D Elgar of South Africa was dismissed for a duck in first innings in the ongoing first test against South Africa to provide the 19^th occasion of a South African captain opener dismissed for a duck in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AR Richards	0	3	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	21 Mar 1896
2	LJ Tancred	0	1	SAF	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1912
3	LJ Tancred	0	3	SAF	Eng	The Oval	12 Aug 1912
4	HF Wade	0	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
5	A Melville	0	1	SAF	Eng	Leeds	26 Jul 1947
6	DJ McGlew	0	2	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jul 1960
7	KC Wessels	0	2	SAF	Ind	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
8	KC Wessels	0	1	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993
9	GC Smith	0	3	SAF	NZl	Auckland	18 Mar 2004
10	GC Smith	0	1	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
11	GC Smith	0	1	SAF	Eng	P Elizabeth	17 Dec 2004
12	GC Smith	0	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
13	GC Smith	0	2	SAF	Pak	Centurion	11 Jan 2007
14	GC Smith	0	3	SAF	Eng	The Oval	07 Aug 2008
15	GC Smith	0	2	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009
16	GC Smith	0	1	SAF	Eng	Centurion	16 Dec 2009
17	GC Smith	0	4	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
18	D Elgar	0	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021

It also provides the ninth occasion of a captain opener dismissed for a duck in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MC Cowdrey	0	3	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1960
2	MH Denness	0	3	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	06 Mar 1974
3	SM Gavaskar	0	2	Ind	Win	Bengaluru	15 Dec 1978
4	MA Atherton	0	3	Eng	Win	Georgetown	17 Mar 1994
5	MA Atherton	0	4	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	25 Mar 1994
6	MA Atherton	0	1	Eng	Win	Birmingham	06 Jul 1995
7	MA Atherton	0	2	Eng	Win	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998
8	MP Vaughan	0	2	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	19 Mar 2004
9	D Elgar	0	2	SAF	Win	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2021