KL Rahul of India scored 123 in the just concluded test against South Africa at Centurion to provide the 19^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed for “one-two-three” in  a test innings in the annals of test cricket

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	123	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	14 Jan 1921
2	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931
3	L Hutton	123	3	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	12 Feb 1949
4	JKC Holt	123	2	Win	Ind	Delhi	06 Feb 1959
5	LG Rowe	123	2	Win	Eng	Trinidad	30 Mar 1974
6	SM Gavaskar	123	1	Ind	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
7	GA Gooch	123	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	19 Jun 1980
8	DC Boon	123	1	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
9	K Srikkanth	123	2	Ind	Pak	Chennai	03 Feb 1987
10	GA Gooch	123	3	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
11	MA Taylor	123	3	Aus	Pak	Hobart	17 Nov 1995
12	MJ Slater	123	3	Aus	Eng	Sydney	02 Jan 1999
13	RP Arnold	123	2	Srl	Pak	Lahore	04 Mar 1999
14	Saeed Anwar	123	2	Pak	Srl	Galle	21 Jun 2000
15	JL Langer	123	1	Aus	NZl	Hobart	22 Nov 2001
16	ML Hayden	123	3	Aus	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 2008
17	AJ Strauss	123	1	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
18	DA Warner	123	2	Aus	Ban	Chattogram	04 Sep 2017
19	KL Rahul	123	1	Ind	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

SM Gavaskar. K Srikkanth and KL Rahul are the three Indian opening batsman to be dismissed for “one-two-three” in an innings.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	123	1	Ind	Aus	Mumbai	03 Nov 1979
2	K Srikkanth	123	2	Ind	Pak	Chennai	03 Feb 1987
3	KL Rahul	123	1	Ind	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

KL Rahul is the only opening batsman to be dismissed for “one-two-three” in an innings against South Africa.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	KL Rahul	123	1	Ind	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

The following are the three opening batsman to be dismissed for “one-two-three” in an innings on South African soil

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	B Mitchell	123	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931
2	L Hutton	123	3	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	12 Feb 1949
3	KL Rahul	123	1	Ind	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

L Hutton and KL Rahul are the two visiting opening batsman to be dismissed for “one-two-three” in an innings against South Africa on South African soil

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Hutton	123	3	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	12 Feb 1949
2	KL Rahul	123	1	Ind	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

JJ Bumrah of India who captured his 100^th wicket on away soil in his 22^nd away test in the just concluded test against South Africa at Centurion became the quickest bowler in terms of tests to capture his 100^th wicket on away soil in least number of tests. It was an improvement over BS Chandrasekhar’s effort who had captured his 100^th away wicket in his 25^th away test. The following table lists the eleven Indian bowlers who have captured 100 plus wickets in away tests and the number of test in which they captured their 100^th away wicket

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Wkts	100 wkt in
1	JJ Bumrah	22	043	102	22nd Test
2	Chandrasekhar	26	042	100	25th Test
3	R Ashwin	32	057	125	26th Test
4	Mohd Shami	38	070	137	28th Test
5	BS Bedi	37	064	129	28th Test
6	J Srinath	35	064	128	28th Test
7	A Kumble	69	121	269	29th Test
8	N Kapil Dev	66	108	215	30th Test
9	Z Khan	54	095	207	31st Test
10	Harbhajan	48	087	152	32nd Test
11	I Sharma	62	109	204	33rd Test

JJ Bumrah’s five wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 102 wickets on away soil. He became the eleventh Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on away soil. The following table lists all these bowlers.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	F	T
1	A Kumble	69	121	20058	9645	269	10	1
2	N Kapil Dev	66	108	15529	7064	215	12	0
3	Z Khan	54	095	11476	6516	207	08	1
4	I Sharma	62	109	12146	6718	204	09	1
5	Harbhajan	48	087	11591	5913	152	07	1
6	Mohd Shami	38	070	07146	4069	137	04	0
7	BS Bedi	37	064	10973	4350	129	06	1
8	J Srinath	35	064	09074	4322	128	05	0
9	R Ashwin	32	057	07968	3891	125	06	1
10	JJ Bumrah	22	043	04851	2147	102	06	0
11	Chandrasekhar	26	042	06778	3266	100	08	1

