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R Ashwin’s 6 for 91 against Australia in the just concluded test at Ahmedadad provides his 26^th five wickets innings haul on home soil. He now shares the record for the second place amongst the bowlers who have most five wicket innings hauls by a bowler on home soil with HMRKB Herath of Sri Lanka. HMRKB Herath also has taken 26 five wicket innings hauls on home soil. The first place is occupied by M Muralitharan of Sri Lanka with 45 five wicket innings hauls on home soil. The following table lists the bowlers who have 25 or more five fors on home soil

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	5
1	M Muralidaran	Srl	1992-2010	73	134	25061	9646	493	09/051	13/115	19.56	45
2	R Ashwin	Ind	2011-2023	55	107	15717	7035	337	07/059	13/140	20.87	26
3	HMRKB Herath	Srl	1999-2018	49	092	14272	6575	278	09/127	14/184	23.65	26
4	A Kumble	Ind	1993-2008	63	115	20792	8710	350	10/074	14/149	24.88	25

R Ashwin’s 6 for 91 against Australia in the just concluded test at Ahmedadad provides his 26^th five wickets innings haul on home soil. He now owns the record for most five wicket innings hauls by an Indian bowler on home soil. He wrested the record of A Kumble. A Kumble has 25 five wicket innings hauls on home soil. The following table lists the performance of these two bowlers.

Player	No	Overs	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
R Ashwin	1	21.3	5	47	6	3	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
R Ashwin	2	52.1	6	156	5	1	v West Indies	Wankhede	22 Nov 2011
R Ashwin	3	16.3	5	31	6	2	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012
R Ashwin	4	26.5	9	54	6	3	v New Zealand	Hyderabad	23 Aug 2012
R Ashwin	5	22.0	1	69	5	3	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	31 Aug 2012
R Ashwin	6	42.0	12	103	7	1	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
R Ashwin	7	32.0	6	95	5	3	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
R Ashwin	8	28.0	12	63	5	3	v Australia	Hyderabad	02 Mar 2013
R Ashwin	9	34.0	18	57	5	1	v Australia	Delhi	22 Mar 2013
R Ashwin	10	24.0	5	51	5	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
R Ashwin	11	16.1	6	32	5	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
R Ashwin	12	29.5	7	66	7	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
R Ashwin	13	49.1	26	61	5	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
R Ashwin	14	35.3	5	132	6	4	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Sep 2016
R Ashwin	15	27.2	5	81	6	2	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
R Ashwin	16	13.5	2	59	7	4	v New Zealand	Indore	08 Oct 2016
R Ashwin	17	29.5	6	67	5	2	v England	Visakhapatnam	17 Nov 2016
R Ashwin	18	44.0	4	112	6	1	v England	Wankhede	08 Dec 2016
R Ashwin	19	20.3	3	55	6	3	v England	Wankhede	08 Dec 2016
R Ashwin	20	12.4	4	41	6	4	v Australia	Bengaluru	04 Mar 2017
R Ashwin	21	46.2	11	145	7	2	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
R Ashwin	22	17.3	2	61	6	3	v England	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
R Ashwin	23	23.5	4	43	5	2	v England	Chennai	13 Feb 2021
R Ashwin	24	22.5	4	47	5	3	v England	Ahmedabad	04 Mar 2021
R Ashwin	25	12.0	3	37	5	3	v Australia	Nagpur	09 Feb 2023
R Ashwin	26	47.2	15	91	6	1	v Australia	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023
Player	No	Overs	M	Runs	W	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
A Kumble	1	21.0	7	64	6	3	v England	Chennai	11 Feb 1993
A Kumble	2	38.5	16	70	5	3	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
A Kumble	3	27.3	9	59	7	3	v Sri Lanka	Lucknow	18 Jan 1994
A Kumble	4	27.2	4	81	5	3	v New Zealand	Bengaluru	18 Oct 1995
A Kumble	5	41.0	12	67	5	3	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
A Kumble	6	31.0	10	62	5	3	v Australia	Eden Gardens	18 Mar 1998
A Kumble	7	41.3	8	98	6	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
A Kumble	8	24.5	7	70	6	1	v Pakistan	Chennai	28 Jan 1999
A Kumble	9	26.3	9	74	10	4	v Pakistan	Delhi	04 Feb 1999
A Kumble	10	26.5	5	67	6	3	v New Zealand	Kanpur	22 Oct 1999
A Kumble	11	48.0	21	82	5	2	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	29 Oct 1999
A Kumble	12	68.4	15	143	6	2	v South Africa	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
A Kumble	13	28.4	6	81	6	3	v England	Mohali	03 Dec 2001
A Kumble	14	51.0	13	115	7	1	v England	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
A Kumble	15	37.0	15	63	5	3	v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	21 Feb 2002
A Kumble	16	23.3	10	30	5	1	v West Indies	Chennai	17 Oct 2002
A Kumble	17	17.3	4	48	7	1	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
A Kumble	18	47.0	8	133	6	3	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
A Kumble	19	19.0	0	90	5	2	v Australia	Wankhede	03 Nov 2004
A Kumble	20	54.0	13	131	6	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
A Kumble	21	38.0	16	63	7	4	v Pakistan	Eden Gardens	16 Mar 2005
A Kumble	22	28.0	6	72	6	2	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	10 Dec 2005
A Kumble	23	34.3	9	89	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	18 Dec 2005
A Kumble	24	29.4	8	76	5	1	v England	Mohali	09 Mar 2006
A Kumble	25	14.0	2	60	5	4	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007

