India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 192^nd occasion of India doing so in its 496 tests. It also provides the 115th occasion of India doing so in its 247 tests at home.

 

India won the toss and elected to bat first in this test to provide the 12^th occasion of India doing so in its 32 tests against South Africa. It also provides the seventh occasion of India doing so in its 15 tests at home against South Africa.

 

M Vijay and S Dhawan were concerned in a 50 runs partnership for the first wicket to provide the 81^st occasion of Indian opening batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for various wickets against South Africa. It also provides the 37th such occasion at home against South Africa.

 

M Vijay and S Dhawan were concerned in a 50 runs partnership for the first wicket to provide the eleventh occasion of Indian opening batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wickets against South Africa. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	A Jadeja, RJ Shastri	1	68	4	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
2	R Dravid, NR Mongia	1	68	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
3	NR Mongia, WV Raman	1	76	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
4	NR Mongia, V Rathour	1	90	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
5	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	218	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
6	W Jaffer, KD Karthik	1	153	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
7	W Jaffer, V Sehwag	1	213	2	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
8	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	73	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
9	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	137	3	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
10	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	80*	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015
11	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	50	1	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015

 

S Dhawan-M Vijay became the second pair of Indian batsmen to post a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket on two occasions against South Africa. G Gambhir-V Sehwag is the other pair to perform such a feat on three occasions.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	218	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
2	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	73	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
3	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	137	3	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
1	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	80*	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015
2	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	50	1	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015

 

M Vijay and S Dhawan were concerned in a 50 runs partnership for the first wicket to provide the seventh occasion of Indian opening batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wickets against South Africa at home. All such occasions are listed below

 

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	R Dravid, NR Mongia	1	68	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
2	NR Mongia, WV Raman	1	76	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
3	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	218	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
4	W Jaffer, V Sehwag	1	213	2	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
5	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	73	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
6	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	80*	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015
7	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	50	1	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015

 

S Dhawan-M Vijay became the second pair of Indian batsmen to post a fifty plus runs partnership for the first wicket on two occasions against South Africa. G Gambhir-V Sehwag is the other pair to perform such a feat on two occasions.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	218	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
2	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	73	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
1	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	80*	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015
2	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	50	1	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015

 

S Dhawan-M Vijay are concerned in four partnerships of 50 plus runs in their six test matches and seven innings association at home They are listed below. They have also added 496 runs for the first wicket in six tests and seven innings. It is interesting to note that of the four fifty plus stands posted by these two batsman, three have come on the test which had a start date 14.

 

No	Partner	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	289	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
2	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	77	2	v West Indies	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
3	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	80*	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015
4	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	50	1	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015

 

It is interesting to note that of the four fifty plus stands posted by these two batsman, three have come on the test which had a start date 14.

 

No	Partner	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	289	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
2	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	77	2	v West Indies	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
3	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	80*	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015

 

S Dhawan-M Vijay are concerned in seven partnerships of 50 plus runs in their 18 test matches and 30 innings association at home They are listed below. They have also added 1215 runs for the first wicket in 18 matches and 30 innings. It is interesting to note that of these seven partnerships, two are 200 plus runs partnerships.

 

No	Partner	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	289	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
2	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	77	2	v West Indies	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
3	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	56	1	v Australia	Brisbane	17 Dec 2014
4	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	55	2	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
5	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	283	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
6	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	80*	2	v South Africa	Bangalore	14 Nov 2015
7	S Dhawan	M Vijay	1	50	1	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015

 

M Vijay was dismissed leg before wicket for 40 in the first innings of this test to provide the 16^th occasion of his being dismissed leg before wicket in 15 tests. The run aggregate of all the occasions when he was dismissed leg before wicket read 999. This aggregate is only second among the Indian batsmen – to SR Tendulkar’s run aggregate of 2184 from 63 innings and 51 tests.

 

M Vijay scored 40 in this game to take his run aggregate to 409 against South Africa. He became the eleventh Indian batsman to total 400 plus runs against South Africa.

 

India was dismissed for a total of 215 in the first innings of this test to provide the 30^th occasion of India dismissed all out for a total of less than 250 runs in an innings against South Africa. It also provides the 13^th such occasion in a test played at home

 

India was dismissed for a total of 215 in the first innings of this test to provide the second occasion of India dismissed all out for a total of less than 250 runs in an innings against South Africa at Nagpur. The other occasion was 233 in Feb 2010.

 

India was dismissed for a total of 215 in the first innings of this test to provide the eleventh occasion of India dismissed all out for a total of less than 250 runs in an innings against South Africa while batting in the first innings of a test. It also provides the seventh such occasion in a test played at home

 

WP Saha and RA Jadeja added 48 runs for the seventh wicket in this test to provide the record stand for the seventh test against South Africa when India batted in the first innings of a test at home. The previous best under such circumstances was 28 runs between J Srinath and SB Joshi at Ahmedabad in Nov 1996.

 

S Dhawan and M Vijay added 50 runs for the first wicket in this test to provide the second occasion of Indian batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in a home test against South Africa while batting in the first innings of a test. The other occasion under such circumstances was the 76 runs partnership between NR Mongia and WV Raman at Kanpur in Dec 1996.

 

RG Sharms was dismissed for 2 in the first innings of this test to provide the tenth occasion of his being dismissed for single digits in an innings which includes three ducks in it. It also provides the third occasion of his being dismissed for a single digit in an innings against South Africa. The other two occasions are – for 6 at Johannesburg in Dec 2013 and for zero at Durban in Dec 2013. It is interesting to note that he has been dismissed for single digits on ten occasions out of the 26 innings he has played. RG Sharma was born on 30.04.87 at Bansod, Nagpur.