KL Rahul was dismissed for an exact 50 against South Africa in the ongoing test at Johannesburg to provide the 53^rd occasion of a captain dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
2	FL Fane	50	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
3	JWHT Douglas	50	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
4	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	23 Jun 1928
5	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
6	WM Woodfull	50	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
7	WA Hadlee	50	1	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	17 Mar 1951
8	RB Simpson	50	2	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	04 Jun 1964
9	TL Goddard	50	3	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	23 Dec 1964
10	GS Sobers	50	2	Win	Ind	Mum-BS	13 Dec 1966
11	PL van der Merwe	50	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966
12	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jul 1972
13	JH Edrich	50	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	04 Jan 1975
14	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
15	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1976
16	MG Burgess	50	1	NZl	Eng	Auckland	04 Mar 1978
17	JM Brearley	50	1	Eng	NZl	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978
18	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
19	KJ Hughes	50	2	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
20	Javed Miandad	50	2	Pak	Win	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980
21	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
22	N Kapil Dev	50	1	Ind	Pak	Jaipur	21 Feb 1987
23	AR Border	50	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	24 Nov 1989
24	IVA Richards	50	2	Win	Aus	Georgetown	23 Mar 1991
25	M Azharuddin	50	2	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	04 Aug 1993
26	MA Atherton	50	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	19 Aug 1993
27	A Ranatunga	50	2	Srl	SAF	Col-PSS	14 Sep 1993
28	KC Wessels	50	3	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	04 Mar 1994
29	A Flower	50	1	Zim	Srl	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994
30	WJ Cronje	50	4	SAF	Ind	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
31	Ramiz Raja	50	2	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	19 Apr 1997
32	WJ Cronje	50	1	SAF	Pak	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997
33	N Hussain	50	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
34	CL Hooper	50	2	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002
35	Inzamam-ul-Haq	50	1	Pak	Win	Kingston	03 Jun 2005
36	A Flintoff	50	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
37	A Flintoff	50	3	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
38	KC Sangakkara	50	1	Srl	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
39	CH Gayle	50	2	Win	SAF	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010
40	TM Dilshan	50	1	Srl	Eng	Cardiff	26 May 2011
41	BRM Taylor	50	2	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
42	DJG Sammy	50	2	Win	NZl	N Sound	25 Jul 2012
43	MJ Clarke	50	2	Aus	Srl	Sydney	03 Jan 2013
44	AN Cook	50	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
45	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	Eng	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
46	AD Mathews	50	2	Srl	NZl	Ch’church	26 Dec 2014
47	JE Root	50	3	Eng	SAF	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
48	V Kohli	50	3	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
49	Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	2	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2019
50	TD Paine	50	1	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021
51	V Kohli	50	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
52	JE Root	50	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021
53	KL Rahul	50	1	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian captain scoring an exact 50 in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
2	N Kapil Dev	50	1	Ind	Pak	Jaipur	21 Feb 1987
3	M Azharuddin	50	2	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	04 Aug 1993
4	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	Eng	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
5	V Kohli	50	3	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
6	V Kohli	50	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
7	KL Rahul	50	1	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of a captain scoring an exact 50 in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Ranatunga	50	2	Srl	SAF	Col-PSS	14 Sep 1993
2	CH Gayle	50	2	Win	SAF	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010
3	JE Root	50	3	Eng	SAF	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
4	Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	2	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2019
5	KL Rahul	50	1	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

A Flintoff, APF Chapmen, CH Lloyd, IM Chappell, JE Root, V Kohli and WJ Cronje are the seven captains in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings on two occasions. A Flintoff is the only captain to be dismissed an exact 50 in both innings of a test. He performed the feat against India at Mumbai in Mar 2006

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flintoff	50	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
2	A Flintoff	50	3	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
1	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	23 Jun 1928
2	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
1	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1976
2	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
1	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jul 1972
2	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
1	JE Root	50	3	Eng	SAF	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
2	JE Root	50	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021
1	V Kohli	50	3	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
2	V Kohli	50	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
1	WJ Cronje	50	4	SAF	Ind	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
2	WJ Cronje	50	1	SAF	Pak	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997