Statistical highlights of the first day’s play – India vs South Africa at Vishakapatnam
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This is India’s 538th test. India has won the toss on the 268th occasion. India decided to bat after winning the toss on 212th occasion
This is India’s 268th test at home. India has won the toss on the 139th occasion at home. India decided to bat after winning the toss on 126th occasion at home
RG Sharma became India’s and 89th opening batsman in tests and 71st opening batsman at home tests
RG Sharma scored 115 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 148th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century. It also provides the 77th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century at home
RG Sharma scored 115 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 63rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in the first innings of a test. It also provides the 36th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century at home in the first innings of a test
RG Sharma scored 115 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in the first innings of a test. W Jaffer who had scored 116 at Cape Town in Jan 2007 is the other batsman to perform such a feat.
RG Sharma has scored five boundary sixes in his knock of 115 not out to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring five or more boundary sixes in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. He also became the third Indian opening batsman to perform such a feat after NS Sidhu and V Sehwag
| No | Player | Runs | 6s | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | NS Sidhu | 124 | 8 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 |
| 2 | V Sehwag | 293 | 7 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai (BS) | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 309 | 6 | 1 | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 4 | V Sehwag | 195 | 5 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2003 |
| 5 | V Sehwag | 319 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 6 | RG Sharma | 115* | 5 | 1 | v South Africa | Visakhapatnam | 02 Oct 2019 |
RG Sharma has scored five boundary sixes in his knock of 115 not out to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring five or more boundary sixes in an innings against South Africa. Both such occasions are tabulated below. V Sehwag had scored five boundary sixes in his knock of 319 at Chennai in Mar 2008
| No | Player | Runs | 6s | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | V Sehwag | 319 | 5 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 115* | 5 | 1 | v South Africa | Visakhapatnam | 02 Oct 2019 |
RG Sharma {115 not out} and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored fifties in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 68th occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties including centuries in a test innings
RG Sharma {115 not out} scored a century and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored a half century in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 25th occasion of Indian openers scoring a century and half century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Inns | Opp | Ground | C | HC | Start Date |
| 1 | India | 1 | Eng | The Oval | 1 | 1 | 17 Aug 1946 |
| 2 | India | 3 | Eng | Delhi | 1 | 1 | 08 Feb 1964 |
| 3 | India | 1 | Win | Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 4 | India | 1 | Win | Delhi | 1 | 1 | 24 Jan 1979 |
| 5 | India | 4 | Eng | The Oval | 1 | 1 | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 6 | India | 1 | Aus | Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 03 Nov 1979 |
| 7 | India | 2 | Eng | Bengaluru | 1 | 1 | 09 Dec 1981 |
| 8 | India | 2 | Srl | Chennai | 1 | 1 | 17 Sep 1982 |
| 9 | India | 3 | Pak | Bengaluru | 1 | 1 | 14 Sep 1983 |
| 10 | India | 2 | Aus | Adelaide | 1 | 1 | 13 Dec 1985 |
| 11 | India | 2 | Pak | Chennai | 1 | 1 | 03 Feb 1987 |
| 12 | India | 3 | Srl | Col-SSC | 1 | 1 | 27 Jul 1993 |
| 13 | India | 2 | Srl | Mohali | 1 | 1 | 19 Nov 1997 |
| 14 | India | 1 | Win | Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 09 Oct 2002 |
| 15 | India | 2 | NZl | Mohali | 1 | 1 | 16 Oct 2003 |
| 16 | India | 2 | SAF | Kanpur | 1 | 1 | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 17 | India | 1 | SAF | Cape Town | 1 | 1 | 02 Jan 2007 |
| 18 | India | 2 | SAF | Chennai | 1 | 1 | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 19 | India | 1 | Srl | Galle | 1 | 1 | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 20 | India | 3 | Aus | Mohali | 1 | 1 | 17 Oct 2008 |
| 21 | India | 3 | Srl | Ahmedabad | 1 | 1 | 16 Nov 2009 |
| 22 | India | 2 | Srl | Mum-BS | 1 | 1 | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 23 | India | 2 | Eng | Chennai | 1 | 1 | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 24 | India | 1 | Srl | Pallekele | 1 | 1 | 12 Aug 2017 |
