Q de Kock scored 111 and zero in this test. He became the second batsman in the history of Test cricket to score a Nelson and a zero in a Test. The other batsman to score a Nelson and a zero in a Test is India’s MH Mankad. MH Mankad had scored 111 and zero against Australia at Brisbane in Feb 1948. Thus Q de Kock emulated MH Mankad after a gap of 71 years 08 months

CA Pujara has scored 2499 runs in 27 tests at home which Ind has won prior to the start of the series. One more test win would fetch him 28 tests and one more run would fetch him 2500 runs. India won this test and he scored 87 runs in this test which game him an aggregate of 2586 runs. He became third Indian batsman to achieve the double of 25 test wins and 2500 runs at home. Other two batsmen are – SR Tendulkar – 3929 runs in 52 winning tests and R Dravid – 2838 runs in 32 winning tests

R Ashwin has captured 342 wickets in his test career prior to the start of the series and required eight more wickets for his 350 wickets. He captured exact eight wickets in this test which fetched him 350 wickets. He became the fourth Indn bowler to capture 350 plus wickets. Others are – A Kumble {619}, Kapil Dev {434] and Harbhajan Singh {417}

R Ashwin has captured 342 wickets in his test career prior to the start of the series and required eight more wickets for his 350 wickets. He captured exact eight wickets in this test which fetched him 350 wickets. He became the 25th bowler to capture 350 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket.

India won this test by 203 runs to provide the eleventh occasion of India winning a test by  200 plus runs margin on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	337 runs	v SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
2	India	won	321 runs	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
3	India	won	320 runs	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
4	India	won	280 runs	v SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
5	India	won	259 runs	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
6	India	won	255 runs	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
7	India	won	246 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
7	India	won	216 runs	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
9	India	won	212 runs	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
10	India	won	208 runs	v Bangladesh	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
11	India	won	203 runs	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

India won this test by 203 runs to provide the third occasion of India winning a test by 200 plus runs margin on home soil against South Africa  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	337 runs	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
2	India	won	280 runs	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
3	India	won	203 runs	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

Ind won this test by 203 runs to provide the second occasion of Ind winning a test by 200 plus runs margin  at Visakhapatnam. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	246 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
2	India	won	203 runs	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

Ind won this test by 203 runs to provide the 21st occasion of India winning a test by 200 plus runs margin.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	won	337 runs	v South Africa	Delhi0	03 Dec 2015
2	India	won	321 runs	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
3	India	won	320 runs	v Australia	Mohali	17 Oct 2008
4	India	won	318 runs	v West Indies	North Sound	22 Aug 2019
5	India	won	304 runs	v Sri Lanka	Galle	26 Jul 2017
6	India	won	280 runs	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
7	India	won	279 runs	v England	Leeds	19 Jun 1986
8	India	won	278 runs	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
9	India	won	272 runs	v New Zealand	Auckland	07 Mar 1968
10	India	won	259 runs	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
11	India	won	257 runs	v West Indies	Kingston	30 Aug 2019
12	India	won	255 runs	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
13	India	won	246 runs	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
14	India	won	237 runs	v West Indies	Gros Islet	09 Aug 2016
15	India	won	235 runs	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 1993
16	India	won	222 runs	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977
17	India	won	216 runs	v New Zealand	Chennai	26 Nov 1976
18	India	won	212 runs	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
19	India	won	208 runs	v Bangladesh	Hyd-RGS	09 Feb 2017
20	India	won	203 runs	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
21	India	won	203 runs	v England	Nottingham	18 Aug 2018

India posted a total of 502 for 7 and declared to provide the third occasion of India posting a team total in excess of 500 plus  runs in an innings. The other two occasions are listed below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Ground	Match Date
1	India	643/6d	153.0	2	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
2	India	627	155.1	2	Chennai	26 Mar 2008

India won this test by 203 runs to provide the sixth occasion of India winning a test against South Africa by runs margin. The other five occasions are tabulated below

No	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	India	337 runs	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
2	India	280 runs	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
3	India	124 runs	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
4	India	123 runs	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
5	India	108 runs	Mohali	05 Nov 2015

At the end of this test, Indian batsmen have scored 31 centuries against South Africa, while South African batsmen have scored 35 centuries against India. The following table lists the centuries scored by both the teams

