SN Thakur of India captured seven wickets conceding 61 runs in the second test at Johannesburg against South Africa to provide the 47^th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amar Singh	07-086	1	v England	Chennai	10 Feb 1934
2	DG Phadkar	07-159	1	v West Indies	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
3	MH Mankad	08-055	1	v England	Chennai	06 Feb 1952
4	MH Mankad	08-052	2	v Pakistan	Delhi	16 Oct 1952
5	SP Gupte	07-162	2	v West Indies	Trinidad	21 Jan 1953
6	SP Gupte	07-128	2	v New Zealand	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
7	Ghulam Ahmed	07-049	1	v Australia	Kolkata	02 Nov 1956
8	SP Gupte	09-102	1	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
9	JM Patel	09-069	2	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959
10	Venkataraghavan	08-072	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	19 Mar 1965
11	Chandrasekhar	07-157	2	v West Indies	Mum-BS	13 Dec 1966
12	BS Bedi	07-098	2	v Australia	Kolkata	12 Dec 1969
13	Chandrasekhar	08-079	2	v England	Delhi	20 Dec 1972
14	EAS Prasanna	08-076	3	v New Zealand	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
15	N Kapil Dev	07-056	3	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
16	N Kapil Dev	07-220	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
17	N Kapil Dev	08-085	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
18	N Kapil Dev	09-083	3	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
19	N Kapil Dev	08-106	1	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
20	Maninder Singh	07-051	3	v Sri Lanka	Nagpur	27 Dec 1986
21	Maninder Singh	07-027	1	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	13 Mar 1987
22	ND Hirwani	08-061	2	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
23	ND Hirwani	08-075	4	v West Indies	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
24	A Kumble	07-059	3	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
25	A Kumble	10-074	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
26	J Srinath	08-086	3	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Feb 1999
27	Harbhajan Singh	07-123	1	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
28	Harbhajan Singh	07-133	1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
29	Harbhajan Singh	08-084	3	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
30	A Kumble	07-115	1	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
31	Harbhajan Singh	07-048	3	v West Indies	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
32	A Kumble	08-141	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
33	A Kumble	07-048	1	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
34	Harbhajan Singh	07-087	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
35	A Kumble	07-063	4	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
36	IK Pathan	07-059	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Sep 2005
37	Harbhajan Singh	07-062	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
38	Z Khan	07-087	3	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	24 Jan 2010
39	Harbhajan Singh	07-120	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
40	R Ashwin	07-103	1	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
41	I Sharma	07-074	4	v England	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
42	R Ashwin	07-066	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
43	R Ashwin	07-083	3	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
44	R Ashwin	07-059	4	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
45	RA Jadeja	07-048	3	v England	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
46	R Ashwin	07-145	2	v South Africa	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
47	SN Thakur	07-061	2	v South Africa	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the best innings bowling figures by an Indian bowler against South Africa. It was an improvement over R Ashwin’s seven for 66 against South Africa at Nagpur in Nov 2015.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Harbhajan Singh	07-087	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
2	Harbhajan Singh	07-120	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
3	R Ashwin	07-066	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
4	R Ashwin	07-145	2	v South Africa	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
5	SN Thakur	07-061	2	v South Africa	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

Harbhajan Singh {07}, A Kumble {06}, N Kapil Dev {05} and R Ashwin {05} are the four Indian bowlers to capture seven or more wickets on five or more occasions.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Harbhajan Singh	07-123	1	v Australia	Kolkata	11 Mar 2001
2	Harbhajan Singh	07-133	1	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
3	Harbhajan Singh	08-084	3	v Australia	Chennai	18 Mar 2001
4	Harbhajan Singh	07-048	3	v West Indies	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
5	Harbhajan Singh	07-087	3	v South Africa	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
6	Harbhajan Singh	07-062	2	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
7	Harbhajan Singh	07-120	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
1	A Kumble	07-059	3	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
2	A Kumble	10-074	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
3	A Kumble	07-115	1	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
4	A Kumble	08-141	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
5	A Kumble	07-048	1	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
6	A Kumble	07-063	4	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
1	N Kapil Dev	07-056	3	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
2	N Kapil Dev	07-220	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Jan 1983
3	N Kapil Dev	08-085	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	23 Jan 1983
4	N Kapil Dev	09-083	3	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
5	N Kapil Dev	08-106	1	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
1	R Ashwin	07-103	1	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
2	R Ashwin	07-066	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
3	R Ashwin	07-083	3	v West Indies	North Sound	21 Jul 2016
4	R Ashwin	07-059	4	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
5	R Ashwin	07-145	2	v South Africa	Vizag	02 Oct 2019

A Kumble, SP Gupte, N Kapil Dev and JM Patel are the four Indian bowlers to capture nine or more wickets in a test innings.

No	Player	W-Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Kumble	10-074	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
2	SP Gupte	09-102	1	v West Indies	Kanpur	12 Dec 1958
3	N Kapil Dev	09-083	3	v West Indies	Ahmedabad	12 Nov 1983
4	JM Patel	09-069	2	v Australia	Kanpur	19 Dec 1959