V Kohli of India with  his 186 against Australia at Ahmedabad in the ongoing test became the 15^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century in his 50^th test on home soil. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	IT Botham	128	Eng	Ind	Manchester	24 Jun 1982
2	SM Gavaskar	236*	Ind	Win	Chepauk	24 Dec 1983
3	DB Vengsarkar	102#	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987
4	GA Gooch	116	Eng	Ind	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
5	MA Taylor	169*	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
6	G Kirsten	137	SAF	Win	Durban	26 Dec 2003
7	ST Jayasuriya	131	Srl	Aus	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
8	RT Ponting	207	Aus	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
9	M Jayawardene	165	Srl	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2005
10	ML Hayden	124	Aus	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
11	VVS Laxman	143*	Ind	SAF	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010
12	KC  Sangakkara	103	Srl	Ind	Galle	28 Jul 2010
13	IR Bell	113	Eng	Aus	Ch-le-St	09 Aug 2013
14	AB de Villiers	116	SAF	Aus	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014
15	V Kohli	186	Ind	Aus	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023

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He also became the fourth Indian batsman to perform such a feat. The following table lists all the four batsmen

No	Player	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	236*	Ind	Win	Chepauk	24 Dec 1983
2	DB Vengsarkar	102#	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	26 Dec 1987
3	VVS Laxman	143*	Ind	SAF	Eden Gardens	14 Feb 2010
4	V Kohli	186	Ind	Aus	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023

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He also became the fourth batsman to perform such a feat against Australia. The following table lists all the four batsmen

No	Player	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	131	Srl	Aus	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
2	IR Bell	113	Eng	Aus	Ch-le-St	09 Aug 2013
3	AB de Villiers	116	SAF	Aus	Gqeberha	20 Feb 2014
4	V Kohli	186	Ind	Aus	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023

The following five batsmen have scored 150 plus runs in their 50^th test on home soil. The following table lists the performance of these five batsmen

No	Player	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	236*	Ind	Win	Chepauk	24 Dec 1983
2	RT Ponting	207	Aus	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005
3	V Kohli	186	Ind	Aus	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023
4	MA Taylor	169*	Aus	SAF	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998
5	M Jayawardene	165	Srl	Ban	Kandy	11 Jul 2005

SM Gavaskar and RT Ponting are the only two batsmen to have scored double centuries in this category of Statistics. SM Gavaskar’s 236 not out remains the highest individual score by a batsman in his 50^th test on home soil

No	Player	Score	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	236*	Ind	Win	Chepauk	24 Dec 1983
2	RT Ponting	207	Aus	Pak	Sydney	02 Jan 2005

AD Mathews became the third Sri Lankan batsman to score 7000 runs in Tests. He reached the landmark when he scored 87 runs against New Zealand at Christchurch in the ongoing test. He went past ST Jayasuriya’s 6973 when he was on 21 during his knock of 87 in this test. The following table lists the four batsmen with their performances

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0
1	KC Sangakkara	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38	52	11
2	M Jayawardene	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34	50	15
3	AD Mathews	2009-2023	101	179	24	07000	200*	45.16	13	38	04
4	ST Jayasuriya	1991-2007	110	188	14	06973	340	40.07	14	31	15

Australia won the toss and chose to bat first in this test to provide the  54^th occasion of Australia doing so against India. It also provides the 31^st occasion of Australia doing so against India in India.