JJ Bumrah’s five wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 102 wickets on away soil. He became the sixth Indian pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on away soil. The following table lists all these bowlers.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	F	T
1	N Kapil Dev	66	108	15529	7064	215	12	0
2	Z Khan	54	095	11476	6516	207	08	1
3	I Sharma	62	109	12146	6718	204	09	1
4	Mohd Shami	38	070	07146	4069	137	04	0
5	J Srinath	35	064	09074	4322	128	05	0
6	JJ Bumrah	22	043	04851	2147	102	06	0

It is interesting to note that JJ Bumrah has captured 102 wickets on away soil out of his 106 wickets in his test career. He has played 25 tests in his career. He has played 22 tests on away soil. He has played just two tests on home soil – at Chennai against England and at Ahmedabad against England in Feb 2021. At Chennai he captured four wickets and at Ahmedabad he went wicket less. He has also played a test on away soil – against New Zealand at Southampton in England in which he went wicket less.

India became the third team to beat South Africa at Centurion. South Africa has lost three tests at Centurion. India won this test by 113 runs.

No	Team	Res	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Eng	won	002 wkts	SAF	Centurion	14 Jan 2000
2	Aus	won	281 runs	SAF	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
3	Ind	won	113 runs	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

South Africa lost this test by 113 runs to provide the 40^th occasion of South Africa losing a test by 100 plus runs margin. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SAF	lost	530 runs	Aus	Melbourne	17 Feb 1911
2	SAF	lost	337 runs	Ind	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	SAF	lost	313 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	11 Aug 2004
4	SAF	lost	312 runs	Eng	Cape Town	01 Jan 1957
5	SAF	lost	288 runs	Eng	P Elizabeth	13 Feb 1896
6	SAF	lost	281 runs	Aus	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
7	SAF	lost	280 runs	Ind	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
8	SAF	lost	278 runs	Srl	Galle	12 Jul 2018
9	SAF	lost	246 runs	Aus	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001
10	SAF	lost	245 runs	Aus	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
11	SAF	lost	241 runs	Eng	Durban	26 Dec 2015
12	SAF	lost	239 runs	Eng	The Oval	27 Jul 2017
13	SAF	lost	211 runs	Eng	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
14	SAF	lost	210 runs	Eng	Cape Town	01 Apr 1899
15	SAF	lost	208 runs	Srl	Durban	26 Dec 2011
16	SAF	lost	203 runs	Ind	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
17	SAF	lost	199 runs	Srl	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2018
18	SAF	lost	191 runs	Eng	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2020
19	SAF	lost	191 runs	Aus	Adelaide	28 Jan 1994
20	SAF	lost	189 runs	Eng	Cape Town	03 Jan 2020
21	SAF	lost	184 runs	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2005
22	SAF	lost	177 runs	Eng	Manchester	04 Aug 2017
23	SAF	lost	175 runs	Aus	Durban	06 Mar 2009
24	SAF	lost	174 runs	Eng	Leeds	08 Jul 1912
25	SAF	lost	169 runs	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1931
26	SAF	lost	162 runs	Aus	Jo’burg	26 Feb 2009
27	SAF	lost	159 runs	Aus	Jo’burg	18 Oct 1902
28	SAF	lost	137 runs	NZl	Jo’burg	25 Nov 1994
29	SAF	lost	131 runs	Eng	Jo’burg	24 Dec 1956
30	SAF	lost	130 runs	Win	Kingston	19 Apr 2001
31	SAF	lost	128 runs	Win	P Elizabeth	26 Dec 2007
32	SAF	lost	124 runs	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
33	SAF	lost	123 runs	Ind	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
34	SAF	lost	118 runs	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018
35	SAF	lost	113 runs	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
36	SAF	lost	112 runs	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
37	SAF	lost	109 runs	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923
38	SAF	lost	108 runs	Ind	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
39	SAF	lost	103 runs	Aus	Sydney	03 Jan 2009
40	SAF	lost	100 runs	Eng	Birmingham	09 Jun 1960

South Africa lost this test by 113 runs to provide the sixth occasion of South Africa losing a test by 100 plus runs margin against India. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SAF	lost	337 runs	Ind	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
2	SAF	lost	280 runs	Ind	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
3	SAF	lost	203 runs	Ind	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
4	SAF	lost	124 runs	Ind	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
5	SAF	lost	123 runs	Ind	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
6	SAF	lost	113 runs	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

