Bangladesh posted a team total of 401 for 6 at the end of the third day in the ongoing test against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui to provide the 25^th occasion of Bangladesh posting a team total of 400 plus runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ban	400	1	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
2	Ban	416	1	Win	Gros Islet	28 May 2004
3	Ban	488	1	Zim	Chattogram	06 Jan 2005
4	Ban	427	1	Aus	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006
5	Ban	413	4	Srl	Dhaka	26 Dec 2008
6	Ban	408	2	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
7	Ban	419	1	Eng	Dhaka	20 Mar 2010
8	Ban	556	2	Win	Dhaka	13 Nov 2012
9	Ban	638	2	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2013
10	Ban	501	2	NZl	Chattogram	09 Oct 2013
11	Ban	426	2	Srl	Chattogram	04 Feb 2014
12	Ban	433	1	Zim	Khulna	03 Nov 2014
13	Ban	503	1	Zim	Chattogram	12 Nov 2014
14	Ban	555/6	3	Pak	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
15	Ban	595/8d	1	NZl	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
16	Ban	467	2	Srl	Colombo (PSS)	15 Mar 2017
17	Ban	513	1	Srl	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018
18	Ban	522/7d	1	Zim	Dhaka	11 Nov 2018
19	Ban	508	1	Win	Dhaka	30 Nov 2018
20	Ban	429	3	NZl	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
21	Ban	560/6d	2	Zim	Dhaka	22 Feb 2020
22	Ban	430	1	Win	Chattogram	03 Feb 2021
23	Ban	541/7d	1	Srl	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
24	Ban	468	1	Zim	Harare	07 Jul 2021
25	Ban	401/6	2	NZl	M Maunganui	01 Jan 2022

It also provides the ninth occasion of Bangladesh posting a total of 400 plus runs in an innings on away soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ban	416	1	Win	Gros Islet	28 May 2004
2	Ban	408	2	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
3	Ban	638	2	Srl	Galle	08 Mar 2013
4	Ban	595/8d	1	NZl	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
5	Ban	467	2	Srl	Colombo (PSS)	15 Mar 2017
6	Ban	429	3	NZl	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
7	Ban	541/7d	1	Srl	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
8	Ban	468	1	Zim	Harare	07 Jul 2021
9	Ban	401/6	2	NZl	M Maunganui	01 Jan 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of Bangladesh posting a team total in excess of 400 plus runs in a test innings against New Zealand. It also provides the fourth such occasion against New Zealand in New Zealand.

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ban	408	2	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
2	Ban	501	2	NZl	Chattogram	09 Oct 2013
3	Ban	595/8d	1	NZl	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
4	Ban	429	3	NZl	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
5	Ban	401/6	2	NZl	M Maunganui	01 Jan 2022

KL Rahul lead India in this test as V Kohli is injured. KL Rahul became the 34^th cricketer to lead India in tests. He also became the 28th cricketer to lead India in away tests

KL Rahul became the eighth cricketer to lead India in tests against South Africa. He also became the seventh cricketer to lead India in an away test against South Africa

KL Rahul became the first opening batsman to lead India in tests against South Africa. He also became the first opening batsman to lead India in an away test against South Africa

KL Rahul became the eighth opening batsman to lead India in tests. He also became the seventh opening batsman to lead India in away tests

India won the toss and elected to bat first to provide the 220th occasion of India doing in a test. It also provides the 89^th occasion of India doing in a test on away soil

India won the toss and elected to bat first to provide the 19^th occasion of India doing in a test against South Africa. It also provides the eighth     occasion of India doing in a test on away soil against South Africa and provides the fifth such occasion at Johannesburg.

K Verrrynne kept wickets for South Africa in this test. He became the eighth South African wicket keeper to keep wickets against India. This is his third test appearance and his first on the home soil. He became the eighth South African wicket keeper to  keep wickets at Johannesburg.

CA Pujara was dismissed for three in India’s first innings to provide the 40th occasion of his being dismissed for a single digit in his test career. He became the 21^st Indian batsman to be dismissed for single digit scores on 40 plus occasions.

CA Pujara was dismissed for three in India’s first innings to provide the 25th occasion of his being dismissed for a single digit in his test career on away soil. He became the 16^th Indian batsman to be dismissed for single digit scores on 25 plus occasions on away soil.

