D Elgar of South Africa scored 160 in the ongoing test against India to provide the 40^th occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JW Zulch	150	3	v Australia	Sydney	03 Mar 1911
2	CN Frank	152	3	v Australia	Johannesburg	12 Nov 1921
3	B Mitchell	164*	3	v England	Lord’s	29 Jun 1935
4	A Melville	189	1	v England	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
5	B Mitchell	189*	4	v England	The Oval	16 Aug 1947
6	EAB Rowan	156*	3	v England	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948
7	EAB Rowan	236	1	v England	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
8	DJ McGlew	255*	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
9	EJ Barlow	201	2	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 1964
10	AC Hudson	163	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
11	G Kirsten	210	1	v England	Manchester	02 Jul 1998
12	HH Gibbs	211*	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999
13	G Kirsten	275	3	v England	Durban	26 Dec 1999
14	G Kirsten	180	1	v Sri Lanka	Durban	26 Dec 2000
15	G Kirsten	150	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	09 Mar 2001
16	G Kirsten	220	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001
17	HH Gibbs	196	1	v India	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
18	G Kirsten	153	3	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
19	GC Smith	200	1	v Bangladesh	East London	18 Oct 2002
20	GC Smith	151	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
21	HH Gibbs	228	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
22	GC Smith	277	1	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
23	HH Gibbs	179	1	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
24	GC Smith	259	2	v England	Lord’s	31 Jul 2003
25	HH Gibbs	183	1	v England	The Oval	04 Sep 2003
26	HH Gibbs	192	1	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004
27	AJ Hall	163	1	v India	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
28	HH Gibbs	161	2	v England	Johannesburg	13 Jan 2005
29	AB de Villiers	178	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005
30	ND McKenzie	226	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
31	GC Smith	232	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
32	ND McKenzie	155*	3	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
33	GC Smith	154*	4	v England	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008
34	GC Smith	157	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	19 Nov 2008
35	AG Prince	150	2	v Australia	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
36	GC Smith	183	3	v England	Cape Town	03 Jan 2010
37	AN Petersen	156	1	v New Zealand	Wellington	23 Mar 2012
38	AN Petersen	182	1	v England	Leeds	02 Aug 2012
39	GC Smith	234	2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	23 Oct 2013
40	D Elgar	199	1	v Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	28 Sep 2017
41	AK Markram	152	1	v Australia	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018
42	D Elgar	160	2	v India	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	HH Gibbs	196	1	v India	Port Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
2	AJ Hall	163	1	v India	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
3	ND McKenzie	155*	3	v India	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
4	D Elgar	160	2	v India	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019