South Africa lost this test by 113 runs to provide the sixth occasion of South Africa losing a test by 100 plus runs margin against India on home soil. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	Result	Margin	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SAF	lost	123 runs	Ind	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
2	SAF	lost	113 runs	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

With this win India has won 40 tests under V Kohli’s captaincy. V Kohli became the fourth captain in the annals of test cricket to win 40 or more tests. Others are – GC Smith {51}, RT Ponting {48} and SR Waugh {41}

V Kohli’s run aggregate in winning tests read 3573 runs. He is the third captain to score 3500 plus runs in winning tests. Others are GC Smith {4673} and RT Ponting {4434}

V Kohli has appeared in India’s 51 winning tests. He is one of the 35 cricketers who have appeared in a team’s 50 plus winning tests. He is also one of the four cricketers who have appeared in India’s 50 plus winning tests. Others are – SR Tendulkar {72}, R Dravid {56} and CA Pujara {54}

V Kohli’s run aggregate in India’s winning tests read 4206 at the end of this test. He is one of the four Indian batsmen who have scored 4000 plus runs in winning tests.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	0
1	Tendulkar	72	113	17	5946	248*	20	24	2
2	R Dravid	56	92	14	5131	270	15	23	2
3	V Kohli	51	83	7	4206	254*	13	15	7
4	CA Pujara	54	89	7	4148	206*	12	22	7

V Kohli is one of the 22 batsman in the annals of test cricket who have scored 4000 plus in a team’s winning tests

Mohammad Shami returned with figures of 8 for 107 in this test to provide the 14th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing eight or more wickets in a test against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	R Ashwin	46.0	13	098	12	SAF	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
2	BKV Prasad	44.0	10	153	10	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
3	Harbhajan	51.3	09	141	09	SAF	Kolkata	28 Nov 2004
4	J Srinath	31.0	11	068	08	SAF	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
5	RA Jadeja	29.5	04	076	08	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
6	R Ashwin	38.0	10	090	08	SAF	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
7	Sreesanth	35.0	11	099	08	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
8	J Srinath	47.0	15	104	08	SAF	P Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
9	Mohd Shami	33.0	08	107	08	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
10	A Kumble	70.0	30	113	08	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
11	Harbhajan	72.3	25	123	08	SAF	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
12	Sreesanth	43.0	07	188	08	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2006
13	R Ashwin	66.2	16	189	08	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
14	Harbhajan	78.5	05	265	08	SAF	Chennai	26 Mar 2008

Mohammad Shami’s 8 for 107 in this test provide the sixth occasion of an Indian medium pace bowler to capture eight wickets in a test against South Africa.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BKV Prasad	44.0	10	153	10	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
2	J Srinath	31.0	11	068	08	SAF	Ahmedabad	20 Nov 1996
3	Sreesanth	35.0	11	099	08	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
4	J Srinath	47.0	15	104	08	SAF	P Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
5	Mohd Shami	33.0	08	107	08	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
6	Sreesanth	43.0	07	188	08	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2006

Mohammad Shami’s 8 for 107 in this test provides the fifth occasion of an  Indian medium pace bowler to capture eight wickets in a test against South Afirca on South African soil.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BKV Prasad	44.0	10	153	10	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
2	Sreesanth	35.0	11	099	08	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
3	J Srinath	47.0	15	104	08	SAF	P Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
4	Mohd Shami	33.0	08	107	08	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
5	Sreesanth	43.0	07	188	08	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2006

Mohammad Shami’s 8 for 107 in this test provides the sixth occasion of an  Indian medium pace bowler to capture eight wickets in a test against South Afirca on South African soil.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BKV Prasad	44.0	10	153	10	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
2	Sreesanth	35.0	11	099	08	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
3	J Srinath	47.0	15	104	08	SAF	P Elizabeth	16 Nov 2001
4	Mohd Shami	33.0	08	107	08	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021
5	A Kumble	70.0	30	113	08	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
6	Sreesanth	43.0	07	188	08	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2006