No	Player	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	PK Amre	103	Ind	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
2	SR Tendulkar	111	Ind	SAF	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
3	N Kapil Dev	129	Ind	SAF	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
4	M Azharuddin	109	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
5	M Azharuddin	163*	Ind	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
6	SR Tendulkar	169	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
7	M Azharuddin	115	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
8	R Dravid	148	Ind	SAF	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
9	M Azharuddin	102	Ind	SAF	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
10	SR Tendulkar	155	Ind	SAF	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
11	V Sehwag	105	Ind	SAF	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
12	V Sehwag	164	Ind	SAF	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
13	W Jaffer	116	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
14	V Sehwag	319	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
15	R Dravid	111	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
16	V Sehwag	109	Ind	SAF	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
17	SR Tendulkar	100	Ind	SAF	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
18	V Sehwag	165	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
19	SR Tendulkar	106	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
20	VVS Laxman	143*	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
21	MS Dhoni	132*	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
22	SR Tendulkar	111*	Ind	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
23	SR Tendulkar	146	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
24	V Kohli	119	Ind	SAF	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
25	CA Pujara	153	Ind	SAF	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
26	AM Rahane	127	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
27	AM Rahane	100*	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
28	V Kohli	153	Ind	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
29	MA Agarwal	214	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
30	RG Sharma	176	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
31	RG Sharma	127	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
1	KC Wessels	118	SAF	Ind	Durban	13 Nov 1992
2	WJ Cronje	135	SAF	Ind	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
3	AC Hudson	146	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
4	G Kirsten	102	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
5	G Kirsten	133	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
6	DJ Cullinan	153*	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
7	G Kirsten	103	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
8	BM McMillan	103*	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
9	L Klusener	102*	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
10	DJ Cullinan	122*	SAF	Ind	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
11	HH Gibbs	107	SAF	Ind	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
12	L Klusener	108	SAF	Ind	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
13	HH Gibbs	196	SAF	Ind	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
14	AJ Hall	163	SAF	Ind	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
15	JH Kallis	121	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
16	AG Prince	121	SAF	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2006
17	HM Amla	159	SAF	Ind	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
18	ND McKenzie	155*	SAF	Ind	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
19	JH Kallis	132	SAF	Ind	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
20	AB de Villiers	217*	SAF	Ind	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
21	HM Amla	253*	SAF	Ind	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
22	JH Kallis	173	SAF	Ind	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
23	AN Petersen	100	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
24	HM Amla	114	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
25	HM Amla	123*	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
26	HM Amla	140	SAF	Ind	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
27	JH Kallis	201*	SAF	Ind	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
28	AB de Villiers	129	SAF	Ind	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
29	JH Kallis	161	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
30	JH Kallis	109*	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
31	F du Plessis	134	SAF	Ind	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
32	AB de Villiers	103	SAF	Ind	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
33	JH Kallis	115	SAF	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2013
34	D Elgar	160	SAF	Ind	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
35	Q de Kock	111	SAF	Ind	Vizag	02 Oct 2019

RG Sharma scored 13 boundary sixes in this test to provide the tenth occasion of a batsman scoring ten or more boundary sixes in a test. He became the first Indian batsman to achieve this feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	6s	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	176	127	13	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
2	Wasim Akram	257*	–	12	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
3	NJ Astle	10	222	11	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	13 Mar 2002
4	ML Hayden	380	–	11	Aus	Zim	Perth	09 Oct 2003
5	BB McCullum	202	–	11	NZl	Pak	Sharjah	26 Nov 2014
6	BB McCullum	195	DNB	11	NZl	Srl	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
7	BA Stokes	258	26	11	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016
8	WR Hammond	336*	–	10	Eng	NZl	Auckland	31 Mar 1933
9	KC Sangakkara	319	105	10	Srl	Ban	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014
10	SO Hetmyer	39	93	10	Win	Ban	Dhaka	30 Nov 2018

RG Sharma owns the record for most boundary sixes in a test. His 13 boundary sixes in this test provides the record for RG Sharma. He wrested the record from Wasim Akram of Pakistan who had scored 12 boundary sixes in his knock of 257 not out against Zimbabwe in Oct 1996

No	Player	FI	SI	6s	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	176	127	13	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
2	Wasim Akram	257*	–	12	Pak	Zim	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996

RG Sharma scored 13 boundary sixes in this test to provide the record by a batsman against South Africa. The previous was 11 boundary sixes scored by BA Stokes of England at Cape Town in Jan 2016

No	Player	FI	SI	6s	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	176	127	13	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
2	BA Stokes	258	26	11	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2016

At the end of this test, Indian bowlers have captured five or more wickets on 27 occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Team	Oppn	Ground	Match Date
1	A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
2	J Srinath	11.5	4	21	6	Ind	SAF	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
3	BKV Prasad	35.0	6	104	6	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
4	BKV Prasad	19.0	6	60	5	Ind	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
5	BKV Prasad	25.0	4	93	5	Ind	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
6	J Srinath	25.1	5	104	5	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
7	A Kumble	68.4	15	143	6	Ind	SAF	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
8	J Srinath	33.0	6	140	5	Ind	SAF	B’ontein	03 Nov 2001
9	J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	Ind	SAF	P Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
10	A Kumble	54.0	13	131	6	Ind	SAF	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
11	Harbhajan Singh	30.0	3	87	7	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
12	S Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
13	Harbhajan Singh	44.5	4	164	5	Ind	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
14	Harbhajan Singh	48.3	23	59	5	Ind	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
15	S Sreesanth	29.0	0	114	5	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
16	Harbhajan Singh	38.0	1	120	7	Ind	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
17	RA Jadeja	58.2	15	138	6	Ind	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2013
18	R Ashwin	24.0	5	51	5	Ind	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
19	RA Jadeja	11.5	4	21	5	Ind	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
20	R Ashwin	16.1	6	32	5	Ind	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
21	R Ashwin	29.5	7	66	7	Ind	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
22	RA Jadeja	12.0	2	30	5	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
23	R Ashwin	49.1	26	61	5	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
24	JJ Bumrah	18.5	2	54	5	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
25	Mohammed Shami	12.3	2	28	5	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
26	R Ashwin	46.2	11	145	7	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
27	Mohammed Shami	10.5	2	35	7	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019

This Test witnessed 37 boundary sixes constituting a world record for most boundary sixes in a Test. The previous record was 35 boundary sixes witnessed at Sharjah in Nov 2014 in a test between New Zealand and Pakistan. Interestingly enough, these two  are  the only tests which have witnessed 35 or more boundary sixes in the annals of Test cricket.