AM Rahane was dismissed for a first ball duck in India’s first innings to provide the 170th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings. It also provides the 114th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings on away soil

AM Rahane was dismissed for a first ball duck in India’s first innings to provide the 18th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings against South Africa. It also provides the 13th occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings against South Africa in South Africa.

It also provides the second occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings at Johannesburg. Prior to this Zaheer Khan was dismissed for a first ball duck in an innings at Johannesburg in Dec 2013.

AM Rahane was dismissed for a first ball duck in India’s first innings to provide the tenth occasion of his dismissed for a duck in a test innings. He became the 32nd Indian batsman to be dismissed for a duck on ten or more occasions. His ten ducks are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	0	1	Eng	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
2	0	4	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
3	0	2	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
4	0	2	Eng	Mohali	26 Nov 2016
5	0	3	Srl	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
6	0	2	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
7	0	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
8	0	4	Eng	Chennai	05 Feb 2021
9	0	3	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
10	0	1	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides his seventh duck on away soil. His seven ducks on away soil are tabulated below

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	0	1	Eng	The Oval	15 Aug 2014
2	0	4	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
3	0	2	Srl	Galle	12 Aug 2015
4	0	2	Eng	The Oval	07 Sep 2018
5	0	3	Aus	Adelaide	17 Dec 2020
6	0	3	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
7	0	1	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

KL Rahul scored 50 on his first captaincy assignment. He became the eighth Indian captain to score a fifty on first captaincy assignment. The following table lists all these eight captains with their performance.

No	Player	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	164*	–	Eng	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
2	HR Adhikari	63	40	Win	Delhi	06 Feb 1959
3	Contractor	62	–	Pak	Mum-BS	02 Dec 1960
4	CG Borde	69	12	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
5	SM Gavaskar	116	35*	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
6	SC Ganguly	84	DNB	Ban	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
7	V Kohli	115	141	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
8	KL Rahul	50	–	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

KL Rahul was dismissed for an exact 50 against South Africa in the ongoing test at Johannesburg to provide the 53^rd occasion of a captain dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings in the annals of test cricket.

It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian captain scoring an exact 50 in a test innings. It also provides the fifth occasion of a captain scoring an exact 50 in a test innings against South Africa.

Mohammad Shami’s wickets aggregate against South Africa in South Africa read 30 at the end of the first day’s play in this test. He became the fourth Indian bowler to capture 30 plus wickets against South Africa in South Africa. Others are – A Kumble {45}, J Srinath {43} and Z Khan {30}