JJ Bumrah’s five wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 102 wickets on away soil. He became the eleventh Indian bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on away soil. The following table lists all these bowlers.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	F	T
1	A Kumble	69	121	20058	9645	269	10	1
2	N Kapil Dev	66	108	15529	7064	215	12	0
3	Z Khan	54	095	11476	6516	207	08	1
4	I Sharma	62	109	12146	6718	204	09	1
5	Harbhajan	48	087	11591	5913	152	07	1
6	Mohd Shami	38	070	07146	4069	137	04	0
7	BS Bedi	37	064	10973	4350	129	06	1
8	J Srinath	35	064	09074	4322	128	05	0
9	R Ashwin	32	057	07968	3891	125	06	1
10	JJ Bumrah	22	043	04851	2147	102	06	0
11	Chandrasekhar	26	042	06778	3266	100	08	1

JJ Bumrah’s five wickets in this test fetched him an aggregate of 102 wickets on away soil. He became the sixth Indian pace bowler to capture 100 plus wickets on away soil. The following table lists all these bowlers.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	F	T
1	N Kapil Dev	66	108	15529	7064	215	12	0
2	Z Khan	54	095	11476	6516	207	08	1
3	I Sharma	62	109	12146	6718	204	09	1
4	Mohd Shami	38	070	07146	4069	137	04	0
5	J Srinath	35	064	09074	4322	128	05	0
6	JJ Bumrah	22	043	04851	2147	102	06	0

It is interesting to note that JJ Bumrah has captured 102 wickets on away soil out of his 106 wickets in his test career. He has played 25 tests in his career. He has played 22 tests on away soil. He has played just two tests on home soil – at Chennai against England and at Ahmedabad against England in Feb 2021. At Chennai he captured four wickets and at Ahmedabad he went wicket less. He has also played a test on away soil – against New Zealand at Southampton in England in which he went wicket less.

K Rabada’s four wickets in India’s second innings fetched him a tally of 220 wickets in his test career and also 148 wickets on home soil. He now stands seventh in the list of eight bowlers who have captured most wickets on home soil. He went past VD Philander who had a tally of 146 wickets on home soil.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	F	T
1	DW Steyn	52	099	10496	5643	261	16	3
2	M Ntini	53	103	11266	5986	249	12	2
3	SM Pollock	59	109	12353	4955	235	09	1
4	AA Donald	38	068	07968	3831	177	12	2
5	JH Kallis	88	147	10281	5051	165	02	0
6	M Morkel	41	080	07829	4060	155	04	0
7	K Rabada	27	051	05052	2948	148	08	4
8	Philander	36	069	06408	2787	146	09	1

He is also one of the eight South African bowlers who have captured 200 plus wickets in their test career.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	F	T
1	DW Steyn	093	171	18608	10077	439	26	5
2	SM Pollock	108	202	24353	09733	421	16	1
3	M Ntini	101	190	20834	11242	390	18	4
4	AA Donald	072	129	15519	07344	330	20	3
5	M Morkel	086	160	16498	08550	309	08	0
6	JH Kallis	165	270	20172	09497	291	05	0
7	Philander	064	119	11391	05000	224	13	2
8	K Rabada	048	088	09043	04960	220	10	4

India was dismissed for 174 in its second innings to provide the 13^th occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs against South Africa. It also provides the eighth occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs against South Africa in South Africa.

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	100	2	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
2	Ind	066	4	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
3	Ind	144	4	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 1997
4	Ind	169	3	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
5	Ind	136	1	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
6	Ind	135	4	SAF	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018
7	Ind	151	4	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
8	Ind	174	3	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

It also provides the third occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs against South Africa at Centurion.

No	Team	Score	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Ind	136	1	SAF	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
2	Ind	151	4	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
3	Ind	174	3	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

India was dismissed for 174 in its second innings to provide the 142nd occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs. It also provides the 79th occasion of India dismissed for a total less than 175 runs on away soil.

India has been dismissed for a total of less than 175 runs on away soil for more than three occasions against an opposition on 13 occasions. The following table lists them ground wise.

No	Team	Inns	Ground	Opp
1	India	11	Lord’s	Eng
2	India	05	Leeds	Eng
3	India	05	Melbourne	Aus
4	India	05	Manchester	Eng
5	India	04	Wellington	NZl
6	India	04	Brisbane	Aus
7	India	04	The Oval	Eng
8	India	04	Kingston	Win
9	India	03	Birmingham	Eng
10	India	03	Bridgetown	Win
11	India	03	Cape Town	SAF
12	India	03	Trinidad	Win
13	India	03	Centurion	SAF

India has been dismissed for a total of less than 175 runs in South Africa on three occasions against South Africa on two grounds – Cape Town and Centurion.

