D Elgar became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to carry the bat through the completed innings on two occasions in the same calendar year.  He carried the bat through the completed innings against  India in the fourth innings of the test by scoring 86 not out in a total of 177 at Johannesburg in Jan 2018. He again carried the bat through against Australia in the ongoing test by scoring 141 not out in a total of 311 at Cape Town in  March 2018