V Kohli is playing his 50^th test on home soil. He became the 13^th Indian cricketer to play 50 tests on home soil. The following table lists the performance of these 13 cricketers as at the end of the first day’s play of this test.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	C	W	5	Ct	St
1	SR Tendulkar	1990-2013	94	7216	217	22	16	0	47	0
2	R Dravid	1996-2011	70	5598	222	15	0	0	98	0
3	SM Gavaskar	1972-1987	65	5067	236*	16	0	0	51	0
4	N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	65	2810	163	5	219	11	40	0
5	A Kumble	1993-2008	63	1340	88	0	350	25	34	0
6	VVS Laxman	1996-2011	57	3767	281	8	1	0	61	0
7	R Ashwin	2011-2023	55	1701	124	3	331	25	19	0
8	Harbhajan Singh	1998-2013	55	1047	115	2	265	18	25	0
9	DB Vengsarkar	1977-1990	54	3725	166	13	0	0	42	0
10	V Sehwag	2001-2013	52	4656	319	13	15	1	41	0
11	CA Pujara	2010-2023	51	3797	206*	10	0	0	29	0
12	SC Ganguly	1996-2008	50	3180	239	8	11	0	41	0
13	V Kohli	2011-2023	50	3958	254*	13	0	0	50	0

Ahmedabad is hosting its 15^th test. It became the eighth test centre in India to host 15 or more tests. All such grounds are tabulated below

No	Team	Span	Mat	Ground
1	India	1934-2019	42	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2	India	1948-2023	35	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
3	India	1934-2021	34	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
4	India	1975-2021	26	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
5	India	1974-2022	24	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
6	India	1952-2021	23	Green Park, Kanpur
7	India	1948-2009	18	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
8	India	1983-2023	15	Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 106^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India. It also provides the 40th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India in India

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 31st occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India. It also provides the 12th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India in India

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide the first occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India at Ahmedabad. It also provides the first occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India in India at Ahmedabad

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide the first occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India at Ahmedabad. It also provides the 12th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India in India at Ahmedabad

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide the twelfth occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India at Ahmedabad. It also provides the third occasion of an visiting opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India in India at Ahmedabad

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 217th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India in India. It also provides the 68th occasion of an visiting opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against India in India.

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide his 14th century in a test innings. It also represents his first century against India in India.

No	Runs	Pos	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	174	3	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
2	121	3	1	v New Zealand	Perth	13 Nov 2015
3	144	3	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
4	140	3	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	12 Feb 2016
5	145	1	2	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
6	171	3	2	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 2018
7	141	2	4	v Pakistan	Dub-DSC	07 Oct 2018
8	101*	3	3	v Sri Lanka	Canberra	01 Feb 2019
9	137	5	1	v England	Sydney	05 Jan 2022
10	101*	5	3	v England	Sydney	05 Jan 2022
11	160	2	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
12	104*	1	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Mar 2022
13	195*	1	1	v South Africa	Sydney	04 Jan 2023
14	104*	2	1	v India	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide his sixth century in a test innings as an opening batsman. It also represents his first century against India in India. All the six centuries are tabulated below

No	Runs	Pos	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	145	1	2	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
2	141	2	4	v Pakistan	Dub-DSC	07 Oct 2018
3	160	2	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	12 Mar 2022
4	104*	1	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Mar 2022
5	195*	1	1	v South Africa	Sydney	04 Jan 2023
6	104*	2	1	v India	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play to provide his highest individual innings against India – both as a batsman and as an opening batsman. His previous best was 81 at Delhi in Feb 2023 – both as a batsman and as an opening batsman

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play represent his fourth fifty against India as a batsman. All the four fifties are tabulated below.

No	Runs	Pos	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	104*	2	1	v India	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023
2	81	2	1	v India	Delhi	17 Feb 2023
3	72	3	3	v India	Perth	14 Dec 2018
4	60	2	2	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023

UT Khawaja scored 104 not out as at the end of the first day’s play represent his third fifty against India as an opening batsman. All the three fifties are tabulated below.

No	Runs	Pos	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	104*	2	1	v India	Ahmedabad	09 Mar 2023
2	81	2	1	v India	Delhi	17 Feb 2023
3	60	2	2	v India	Indore	01 Mar 2023

RA Jadeja’s aggregate of wickets as an Indian left arm spinner read 264 at the end of first day’s play in this test. He needs two more wickets to equal and three more wickets to surpass Bishan Singh Bedi’s aggregate of 266 wickets which are the most wickets by an Indian left arm spin bowler.

RA Jadeja’s aggregate of wickets as a left arm spinner read 85 at the end of first day’s play in this test against Australia. He occupies the fifth position in the list of left arm spinners who have captured most wickets against Australia. The other four are – W Rhodes of England {109}, DL Underwood of England {105}, R Peel of England {101} and J Briggs of England {97}

RA Jadeja is the only non-England bowler in the list of left arm spin bowlers who have captured most wickets against Australia.