No	Team	Inns	Ground	Opp
1	India	03	Cape Town	SAF
2	India	03	Centurion	SAF

V Kohli’s run aggregate on away soil read 4031 at the end of this test. He became the sixth Indian batsman to total 4000 plus runs on away soil.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	100	50
1	Tendulkar	106	176	17	8705	248*	29	36
2	R Dravid	093	164	21	7667	270	21	36
3	Gavaskar	060	106	09	5055	221	18	22
4	VVS Laxman	077	134	16	5014	178	09	32
5	SC Ganguly	063	104	07	4032	147	08	22
6	V Kohli	053	096	02	4031	200	14	15

V Kohli was dismissed for 18 in India’s second innings to provide the 47^th occasion of his being dismissed for a score less than 20 runs while leading India. He holds the record for an Indian captain who has been dismissed for a score of less than 20 in an innings. MS Dhoni was the other Indian captain to be dismissed for a score of less than 20 runs in an innings on 40 plus occasions – 41 occasions.

V Kohli while leading India has been dismissed for scores less than 50 runs on 71 occasions. MS Dhoni holds the second place with 62 such occasions.

As a batsman V Kohli has not scored a fifty in 108 innings. He is closely followed by CA Pujara who has 106 such occasions.

D Elgar scored 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings to provide the 17th occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the the eleventh occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty against India on home soil. He also became the third South African captain to score a fifty against India at Centurion.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	62	2	Ind	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
2	du Plessis	63	1	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
3	D Elgar	52*	4	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

D Elgar scored 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings to provide the tenth occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a fifty against India. It also provides the seventh occasion of a South African captain opener scoring a fifty against India on home soil. He also became the second South African captain opener to score a fifty against India at Centurion.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	62	2	Ind	Centurion	16 Dec 2010
2	D Elgar	52*	4	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

D Elgar’s 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings represents his 31^st fifty and also his 20^th fifty on home soil He became the seventh South African batsman to score 20 plus fifties on home soil. Others are – JH Kallis {57}, HM Amla {42}, AB de Villiers {29}, GC Smith {29}, MV Boucher {24} and G Kirsten {24}

D Elgar’s 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings represent his third fifty while leading South Africa and his first on home soil

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	54	2	Eng	Lord’s	06 Jul 2017
2	77	1	Win	Gros Islet	18 Jun 2021
3	52*	4	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

D Elgar’s 52 not out in South Africa’s second innings represent his fourth fifty against India as batsman. It also represents his third fifty on home soil against India and his second fifty against India at Centurion.

No	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	61	3	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
2	86*	4	Ind	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
3	160	2	Ind	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
4	52*	4	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

L Ngidi captured 6 for 71 in India’s second innings to provide the 106^th occasion of a South African bowler capturing six plus wickets in a test innings. It also provides the 65^th occasion of a South African bowler capturing six plus wickets in a test innings on home soil

L Ngidi captured 6 for 71 in India’s second innings to provide the tenth occasion of a South African bowler capturing six plus wickets in a test innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Donald	28.0	4	84	7	3	Ind	P Eli’beth	26 Dec 1992
2	L Klusener	21.3	4	64	8	4	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
3	PR Adams	19.1	6	55	6	1	Ind	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
4	SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	3	Ind	Bl’fontein	03 Nov 2001
5	DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	2	Ind	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
6	DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2010
7	DW Steyn	30.0	9	100	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2013
8	Philander	15.4	4	42	6	4	Ind	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018
9	L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	4	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
10	L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	1	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

DW Steyn {03} and L Ngidi {02} are the two South African bowlers who have captured six wickets in an innings against India on two or more occasions

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	2	Ind	Nagpur	06 Feb 2010
2	DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2010
3	DW Steyn	30.0	9	100	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2013
1	L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	4	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
2	L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	1	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

L Ngidi captured 6 for 71 in India’s second innings to provide the seventh occasion of a South African bowler capturing six plus wickets in a test innings against India. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Donald	28.0	4	84	7	3	Ind	P Eli’beth	26 Dec 1992
2	SM Pollock	21.4	10	56	6	3	Ind	Bl’fontein	03 Nov 2001
3	DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2010
4	DW Steyn	30.0	9	100	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2013
5	Philander	15.4	4	42	6	4	Ind	Cape Town	05 Jan 2018
6	L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	4	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
7	L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	1	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