| 25 | India | 1 | SAF | Vizag | 1 | 1 | 02 Oct 2019 |
RG Sharma {115 not out} scored a century and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored a half century in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the fourth occasion of Indian openers scoring a century and half century in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Inns | Opp | Ground | C | HC | Start Date |
| 1 | India | 2 | SAF | Kanpur | 1 | 1 | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 2 | India | 1 | SAF | Cape Town | 1 | 1 | 02 Jan 2007 |
| 3 | India | 2 | SAF | Chennai | 1 | 1 | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 4 | India | 1 | SAF | Vizag | 1 | 1 | 02 Oct 2019 |
RG Sharma {115 not out} scored a century and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored a half century in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the ninth occasion of Indian openers scoring a century and half century in the first innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Team | Inns | Opp | Ground | C | HC | Start Date |
| 1 | India | 1 | Eng | The Oval | 1 | 1 | 17 Aug 1946 |
| 2 | India | 1 | Win | Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 3 | India | 1 | Win | Delhi | 1 | 1 | 24 Jan 1979 |
| 4 | India | 1 | Aus | Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 03 Nov 1979 |
| 5 | India | 1 | Win | Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 09 Oct 2002 |
| 6 | India | 1 | SAF | Cape Town | 1 | 1 | 02 Jan 2007 |
| 7 | India | 1 | Srl | Galle | 1 | 1 | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 8 | India | 1 | Srl | Pallekele | 1 | 1 | 12 Aug 2017 |
| 9 | India | 1 | SAF | Vizag | 1 | 1 | 02 Oct 2019 |
The first day’s play in the first test between India and South Africa on 02.10.19 witnessed no wickets falling to provide the 25th occasion of no wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fifth occasion of No wickets falling on a first day’s play in test. It also provides the second such occasion against South Africa. It also provides the ninth occasion in a test involving India as one of the teams. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the fifth occasion in a test involving South Africa as one of the teams.
MA Agarwal and RG Sharma added 202 runs in an unfinished partnership on the first day of this test to provide the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | VM Merchant, S Mushtaq Ali | 1 | 203 | 3 | v England | Manchester | 25 Jul 1936 |
| 2 | MH Mankad, P Roy | 1 | 413 | 1 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 3 | CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar | 1 | 213 | 4 | v England | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 4 | SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth | 1 | 200 | 2 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 03 Feb 1987 |
| 5 | SB Bangar, V Sehwag | 1 | 201 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 09 Oct 2002 |
| 6 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 218 | 2 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 7 | R Dravid, V Sehwag | 1 | 410 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 8 | W Jaffer, V Sehwag | 1 | 213 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 9 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 233 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 10 | V Sehwag, M Vijay | 1 | 221 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mum-BS | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 11 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 289 | 2 | v Australia | Mohali | 14 Mar 2013 |
| 12 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 283 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 13 | MA Agarwal, RG Sharma | 1 | 202* | 1 | v South Africa | Vizag | 02 Oct 2019 |
It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in the first innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MH Mankad, P Roy | 1 | 413 | 1 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 2 | SB Bangar, V Sehwag | 1 | 201 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 09 Oct 2002 |
| 3 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 233 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 4 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 283 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 5 | MA Agarwal, RG Sharma | 1 | 202* | 1 | v South Africa | Vizag | 02 Oct 2019 |
It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 218 | 2 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 2 | W Jaffer, V Sehwag | 1 | 213 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 3 | MA Agarwal, RG Sharma | 1 | 202* | 1 | v South Africa | Vizag | 02 Oct 2019 |