HM Amla was  playing his 19^th test against India when he played the Cape Town Test.  He now owns the record for most South African caps against India. He went past JH Kallis who has played 18 tests against India.

F du Plessis became the sixth South African captain to lead against India. He also become the fifth South African captain to lead against India at home. V Kohli became the sixth Indian captain to lead against South Africa in South Africa

AB de Viliers had an aggregate of 493 runs against India at home. He needed seven more runs for  his 500 runs. He scored 65 in South Africa’s first innings. At the end of his innings, his run aggregate read 558. He became the third South African batsman to total 500 plus runs against India at home. Others are – JH Kallis {974} and GC Smith {556}. AB de Villiers occupies the second place amongst the South African batsmen who have scored most runs against India at home.

HM Amla had played 31 innings against India prior to the start of this test. His first innings at Cape Town test was his 32nd innings. He now owns the record for most test innings played by South African batsman against India. He went go past JH Kallis who has played 31 innings against India.

AB de Villiers had played 29 innings against India prior to the start of this test. . His first innings at Cape Town test was his 30th innings. He became the third South African batsman to play 30 plus innings against India. Others are HM Amla {32} and JH Kallis {31}.

AB de Villiers had scored four half centuries against India prior to the start of this test. His half century {  }  in the first innings of this test fetched him his fifth half century. He become the fifth  South African batsman to score five or more half centuries against India. Others are – GC Smith {08}, AC Hudson {06}, MV Boucher{05} and JH Kallis {05}

AB de Villiers and HM Amla have played eight tests against India at home. Cape Town test gave them their ninth test appearance. They now own the record jointly with JH Kallis for most test appearances against India at home. JH Kallis has played nine tests against India at home.

D Elgar was dismissed for a duck in this innings to provide the 127^th occasion of a South African opening batsman dismissed without scoring in a test innings. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a duck in a test innings against India.

D Elgar was dismissed for a duck in this innings to provide the 62nd occasion of a South African opening batsman batting at number one dismissed without scoring in a test innings. It also provides the fifth occasion of a South African opening batsman batting at number one scoring a duck in a test innings against India

D Elgar was dismissed for a duck in this innings to provide the 23rd occasion of a South African opening batsman batting at number one in the first innings of a test dismissed without scoring in a test innings. It also provides the fifth occasion of a South African opening batsman batting at number one in the first innings of a test scoring a duck in a test innings against India.

South Africa lost its three wickets for 12 runs in this innings to provide the fourth occasion of  South Africa losing its three wickets for 12 and less than 12 runs in the first innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	FoW	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	3/12	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997
2	3/12	1	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018
3	3/11	1	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992
4	3/10	1	v England	Port Elizabeth	12 Mar 1889

South Africa lost its three wickets for 12 runs in this innings to provide the second occasion of  South Africa losing its three wickets for 12 and less than 12 runs in the first innings of a test against India. The first such occasion was at Johannesburg in Nov 1992. Both the occasions are listed below

No	FoW	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	3/12	1	v India	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018
2	3/11	1	v India	Johannesburg	26 Nov 1992

AB de Villiers and F du Plessis added 114 runs for the fourth wicket after South Africa has lost its three wickets for 12 runs in this innings to provide the eleventh occasion of a team posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket after it had lost its three wickets for 12 and less than 12 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	In	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	HA Gomes, CH Lloyd	4	237	3/01	2	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1983
2	Mohd Ashraful, Rajin Saleh	4	115	3/05	1	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	Oct 2004
3	CL Hooper, BC Lara	4	124	3/06	1	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Mar 1995
4	MAK Pataudi, RF Surti	4	128	3/09	2	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	Jan 1968
5	IT Botham, CJ Tavare	4	112	3/09	3	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	Aug 1982
6	ML Apte, PR Umrigar	4	135	3/10	3	Ind	Win	Trinidad	Feb 1953
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohd Yousuf	4	139	3/10	3	Pak	Ind	Mohali	Mar 2005
8	Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal	4	155	3/10	1	Ban	Aus	Dhaka	Aug 2017
9	WW Armstrong, MA Noble	4	106	3/12	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1903
10	S Chanderpaul, BC Lara	4	138	3/12	1	Win	SAF	Bridgetown	Apr 2005
11	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	114	3/12	1	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 2018

AB de Villiers and F du Plessis added 114 runs for the fourth wicket after South Africa has lost its three wickets for 12 runs in this innings to provide the sixth occasion of a team posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket after it had lost its three wickets for 12 and less than 12 runs in the first innings of a test.  All such occasions are listed below.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	In	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	Mohd Ashraful, Rajin Saleh	4	115	3/05	1	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	Oct 2004
2	CL Hooper, BC Lara	4	124	3/06	1	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	Mar 1995
3	Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal	4	155	3/10	1	Ban	Aus	Dhaka	Aug 2017
4	WW Armstrong, MA Noble	4	106	3/12	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1903
5	S Chanderpaul, BC Lara	4	138	3/12	1	Win	SAF	Bridgetown	Apr 2005
6	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	114	3/12	1	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 2018