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets against Australia read 108 at the end of the first day’s play in this test. He needs three more wickets to equal and four more wickets to surpass A Kumble’s tally of 111 wickets which is a record for most wickets by an Indian bowler against Australia.

NM Lyon {113}, A Kumble {111} and R Ashwin {108} are the three bowlers to capture 100 plus wickets in India-Australia test series.

AK Makram of South Africa scored 96 against West Indies in the ongoing test at Johannesburg to provide the 106th occasion of a South African batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	LJ Tancred	97	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
2	CB Llewellyn	90	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
3	AW Nourse	93*	4	v England	Johannesburg	02 Jan 1906
4	GA Faulkner	99	3	v England	Cape Town	11 Mar 1910
5	AW Nourse	92*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
6	GA Faulkner	92	3	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911
7	HW Taylor	93	1	v Australia	Lord’s	15 Jul 1912
8	HW Taylor	93	3	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914
9	HW Taylor	91	2	v England	Durban	18 Jan 1923
10	RH Catterall	95	1	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1924
11	RH Catterall	98	4	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929
12	HG Deane	93	2	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
13	B Mitchell	95	3	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
14	HB Cameron	90	1	v England	Lord’s	29 Jun 1935
15	AD Nourse	91	3	v Australia	Durban	14 Dec 1935
16	PGV van der Bijl	97	3	v England	Durban	03 Mar 1939
17	KG Viljoen	93	1	v England	Manchester	05 Jul 1947
18	AD Nourse	97	4	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947
19	B Mitchell	99	1	v England	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1949
20	PNF Mansell	90	1	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
21	KJ Funston	92	2	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1953
22	JC Watkins	92	2	v Australia	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953
23	WR Endean	93	1	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1953
24	RA McLean	93	1	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957
25	TL Goddard	90	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
26	S O’Linn	98	3	v England	Nottingham	07 Jul 1960
27	TL Goddard	99	2	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
28	TL Goddard	93	2	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
29	EJ Barlow	92	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964
30	EJ Barlow	96	1	v England	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965
31	AJ Pithey	95	1	v England	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965
32	RG Pollock	90	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1966
33	JN Rhodes	91	1	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
34	BM McMillan	98	1	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
35	KC Wessels	95*	4	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992
36	AC Hudson	90	2	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993
37	KC Wessels	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
38	AC Hudson	90	2	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994
49	BM McMillan	93	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1994
40	DJ Cullinan	94	3	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1994
41	DJ Richardson	93	2	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	25 Nov 1994
42	DJ Cullinan	96	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	04 Mar 1995
43	BM McMillan	98*	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	13 Oct 1995
44	DJ Cullinan	91	1	v England	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1995
45	AM Bacher	96	2	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997
46	G Kirsten	98	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997
47	AM Bacher	96	1	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997
48	SM Pollock	92	1	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998
49	JN Rhodes	95	2	v England	Birmingham	04 Jun 1998
50	JH Kallis	95	2	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
51	L Klusener	97	2	v India	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
52	L Klusener	95*	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	06 Aug 2000
53	MV Boucher	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001
54	L Klusener	97	2	v Sri Lanka	Cape Town	02 Jan 2001
55	JH Kallis	99	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2001
56	ND McKenzie	99	3	v Australia	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002
57	HH Gibbs	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
58	SM Pollock	99*	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
59	HH Dippenaar	92	2	v England	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
60	ND McKenzie	90	2	v England	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003
61	AJ Hall	99*	3	v England	Leeds	21 Aug 2003
62	G Kirsten	90	1	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
63	HH Gibbs	98	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003
64	JH Kallis	92	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	10 Mar 2004
65	JA Rudolph	93*	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	26 Mar 2004
66	JA Rudolph	93	1	v England	Gqeberha	17 Dec 2004
67	HH Gibbs	98	4	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
68	AB de Villiers	92	1	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005
69	AB de Villiers	98	2	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005
70	HH Gibbs	94	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005
71	AG Prince	93	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	31 Mar 2006
72	AB de Villiers	97	3	v New Zealand	Centurion	15 Apr 2006
73	JA Rudolph	90	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
74	AB de Villiers	95	1	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
75	HH Gibbs	92	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
76	AG Prince	97	4	v India	Johannesburg	15 Dec 2006
77	GC Smith	94	2	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
78	HH Gibbs	94	2	v Pakistan	Centurion	11 Jan 2007
79	JH Kallis	91	3	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	19 Jan 2007
80	AG Prince	98	2	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008
81	ND McKenzie	94	1	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
82	AB de Villiers	97	3	v England	The Oval	07 Aug 2008
83	JH Kallis	93	4	v Australia	Durban	06 Mar 2009
84	HM Amla	95	3	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010
85	MV Boucher	95	2	v England	Johannesburg	14 Jan 2010
86	GC Smith	90	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
87	AB de Villiers	99	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Dec 2011
88	HM Amla	92	1	v Pakistan	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
89	AB de Villiers	90	3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	14 Oct 2013
90	AB de Villiers	91	2	v Australia	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
91	F du Plessis	98	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	09 Aug 2014
92	HM Amla	96	3	v England	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
93	Q de Kock	91	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	16 Mar 2017
94	Q de Kock	90	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	25 Mar 2017
95	AK Markram	97	1	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
96	AK Markram	94	1	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
97	T Bavuma	95*	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018
98	AK Markram	90	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019
99	F du Plessis	90	3	v Sri Lanka	Durban	13 Feb 2019
100	Q de Kock	95	1	v England	Centurion	26 Dec 2019
101	HE van der Dussen	98	4	v England	Johannesburg	24 Jan 2020
102	D Elgar	95	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020
103	Q de Kock	96	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021
104	D Elgar	96*	4	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022
105	T Bavuma	93	1	v Bangladesh	Durban	31 Mar 2022
106	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023

