Batsmen who have scored 199 runs in a test innings. F de Plessis of South Africa joins the list
F du Plessis of South Africa scored 199 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Centurion to provide the 13th occasion of a batsman scoring 199 in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Mudassar Nazar | 199 | Pak | Ind | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1984 |
| 2 | M Azharuddin | 199 | Ind | Srl | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |
| 3 | MTG Elliott | 199 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 24 Jul 1997 |
| 4 | ST Jayasuriya | 199 | Srl | Ind | Col-SSC | 09 Aug 1997 |
| 5 | SR Waugh | 199 | Aus | Win | Bridgetown | 26 Mar 1999 |
| 6 | A Flower | 199* | Zim | SAF | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 7 | Younis Khan | 199 | Pak | Ind | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 8 | IR Bell | 199 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | 10 Jul 2008 |
| 9 | KC Sangakkara | 199* | Srl | Pak | Galle | 22 Jun 2012 |
| 10 | SPD Smith | 199 | Aus | Win | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 11 | KL Rahul | 199 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 12 | D Elgar | 199 | SAF | Ban | Pot’stroom | 28 Sep 2017 |
| 13 | F du Plessis | 199 | SAF | Srl | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 |
F du Plessis of South Africa was dismissed for 199 against Sri Lanka in the ongoing test at Centurion to provide the eleventh occasion of a batsman dismissed for 199 in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Mudassar Nazar | 199 | Pak | Ind | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1984 |
| 2 | M Azharuddin | 199 | Ind | Srl | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |
| 3 | MTG Elliott | 199 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 24 Jul 1997 |
| 4 | ST Jayasuriya | 199 | Srl | Ind | Col-SSC | 09 Aug 1997 |
| 5 | SR Waugh | 199 | Aus | Win | Bridgetown | 26 Mar 1999 |
| 6 | Younis Khan | 199 | Pak | Ind | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 7 | IR Bell | 199 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | 10 Jul 2008 |
| 8 | SPD Smith | 199 | Aus | Win | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 9 | KL Rahul | 199 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 10 | D Elgar | 199 | SAF | Ban | Pot’stroom | 28 Sep 2017 |
| 11 | F du Plessis | 199 | SAF | Srl | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 |
Apart from the above eleven batsmen, A Flower of Zimbabwe and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka have scored 199 not in a test innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Match Date |
| 6 | A Flower | 199* | Zim | SAF | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 9 | KC Sangakkara | 199* | Srl | Pak | Galle | 22 Jun 2012 |
F du Plessis became the second South African batsmen to score 199 in a test innings after D Elgar. D Elgar had scored 199 against Bangladesh at Potchefstroom in Sep 2017. The following table lists the performance of these two South African cricketers.
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | D Elgar | 199 | SAF | Ban | Pot’stroom | 28 Sep 2017 |
| 2 | F du Plessis | 199 | SAF | Srl | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 |
F du Plessis became the second batsmen to score 199 in a test innings against Sri Lanka after M Azharuddin. M Azharuddin had scored 199 against Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Dec 1996. The following table lists the performance of these two cricketers.
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opp | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | M Azharuddin | 199 | Ind | Srl | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |
| 2 | F du Plessis | 199 | SAF | Srl | Centurion | 26 Dec 2020 |