Batsmen who have scored 199 runs in a test innings – DA Elgar joins the elite list
D Elgar of South Africa scored 199 runs against Bangladesh at Potchefstroom in the just concluded first test to provide the 12th occasion of a batsman scoring 199 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All those occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Mudassar Nazar | 199 | 2 | Pak | Ind | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1984 |
| 2 | M Azharuddin | 199 | 2 | Ind | Srl | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |
| 3 | MTG Elliott | 199 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 24 Jul 1997 |
| 4 | ST Jayasuriya | 199 | 3 | Srl | Ind | Colombo (SSC) | 09 Aug 1997 |
| 5 | SR Waugh | 199 | 1 | Aus | Win | Bridgetown | 26 Mar 1999 |
| 6 | A Flower | 199* | 3 | Zim | SAF | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 7 | Younis Khan | 199 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 8 | IR Bell | 199 | 1 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | 10 Jul 2008 |
| 9 | KC Sangakkara | 199* | 1 | Srl | Pak | Galle | 22 Jun 2012 |
| 10 | SPD Smith | 199 | 1 | Aus | Win | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 11 | KL Rahul | 199 | 2 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 12 | D Elgar | 199 | 1 | SAF | Ban | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 |
D Elgar of South Africa scored 199 runs against Bangladesh at Potchefstroom in the just concluded first test to provide the fifth occasion of an opening batsman scoring 199 runs in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All those occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Mudassar Nazar | 199 | 2 | Pak | Ind | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1984 |
| 2 | MTG Elliott | 199 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Leeds | 24 Jul 1997 |
| 3 | ST Jayasuriya | 199 | 3 | Srl | Ind | Colombo (SSC) | 09 Aug 1997 |
| 4 | KL Rahul | 199 | 2 | Ind | Eng | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 5 | D Elgar | 199 | 1 | SAF | Ban | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 |
A Flower of Zimbabwe and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka are the two batsmen who remained not out on scores of 199 in the annals of test cricket. The particulars are detailed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | A Flower | 199* | 3 | Zim | SAF | Harare | 07 Sep 2001 |
| 2 | KC Sangakkara | 199* | 1 | Srl | Pak | Galle | 22 Jun 2012 |