It also provides the fourth occasion of a South African  batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AG Prince	98	2	v West Indies	Cape Town	02 Jan 2008
2	GC Smith	90	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
3	Q de Kock	96	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021
4	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023

AK Markram of South Africa scored 96 against West Indies in the ongoing test at Johannesburg to provide the 35^th occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	LJ Tancred	97	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
2	HW Taylor	93	3	v England	Durban	14 Feb 1914
3	HW Taylor	91	2	v England	Durban	18 Jan 1923
4	RH Catterall	98	4	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929
5	B Mitchell	95	3	v Australia	Adelaide	29 Jan 1932
6	PGV van der Bijl	97	3	v England	Durban	03 Mar 1939
7	B Mitchell	99	1	v England	Gqeberha	05 Mar 1949
8	TL Goddard	90	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
9	TL Goddard	99	2	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
10	TL Goddard	93	2	v Australia	Sydney	07 Feb 1964
11	EJ Barlow	92	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	21 Feb 1964
12	EJ Barlow	96	1	v England	Johannesburg	22 Jan 1965
13	KC Wessels	95*	4	v India	Gqeberha	26 Dec 1992
14	AC Hudson	90	2	v Sri Lanka	Moratuwa	25 Aug 1993
15	KC Wessels	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	06 Sep 1993
16	AC Hudson	90	2	v Australia	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994
17	AM Bacher	96	2	v Australia	Centurion	21 Mar 1997
18	G Kirsten	98	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	06 Oct 1997
19	AM Bacher	96	1	v Pakistan	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997
20	HH Gibbs	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
21	HH Gibbs	98	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003
22	HH Gibbs	98	4	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
23	AB de Villiers	92	1	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005
24	AB de Villiers	98	2	v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	04 Mar 2005
25	JA Rudolph	90	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
26	HH Gibbs	92	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
27	GC Smith	94	2	v India	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
28	ND McKenzie	94	1	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
29	GC Smith	90	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
30	AK Markram	97	1	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
31	AK Markram	94	1	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
32	AK Markram	90	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019
33	D Elgar	95	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	26 Dec 2020
34	D Elgar	96*	4	v India	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2022
35	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023

It also provides the second occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against West Indies. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	90	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	10 Jun 2010
2	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023

AK Markran and HH Gibbs share the record for most nineties by a South African opening batsman in a test innings. Both batsmen have scored nineties on four occasions. The following table lists the  nineties scored by these two batsmen

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AK Markram	97	1	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
2	AK Markram	94	1	v India	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
3	AK Markram	90	1	v Pakistan	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2019
4	AK Markram	96	1	v West Indies	Johannesburg	08 Mar 2023
1	HH Gibbs	92	2	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
2	HH Gibbs	98	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 2003
3	HH Gibbs	98	4	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
4	HH Gibbs	92	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006

RA Jadeja is on the threshold of going past BS Bedi. As a Indian left arm spinner BS Bedi has most wickets to his credit with 266 wickets. RA Jadeja has an aggregate of 263 wickets and needs three more wickets to equal and four more wickets to surpass BS Bedi’s 266 wickets.

BS Bedi owns the record for most five wicket innings hauls by an Indian left arm spinner. He has to his credit fourteen five wicket innings hauls. RA Jadeja has to his credit twelve five wicket innings hauls and require two more five wicket innings hauls to get on par with BS Bedi