The ongoing Mohali test between India and England witnessed five or more Indian batsmen scoring half centuries to provide the sixth occasion of Indian batsmen scoring half centuries  in a test innings. It also includes an occasion of six Indian batsman accomplishing such a feat against New Zealand at Kanpur in Nov 1976. All such occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SM Gavaskar	66	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	2	M Amarnath	70	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	3	GR Viswanath	68	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	4	AV Mankad	50	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	5	SMH Kirmani	64	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
	6	BS Bedi	50	1	v New Zealand	Kanpur	18 Nov 1976
2	1	SM Gavaskar	50	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	2	SMH Kirmani	57	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	3	DB Vengsarkar	65	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	4	Yashpal Sharma	52	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
	5	N Kapil Dev	83	2	v Australia	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
3	1	NS Sidhu	79	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	2	R Dravid	92	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	3	M Azharuddin	62	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	4	SC Ganguly	99	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
	5	A Kumble	78	1	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997
4	1	VVS Laxman	95	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	2	NS Sidhu	97	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	3	R Dravid	86	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	4	SR Tendulkar	79	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	5	SC Ganguly	65	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
5	1	KD Karthik	77	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	2	W Jaffer	62	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	91	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	4	SC Ganguly	79	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	5	VVS Laxman	54	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
6	1	KD Karthik	91	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	2	R Dravid	55	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	82	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	4	VVS Laxman	51	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	5	MS Dhoni	92	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
7	1	CA Pujara	51	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	2	V Kohli	62	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	3	R Ashwin	72	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	4	RA Jadeja	90	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	5	J Yadav	55	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016

The ongoing Mohali test between India and England witnessed five Indian batsmen scoring half centuries to provide the third occasion of Indian batsmen scoring half centuries  in a test innings.against England All such occasions are listed below. It is observed that Indian batsmen have accomplished the feat for the first occasion against England on home soil. The other two  occasions were at Nottingham in Jul 2007  and at The Oval in Aug 2007

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	KD Karthik	77	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	2	W Jaffer	62	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	91	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	4	SC Ganguly	79	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
	5	VVS Laxman	54	2	v England	Nottingham	27 Jul 2007
2	1	KD Karthik	91	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	2	R Dravid	55	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	3	SR Tendulkar	82	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	4	VVS Laxman	51	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
	5	MS Dhoni	92	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
3	1	CA Pujara	51	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	2	V Kohli	62	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	3	R Ashwin	72	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	4	RA Jadeja	90	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
	5	J Yadav	55	2	v England	Mohali	26 Nov 2016