AB de Villiers and F du Plessis added 114 runs for the fourth wicket after South Africa has lost its three wickets for 12 runs in this innings to provide the third occasions of a team posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket after it had lost its three wickets for 12 and less than 12 runs in a test innings against India. All such  occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	In	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	HA Gomes, CH Lloyd	4	237	3/01	2	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Mar 1983
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohd Yousuf	4	139	3/10	3	Pak	Ind	Mohali	Mar 2005
3	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	114	3/12	1	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 2018

AB de Villiers and F du Plessis added 114 runs for the fourth wicket after South Africa has lost its three wickets for 12 runs in this innings to provide the third occasion of a team posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket after it had lost its three wickets for 12 runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	In	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	WW Armstrong, MA Noble	4	106	3/12	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1903
2	S Chanderpaul, BC Lara	4	138	3/12	1	Win	SAF	Bridgetown	Apr 2005
3	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	114	3/12	1	SAF	Ind	Cape Town	Jan 2018

AB de Villiers and F du Pliessis added 114 runs for the fourth wicket in this test to provide the 35^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. It also provides the fifth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket against India

South Africa lost its first wicket without a run on the board to provide the 51^st occasion of South Africa losing its first wicket without scoring. It also provides the seventh such occasion against India and also the second such occasion against India at Cape Town. The first such occasion was at Cape Town was when skipper KC Wessels was dismissed bowled by M Prabhakar for a duck.

India capped JJ Bumrah for this test. He became the 289^th cricketer to represent India in tests. He also became the 129^th cricketer to represent India on away soil

India capped JJ Bumrah for this test. He became the 14^th Indian cricketer to make his test debut against South Africa. He also became the seventh Indian cricketer to make his test debut against South Africa in South Africa

M Morkel had captured 24 wickets against India at home prior to the start of this test. He captured the wicket of V Kohli on the first day of this test which gave him his his 25^th wicket against india at home and with it the distinction of becoming the fourth South African bowler to capture 25 plus wickets at home. Others are – AA Donald {40}, SM Pollock {08} and DW Steyn {38}

R Ashwin captured his first wickets against South Africa in South Africa when he captured two wickets in South African innings. He returned with figures of 2 for 21. In his  only test appearance against South Africa in South Africa at Johnannesburg in Dec 2013, R Ashwin had returned with match figures of none for 108.

WP Saha effected five dimissals in South Africa’s innings which fetched him a total of 12 dismissals. He became the fourth Indian wicket keeper to effect ten or more dismissals against South Africa. Others are – MS Dhoni {28}, NR Mongia {20}, KD Karthik {14} and KS More {11}

WP Saha became the third Indian wicket keeper to effect five or more dismissals in a test innings against South Africa. Others are – NR Mongia at Durban in Dec 1996 qnd MS Dhoni at Cape Town in Jan 2011. Thus WP Saha became the second Indian wicket keeper to effect five dismissals in an innings against South Africa at Cape Town.

WP Saha’s five dismissals in this  innings provide the 15^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper effecting five or  more dismissals in a test innings. It also represents the second occasion of  WP Saha effecting five or more dismissals in a test innings. The first such occasion was at North Sound against West Indies in Jul 2016 when he had effected six dismissals {05 ct plus  01 st}

Q de Cock took his 100^th catch in tests, when he caught Indian Skipper V Kohli off the bowling of M Morkel. He became the fourth South African wicket keeper to pouch 100 catches. Others are – MV Boucher {530}, DJ Richardson {150} and JHB Waite {124}

Q de Cock took his 100^th catch in tests, when he caught Indian Skipper V Kohli off the bowling of M Morkel. He became the 37^th wicket keeper to pouch 100 catches in the annals of tests.

India lost three wickets for 27 runs in its innings in this test to provide the sixth occasion of India losing its  three wickets for exact 27 runs against various oppositions in a test innings All such occasions are listed below.

No	FoW	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	3/27	v England	Kolkata	05 Jan 1934
2	3/27	v West Indies	Bridgetown	07 Apr 1989
3	3/27	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
4	3/27	v West Indies	Bridgetown	02 May 2002
5	3/27	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
6	3/27	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018

ndia lost three wickets for 27 runs in its innings in this test to provide the third occasion of India losing its three wickets for exact 27 runs against South Africa in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below.

No	FoW	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	3/27	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
2	3/27	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
3	3/27	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018