DW Steyn and L Ngidi are the two South African bowlers who have captured six wickets in an innings against India on two occasions

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DW Steyn	19.0	6	50	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2010
2	DW Steyn	30.0	9	100	6	1	Ind	Durban	26 Dec 2013
1	L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	4	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
2	L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	1	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

L Ngidi captured 6 for 71 in India’s second innings to provide the tenth occasion of a South African bowler capturing six plus wickets in a test innings at Centurion. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Nel	29.0	7	81	6	2	Eng	Centurion	21 Jan 2005
2	M Zondeki	14.3	2	39	6	3	Zim	Centurion	11 Mar 2005
3	DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	3	NZl	Centurion	16 Nov 2007
4	KJ Abbott	11.4	4	29	7	2	Pak	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
5	DW Steyn	08.2	2	34	6	3	Win	Centurion	17 Dec 2014
6	K Rabada	29.0	6	112	7	2	Eng	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
7	K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	4	Eng	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
8	L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	4	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
9	D Olivier	14.0	3	37	6	1	Pak	Centurion	26 Dec 2018
10	L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	1	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

DW Steyn, K Rabada and L Ngidi are the three South African bowlers who have captured six wickets in a test innings on two occasions at Centurion. L Ngidi is the only bowler to perform such a feat against India.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DW Steyn	10.3	1	49	6	3	NZl	Centurion	16 Nov 2007
2	DW Steyn	08.2	2	34	6	3	Win	Centurion	17 Dec 2014
1	K Rabada	29.0	6	112	7	2	Eng	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
2	K Rabada	10.4	2	32	6	4	Eng	Centurion	22 Jan 2016
1	L Ngidi	12.2	3	39	6	4	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
2	L Ngidi	24.0	5	71	6	1	Ind	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

RR Pant effected his 100^th dismissal when he caught W Mulder of the bowling of Mohd Shami. At the end of South Africa’s innings, he had effected 101 dismissals. Prior to the start of this test, he had an aggregate of 97 dismissals. Four catches in South Africa’s first innings fetched him 101 dismissals.

RR Pant became the sixth Indian wicket keeper to effect 100 plus dismissals. The following table lists these wicket keepers.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Dis	Ct	St
1	MS Dhoni	2005-2014	90	166	294	256	38
2	Kirmani	1976-1986	88	151	198	160	38
3	KS More	1986-1993	49	090	130	110	20
4	NR Mongia	1994-2001	44	077	107	099	08
5	WP Saha	2012-2021	39	076	104	092	12
6	RR Pant	2018-2021	26	050	101	093	08

RR Pant became the 48th wicket keeper in the annals of cricket to effect 100 plus dismissals.

Mohammad Shami returned with five for 44 in South Africa’s first innings to provide the 28th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa. It also provides the 13th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa in South Africa. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against South Africa at Centurion.

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	A Kumble	44.0	22	53	6	3	SAF	Jo’burg	26 Nov 1992
2	BKV Prasad	19.0	6	60	5	1	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
3	BKV Prasad	25.0	4	93	5	3	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
4	J Srinath	25.1	5	104	5	2	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
5	J Srinath	33.0	6	140	5	2	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
6	J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	1	SAF	P Eli’beth	16 Nov 2001
7	Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	2	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
8	Sreesanth	29.0	0	114	5	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
9	Harbhajan	38.0	1	120	7	3	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
10	RA Jadeja	58.2	15	138	6	2	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 2013
11	JJ Bumrah	18.5	2	54	5	2	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
12	Mohd Shami	12.3	2	28	5	4	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
13	Mohd Shami	16.0	5	44	5	2	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

BKV Prasad {02},J Srinathv {03}, Sreesanth {02} and Mohd Shami {02} are the four Indian bowlers to capture five or more wivkets in an innings on two or more occasions against South Africa in South Africa. Mohd Shami joined the list with his five for 44 in this test.