KL Rahul was dismissed for an exact 50 against South Africa in the ongoing test at Johannesburg to provide the 53^rd occasion of a captain dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
2	FL Fane	50	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
3	JWHT Douglas	50	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	11 Feb 1921
4	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	23 Jun 1928
5	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
6	WM Woodfull	50	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	11 Jul 1930
7	WA Hadlee	50	1	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	17 Mar 1951
8	RB Simpson	50	2	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	04 Jun 1964
9	TL Goddard	50	3	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	23 Dec 1964
10	GS Sobers	50	2	Win	Ind	Mum-BS	13 Dec 1966
11	PL van der Merwe	50	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966
12	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jul 1972
13	JH Edrich	50	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	04 Jan 1975
14	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
15	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1976
16	MG Burgess	50	1	NZl	Eng	Auckland	04 Mar 1978
17	JM Brearley	50	1	Eng	NZl	Nottingham	10 Aug 1978
18	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
19	KJ Hughes	50	2	Aus	Ind	Kanpur	02 Oct 1979
20	Javed Miandad	50	2	Pak	Win	Faisalabad	08 Dec 1980
21	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
22	N Kapil Dev	50	1	Ind	Pak	Jaipur	21 Feb 1987
23	AR Border	50	1	Aus	NZl	Perth	24 Nov 1989
24	IVA Richards	50	2	Win	Aus	Georgetown	23 Mar 1991
25	M Azharuddin	50	2	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	04 Aug 1993
26	MA Atherton	50	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	19 Aug 1993
27	A Ranatunga	50	2	Srl	SAF	Col-PSS	14 Sep 1993
28	KC Wessels	50	3	SAF	Aus	Jo’burg	04 Mar 1994
29	A Flower	50	1	Zim	Srl	Bulawayo	20 Oct 1994
30	WJ Cronje	50	4	SAF	Ind	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
31	Ramiz Raja	50	2	Pak	Srl	Col-RPS	19 Apr 1997
32	WJ Cronje	50	1	SAF	Pak	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997
33	N Hussain	50	3	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	11 Dec 2001
34	CL Hooper	50	2	Win	Ind	Port of Spain	19 Apr 2002
35	Inzamam-ul-Haq	50	1	Pak	Win	Kingston	03 Jun 2005
36	A Flintoff	50	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
37	A Flintoff	50	3	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
38	KC Sangakkara	50	1	Srl	NZl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
39	CH Gayle	50	2	Win	SAF	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010
40	TM Dilshan	50	1	Srl	Eng	Cardiff	26 May 2011
41	BRM Taylor	50	2	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
42	DJG Sammy	50	2	Win	NZl	N Sound	25 Jul 2012
43	MJ Clarke	50	2	Aus	Srl	Sydney	03 Jan 2013
44	AN Cook	50	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
45	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	Eng	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
46	AD Mathews	50	2	Srl	NZl	Ch’church	26 Dec 2014
47	JE Root	50	3	Eng	SAF	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
48	V Kohli	50	3	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
49	Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	2	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2019
50	TD Paine	50	1	Aus	Ind	Brisbane	15 Jan 2021
51	V Kohli	50	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
52	JE Root	50	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021
53	KL Rahul	50	1	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides the seventh occasion of an Indian captain scoring an exact 50 in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	50	2	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
2	N Kapil Dev	50	1	Ind	Pak	Jaipur	21 Feb 1987
3	M Azharuddin	50	2	Ind	Srl	Col-PSS	04 Aug 1993
4	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	Eng	Southampton	27 Jul 2014
5	V Kohli	50	3	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
6	V Kohli	50	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
7	KL Rahul	50	1	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

It also provides the fifth occasion of a captain scoring an exact 50 in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Ranatunga	50	2	Srl	SAF	Col-PSS	14 Sep 1993
2	CH Gayle	50	2	Win	SAF	Basseterre	18 Jun 2010
3	JE Root	50	3	Eng	SAF	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
4	Sarfaraz Ahmed	50	2	Pak	SAF	Jo’burg	11 Jan 2019
5	KL Rahul	50	1	Ind	SAF	Jo’burg	03 Jan 2022

A Flintoff, APF Chapmen, CH Lloyd, IM Chappell, JE Root, V Kohli and WJ Cronje are the seven captains in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed for an exact 50 in an innings on two occasions. A Flintoff is the only captain to be dismissed an exact 50 in both innings of a test. He performed the feat against India at Mumbai in Mar 2006

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flintoff	50	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
2	A Flintoff	50	3	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	18 Mar 2006
1	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	23 Jun 1928
2	APF Chapman	50	1	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	30 Nov 1928
1	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jun 1976
2	CH Lloyd	50	2	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	15 Apr 1983
1	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Nottingham	13 Jul 1972
2	IM Chappell	50	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	08 Feb 1975
1	JE Root	50	3	Eng	SAF	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
2	JE Root	50	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021
1	V Kohli	50	3	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Dec 2017
2	V Kohli	50	1	Ind	Eng	The Oval	02 Sep 2021
1	WJ Cronje	50	4	SAF	Ind	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
2	WJ Cronje	50	1	SAF	Pak	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1997

WA Young of New Zealand was dismissed run out for 52 in the ongoing test against Bangladesh at Mount Maunganui to provide the 137^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GT Dowling	74	2	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Dec 1961
2	JG Wright	88	4	Eng	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
3	JG Wright	65	3	Pak	Lahore	16 Nov 1984
4	RT Latham	119	1	Zim	Bulawayo	01 Nov 1992
5	MJ Horne	56	3	SAF	Ch’church	11 Mar 1999
6	MH Richardson	75	1	Zim	Wellington	26 Dec 2000
7	TG McIntosh	89	3	Ban	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
8	MJ Guptill	71	1	Win	Kingston	02 Aug 2012
9	MJ Guptill	72	2	Ind	Indore	08 Oct 2016
10	DP Conway	200	1	Eng	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021
11	WA Young	52	1	Ban	M M’ganui	01 Jan 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. Prior to WA Young, TG McIntosh was dismissed for 89 at Hamilton in Feb 2010

