India lost its five wickets for 76 runs in its innings to provide the 113^th occasion of India losing its half the side for a score of 80 and less than 80 runs in an innings. It also provides the eleventh occasion of India losing its five wickets for 80 and less than 80 runs in an innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	FoW	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	5/20	4	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
2	5/27	3	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
3	5/53	1	v South Africa	Ahmedabad	03 Apr 2008
4	5/58	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
5	5/61	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
6	5/67	1	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
7	5/68	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
8	5/69	2	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
9	5/75	3	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
10	5/76	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018
11	5/77	1	v South Africa	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000

It also provides the third occasion of India losing its five wickets for 80 and less than 80 runs in an innings against South Africa at Cape Town. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	FoW	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	5/58	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
2	5/61	4	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
3	5/76	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018

VD Philander’s wicket aggregate on home soil read 101 at the end of India’s first innings in this test. He captured his 100^th wicket at home when he had CA Pujara caught by Q de Kock for 26. He became the seventh South African bowler to capture 100 plus wickets at home. Others are – M Ntini {249}, DW Steyn {243}, SM Pollock {235}, AA Donald {177} and JH Kallis {165}

WP Saha scored a duck in this game to provide the 74^th occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings. It also provides the fifth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck against South Africa in a test innings. All the five occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KS More	0	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993
2	NR Mongia	0	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
3	MS Dhoni	0	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
4	WP Saha	0	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	WP Saha	0	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018

WP Saha became the first Indian wicket keeper batsman to score ducks in an innings against South Africa on two occasions. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
4	WP Saha	0	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	WP Saha	0	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018

WP Saha became the third Indian wicket keeper batsman to score a duck against South Africa at Cape Town. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KS More	0	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 1993
2	MS Dhoni	0	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
3	WP Saha	0	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018

HH Pandya’s 93 in this game provides the 114^th occasion of an  Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Tendulkar	97	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
2	G Gambhir	96	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
3	MS Dhoni	90	3	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
4	VVS Laxman	96	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010
5	G Gambhir	93	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
6	V Kohli	96	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
7	M Vijay	97	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
8	AM Rahane	96	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
9	HH Pandya	93	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety against South Africa at Cape Town. G Gambhir was the other batsman. He also had scored 93 in Jan 2011

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gambhir	93	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
2	HH Pandya	93	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018

It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety against South Africa in South Africa All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	90	3	v South Africa	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
2	VVS Laxman	96	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010
3	G Gambhir	93	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
4	V Kohli	96	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
5	M Vijay	97	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
6	AM Rahane	96	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
7	HH Pandya	93	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	5 Jan 2018

HH Pandya’s 93 provides the eighth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a ninety while batting at number seven in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below. He became the first Indian batsman to score a ninety in a test innings against South Africa while batting at number seven

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	97	2	v England	The Oval	08 Jul 1982
2	N Kapil Dev	98	1	v West Indies	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
3	R Dravid	95	2	v England	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
4	KD Karthik	93	3	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
5	IK Pathan	90	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	21 Jan 2006
6	MS Dhoni	92	1	v England	The Oval	09 Aug 2007
7	MS Dhoni	98	2	v New Zealand	Nagpur	20 Nov 2010
8	HH Pandya	93	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018

The following are the five partnerships between 90 and 99 posted by Indian batsmen against South Africa which includes the 99 runs partnership for the eighth wicket between HH Pandya and B Kumar in this test.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	NR Mongia, V Rathour	1	90	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
2	MAzharuddin,AKumble	6	96	3	v South Africa	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
3	R Dravid, SC Ganguly	4	96	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
4	R Ashwin, AM Rahane	8	98	1	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
5	B Kumar, HH Pandya	8	99	2	v South Africa	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018