India capped S Nadeem for this test. He became the 295^th cricketer to represent India and also 15^th Indian cricketer to make his test debut against South Africa.

He became the 163rd cricketer to represent India on home soil and also the eighth Indian cricketer to make his test debut against South Africa at home

He also became the 44^th left-arm bowler to represent India and also the third Indian left-arm bowler to make his test debut against South Africa

He also became the 28^th left arm bowler to represent India on home soil and also the second Indian left arm bowler to make his test debut against South Africa at home

He also became the 27th left arm spin bowler to represent India and also the second Indian left arm bowler to make his test debut against South Africa

He also became the 18^th left arm spin bowler to represent India on home soil and also the second Indian left arm spin bowler to make his test debut against South Africa at home

RG Sharma scored 117 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 514^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 275th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil.

RG Sharma scored 117 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 34th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against South Africa. It also provides the 20th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil against South Africa.

RG Sharma scored 117 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 152nd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 84th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil.

RG Sharma scored 117 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings against South Africa. It also provides the ninth occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in a test innings on home soil against South Africa.

CA Pujara was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of this test to provide his seventh zero in a test innings and also his second duck against South Africa. The first such occasion was at Centurion in Jan 2018

No	Runs	Dismissal	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	0	caught	1	v England	Manchester	07 Aug 2014
2	0	bowled	3	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	28 Aug 2015
3	0	run out	4	v Australia	Dharamsala	25 Mar 2017
4	0	run out	2	v South Africa	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
5	0	lbw	4	v England	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
6	0	caught	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018
7	0	lbw	1	v South Africa	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019

It also represents his second duck on home soil after his duck against Australia at Dharamsala in Mar 2017

It also represents his second duck dismissed leg before wicket after his duck dismissed leg before wicket against England at The Oval in Sep 2018

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 185 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket to provide the 579^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 316th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 185 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket to provide the 579^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 316th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on home soil

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 185 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket to provide the 92nd occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth in a test innings. It also provides the 50th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth in a test innings on home soil

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 185 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket to provide the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings against South Africa. It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth in a test innings on home soil against South Africa

RG Sharma and AM Rahane added 185 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fourth wicket to provide the record partnership by Indian batsmen for the fourth wicket in a test innings against South Africa. The previous best was the 178 runs partnership between V Kohli and AM Rahane at Pune, the second test of the current series.

RG Sharma’s 117 not out was his third century in this series. In the first test at Vizag he had scored twin centuries – 176 and 127. He became the third Indian batsman to score  three centuries in a three test series. Others are M Azharuddin and V Kohli

RG Sharma’s 117 not out was his third century in this series. In the first test at Vizag he had scored twin centuries – 176 and 127. He became the second Indian opening batsman to score three or more centuries in a test series. SM Gavaskar had achieved such a feat on three occasions – against West Indies in 1970-71, he scored four centuries in four tests,  against Austrlia in 1977-78, he scored  three centuries in five tests, and against West Indies in 1978-79 seres, he scored  four  centuries  in six tests

RG Sharma’s three centuries in this series provides the seventh occasion of an opening batsman scoring three centuries in a three test series. He became the fifth opening batsman to achieve such a feat. He is also the first Indian opening batsman to achieve such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	Mat	C
1	GA Gooch	Eng	Ind	1990	3	3
2	Shoaib Mohd	Pak	NZl	1990/91	3	3
3	ML Hayden	Aus	SAF	2001/02	3	3
4	ML Hayden	Aus	Ind	2007/08	3	3
5	DA Warner	Aus	SAF	2013/14	3	3
6	DA Warner	Aus	NZl	2015/16	3	3
7	RG Sharma	Ind	SAF	2019/20	3	3

RG Sharma’s three centuries in this series provides the third occasion of an opening batsman scoring three centuries in a three test series against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. ML Hayden and DA Warner of Australia are the other two opening batsmen to achieve such a feat.

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	Mat	C
1	ML Hayden	Aus	SAF	2001/02	3	3
2	DA Warner	Aus	SAF	2013/14	3	3
3	RG Sharma	Ind	SAF	2019/20	3	3