Kennedy	Eng	SAF	1932-33	5	9	1683	599	31
9	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
10	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31
11	AV Bedser	Eng	SAF	1951	5	10	1655	517	30
12	R Benaud	Aus	SAF	1957-58	5	9	1937	658	30

R Ashwin with his 31 wickets became the third bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in a four test series against South Africa. Others are – SF Barnes {49} and H Ironmonger {31}.  The feats of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
3	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31

India won this test by 337 runs margin to provide the second occasion of India winning a test by 300 plus runs margin. The other occasion was its 320 runs win against Australia at Mohali in Oct 2008. Thus the victory margin of 337 runs in this test represent India’s largest win by runs margin.