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TG McIntosh	89	3	Ban	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
2	WA Young	52	1	Ban	M M’ganui	01 Jan 2022

DP Convey of New Zealand scored 122 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman scoring a century on first of January in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Day
1	CE McLeod	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1898	1
2	WH Ponsford	128	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925	1
3	WH Ponsford	183	1	Aus	Win	Sydney	1 Jan 1931	1
4	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931	1
5	IJ Siedle	141	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931	1
6	DG Bradman	132	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948	1
7	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	1
8	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965	1
9	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022	1

EJ Barlow of South Africa remains the only batsman in the annals of test cricket to score centuries on first of January on two occasions. His feat came in two consecutive years – 1 Jan 1964 and 1 Jan 1965.  He remains the only batsman to perform this feat on home soil and on away soil

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date	Day
1	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964	1
2	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965	1

Note : The batsman’s final score is furnished, though he has completed his century on the first day

The performance of various test teams in the year 2021 is furnished below. England played most tests – 15 followed by India {14} and West Indies {10}.

India won eight tests – most in the year 2021 – followed by Pakistan which won seven tests. England lost most tests eight followed by Bangladesh and West Indies which lost five tests. India and Sri Lanka drew three tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	Afghanistan	2	1	1	0	0
2	Australia	5	3	1	0	1
3	Bangladesh	7	1	5	0	1
4	England	15	4	9	0	2
5	India	14	8	3	0	3
6	New Zealand	6	3	1	0	2
7	Pakistan	9	7	2	0	0
8	South Africa	6	3	3	0	0
9	Sri Lanka	9	3	3	0	3
10	West Indies	10	3	5	0	2
11	Zimbabwe	5	1	4	0	0

Teams which played ten plus tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	England	15	4	9	0	2
2	India	14	8	3	0	3
3	West Indies	10	3	5	0	2

Teams which won seven plus tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	India	14	8	3	0	3
2	Pakistan	9	7	2	0	0

Teams which won five plus tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	England	15	4	9	0	2
2	Bangladesh	7	1	5	0	1
3	West Indies	10	3	5	0	2

Teams which drew three tests

No	Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw
1	India	14	8	3	0	3
2	Sri Lanka	9	3	3	0	3

DP Convey of New Zealand scored 122 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 49^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in a test which has a start date of 1 January in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	J Briggs	121	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885
2	CE McLeod	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1898
3	RA Duff	104	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902
4	KL Hutchings	126	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1908
5	GA Faulkner	123	3	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	1 Jan 1910
6	WH Ponsford	128	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
7	VY Richardson	138	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
8	JB Hobbs	154	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
9	H Sutcliffe	176	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
10	H Sutcliffe	127	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
11	WH Ponsford	183	1	Aus	Win	Sydney	1 Jan 1931
12	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
13	IJ Siedle	141	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
14	HW Taylor	117	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
15	WA Brown	121	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
16	JHW Fingleton	112	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
17	JHW Fingleton	136	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937
18	DG Bradman	270	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937
19	M Leyland	111*	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1937
20	CL McCool	104*	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
21	AR Morris	155	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
22	RR Lindwall	100	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
23	C Washbrook	112	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
24	DG Bradman	132	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
25	MH Mankad	116	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
26	AR Morris	100*	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
27	DG Bradman	127*	3	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
28	B Mitchell	120	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949
29	AD Nourse	112	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1949
30	JR Reid	135	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954
31	MC Cowdrey	101	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957
32	NJ Contractor	108	1	Ind	Aus	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
33	RN Harvey	102	2	Aus	Ind	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
34	NCL O’Neill	163	2	Aus	Ind	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
35	PGZ Harris	101	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
36	RA McLean	113	4	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
37	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964
38	WM Lawry	157	2	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964
39	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
40	AJ Pithey	154	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
41	MJK Smith	121	2	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
42	GS Chappell	121	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
43	GJ Cosier	168	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
44	Sadiq Mohd	105	2	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
45	RB McCosker	105	3	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
46	AW Greig	103	2	Eng	Ind	Kolkata	1 Jan 1977
47	MA Taylor	113	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1 Jan 1995
48	MJ Slater	103	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1 Jan 1995
49	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022

