Twenty three wickets fell on the first day of the just concluded test match between South Africa and India at Cape Town to provide the sixth occasion of 23 or more wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Day	Runs	Wkts	Ground	Match Date
1	England	Australia	2	157	27	Lord’s	16 Jul 1888
2	Australia	England	1	221	25	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902
3	England	Australia	2	255	24	The Oval	10 Aug 1896
4	India	Afghanistan	2	339	24	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
5	South Africa	Australia	2	294	23	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
6	South Africa	India	1	270	23	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024

Twenty three wickets fell on the first day of the just concluded test match between South Africa and India at Cape Town to provide the second occasion of 23 or more wickets falling on first day’s play in the annals of test cricket. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Day	Runs	Wkts	Ground	Match Date
1	Australia	England	1	221	25	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902
2	South Africa	India	1	270	23	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024

Twenty three wickets fell on the first day of the just concluded test match between South Africa and India at Cape Town to provide the second occasion of 23 wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of test cricket at Cape Town. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Day	Runs	Wkts	Ground	Match Date
1	South Africa	Australia	2	294	23	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
2	South Africa	India	1	270	23	Cape Town	03 Jan 2024