HM Amla scored twin half-centuries – 61 and 52 – against India in the just concluded Johannesburg test and South Africa lost the test by 63 runs. HM Amla’s effort provides the 21st occasion of a batsman’s twin half-centuries going in vain against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. HM Amla became the first South African batsman to witness his twin half-centuries going in vain against India.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JDB Robertson	77	56	Eng	Ind	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
2	Waqar Hasan	81	65	Pak	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	13 Nov 1952
3	ER Dexter	57	62	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	30 Dec 1961
4	MG Burgess	66	60	NZl	Ind	Wellington	29 Feb 1968
5	CA Davis	71*	74*	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	06 Mar 1971
6	BE Congdon	54	54	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
7	ML Hayden	97	67	Aus	Ind	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
8	ME Waugh	70	57	Aus	Ind	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
9	A Flower	51	83	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	07 Jun 2001
10	T Taibu	71*	52	Zim	Ind	Bulawayo	13 Sep 2005
11	MS Atapattu	88	67	Srl	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
12	DPMD Jayawardene	60	67	Srl	Ind	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
13	TM Dilshan	65	65	Srl	Ind	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
14	A Flintoff	70	51	Eng	Ind	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
15	NT Paranavitana	53	54	Srl	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
16	RT Ponting	77	72	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
17	MC Henriques	68	81*	Aus	Ind	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
18	PM Siddle	51	50	Aus	Ind	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
19	MDKJ Perera	55	70	Srl	Ind	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
20	LD Chandimal	57	61	Srl	Ind	Nagpur	24 Nov 2017
21	HM Amla	61	52	SAF	Ind	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2018