He also became the third New Zealand batsman to perform such a feat after JR Reid and PGZ Harris. All the three occasions are listed below. It also provides the first occasion of a New Zealand batsman performing such a feat on home soil. Interestingly all these three batsmen have scored centuries in the first innings of the test.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JR Reid	135	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954
2	PGZ Harris	101	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
3	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022

DP Convey of New Zealand scored 122 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Mount Maunganui to provide the 22nd  occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the first innings of a test which has a start date of 1 January in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	J Briggs	121	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1885
2	CE McLeod	112	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1898
3	WH Ponsford	128	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
4	VY Richardson	138	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1925
5	WH Ponsford	183	1	Aus	Win	Sydney	1 Jan 1931
6	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
7	IJ Siedle	141	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
8	HW Taylor	117	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1931
9	WA Brown	121	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
10	JHW Fingleton	112	1	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1936
11	CL McCool	104*	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1 Jan 1947
12	DG Bradman	132	1	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1 Jan 1948
13	JR Reid	135	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1954
14	MC Cowdrey	101	1	Eng	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957
15	NJ Contractor	108	1	Ind	Aus	Mum-BS	1 Jan 1960
16	PGZ Harris	101	1	NZl	SAF	Cape Town	1 Jan 1962
17	EJ Barlow	109	1	SAF	Aus	Melbourne	1 Jan 1964
18	EJ Barlow	138	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
19	AJ Pithey	154	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	1 Jan 1965
20	GS Chappell	121	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
21	GJ Cosier	168	1	Aus	Pak	Melbourne	1 Jan 1977
22	DP Convey	122	1	NZl	Ban	Mt M’ganui	1 Jan 2022

KL Rahul scored 123 against South Africa in the just concluded test at Centurion to provide the 36^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	PK Amre	103	2	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
2	Tendulkar	111	2	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
3	N Kapil Dev	129	3	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
4	Azharuddin	109	2	SAF	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
5	Azharuddin	163*	3	SAF	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
6	Tendulkar	169	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
7	Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
8	R Dravid	148	1	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
9	Azharuddin	102	3	SAF	Bengaluru	02 Mar 2000
10	Tendulkar	155	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
11	V Sehwag	105	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
12	V Sehwag	164	2	SAF	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
13	W Jaffer	116	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
14	V Sehwag	319	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
15	R Dravid	111	2	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
16	V Sehwag	109	2	SAF	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
17	Tendulkar	100	3	SAF	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
18	V Sehwag	165	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
19	Tendulkar	106	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
20	VVS Laxman	143*	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
21	MS Dhoni	132*	2	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
22	Tendulkar	111*	3	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
23	Tendulkar	146	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
24	V Kohli	119	1	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
25	CA Pujara	153	3	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
26	AM Rahane	127	1	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
27	AM Rahane	100*	3	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
28	V Kohli	153	2	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
29	MA Agarwal	215	1	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
30	RG Sharma	176	1	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
31	RG Sharma	127	3	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
32	MA Agarwal	108	1	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
33	V Kohli	254*	1	SAF	Pune	10 Oct 2019
34	RG Sharma	212	1	SAF	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
35	AM Rahane	115	1	SAF	Ranchi	19 Oct 2019
36	KL Rahul	123	1	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

It also provides the 15^th occasion of occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century against South Africa in South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	PK Amre	103	2	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
2	Tendulkar	111	2	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
3	N Kapil Dev	129	3	SAF	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
4	Tendulkar	169	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
5	Azharuddin	115	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
6	R Dravid	148	1	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
7	Tendulkar	155	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
8	V Sehwag	105	1	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
9	W Jaffer	116	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
10	Tendulkar	111*	3	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
11	Tendulkar	146	2	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
12	V Kohli	119	1	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
13	CA Pujara	153	3	SAF	Jo’burg	18 Dec 2013
14	V Kohli	153	2	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
15	KL Rahul	123	1	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021