JJ Bumrah returned with figures of 5 for 54 in this test to provide the 145th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets on away soil. It also provides the eleventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against South Africa on South African soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Kumble	44.0	22	053	6	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
2	BKV Prasad	19.0	06	060	5	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
3	BKV Prasad	25.0	04	093	5	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
4	J Srinath	25.1	05	104	5	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
5	J Srinath	33.0	06	140	5	2	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
6	J Srinath	30.0	06	076	6	1	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
7	S Sreesanth	10.0	03	040	5	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006
8	S Sreesanth	29.0	0	114	5	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
9	Harbhajan Singh	38.0	01	120	7	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
10	RA Jadeja	58.2	15	138	6	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
11	JJ Bumrah	18.5	02	054	5	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets against South Africa at Johannesburg. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Kumble	44.0	22	053	6	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
2	J Srinath	25.1	05	104	5	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
3	S Sreesanth	10.0	03	040	5	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006
4	JJ Bumrah	18.5	02	054	5	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018

 

V Kohli {54}  and HM Amla {61} scored half centuries  in the ongoing third test at Johannesburg to provide the 100^th occasion of  rival batsmen batting at number  four  scoring  half centuries  in the first and  second innings of a test in the annals of  test cricket. It also provides the third such occasion in SA-Ind test series