No	Player	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	BKV Prasad	19.0	6	60	5	1	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
2	BKV Prasad	25.0	4	93	5	3	SAF	Durban	26 Dec 1996
1	J Srinath	25.1	5	104	5	2	SAF	Jo’burg	16 Jan 1997
2	J Srinath	33.0	6	140	5	2	SAF	B’fontein	03 Nov 2001
3	J Srinath	30.0	6	76	6	1	SAF	P Eli’beth	16 Nov 2001
1	Sreesanth	10.0	3	40	5	2	SAF	Jo’burg	15 Dec 2006
2	Sreesanth	29.0	0	114	5	1	SAF	Cape Town	02 Jan 2011
1	Mohd Shami	12.3	2	28	5	4	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
2	Mohd Shami	16.0	5	44	5	2	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

Mohammad Shami’s five wickets in South Africa’s first innings fetched him an aggregate of 200 wickets in his test career. He became the eleventh Indian bowler to capture 200 plus wickets. The following table lists these eleven bowlers

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	A Kumble	132	236	40850	18355	619	35	8
2	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	23	2
3	R Ashwin	082	153	22366	10340	427	30	7
4	Harbhajan	103	190	28580	13537	417	25	5
5	Z Khan	092	165	18785	10247	311	11	1
6	I Sharma	105	188	19160	10078	311	11	1
7	BS Bedi	067	118	21364	07637	266	14	1
8	Chandrasekhar	058	097	15963	07199	242	16	2
9	J Srinath	067	121	15104	07196	236	10	1
10	RA Jadeja	057	108	14333	05765	232	09	1
11	Mohd Shami	055	103	09897	05420	200	06	0

Mohammad Shami’s five wickets in South Africa’s first innings fetched him an aggregate of 200 wickets in his test career. He became the fifth Indian pace bowler to capture 200 plus wickets. The following table lists these five bowlers.

No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	5	10
1	N Kapil Dev	131	227	27740	12867	434	23	2
2	Z Khan	092	165	18785	10247	311	11	1
3	I Sharma	105	188	19160	10078	311	11	1
4	J Srinath	067	121	15104	07196	236	10	1
5	Mohd Shami	055	103	09897	05420	200	06	0

Mohammad Shami became the 80th bowler to capture 200 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket. He also became the 57^th pace bowler to capture 200 plus wickets in the annals of test cricket.

AM Rahane’s two catches gave him an aggregate of 16 catches as a fieldsman other than the wicket keepers. He became the third Indian fieldsman to pouch 15 plus catches. Others are – R Dravid {21} and VVS Laxman {18}

AM Rahane’s two catches gave him an aggregate of 99 catches as a fieldsman other than the wicket keepers. He needs one more catch for his 100 catches. If he pouches it, he would then become the sixth Indian fieldsman to pouch 100 plus catches. The five fieldsmen who have pouched 100 plus catches are – R Dravid {204}, VVS Laxman {135}, SR Tendulkar {115}, SM Gavaskar {108} and M Azharuddin {105}

AM Rahane’s two catches gave him an aggregate of 99 catches as a fieldsman other than the wicket keepers. He needs one more catch for his 100 catches. If he pouches it, he would then become the 39^th fieldsman to pouch 100 plus catches in the annals of test cricket.

Mohammad Shami returned with five for 44 in South Africa’s first innings to provide the sixth occasion of his capturing five or more wickets in an innings. His six five wicket hauls are detailed below

No	Overs	M	R	W	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	13.1	0	047	5	3	Win	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013
2	28.3	3	112	5	1	Aus	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
3	12.3	2	028	5	4	SAF	Jo’burg	24 Jan 2018
4	24.0	8	056	6	3	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2018
5	10.5	2	035	5	4	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019
6	16.0	5	044	5	2	SAF	Centurion	26 Dec 2021

RR Pant’s 100 dismissals came in his 26^th test. He became the quickest Indian wicket Keeper to effect 100 dismissals in least number of tests. The previous record was held by MS Dhoni who had effected 100 dismissals in 36 tests. The following table lists the six Indian wicket keepers and the tests taken by them to effect 100 dismissals

No	Player	100 Dis in
1	RR Pant	26 Tests
2	MS Dhoni	36 Tests
3	WP Saha	37 Tests
4	Kirmani	42 Tests
5	NR Mongia	42 Tests
6	KS More	44 Tests

SC Bowland of Australia captured “six for seven” against England in its second innings in the just concluded test at Melbourne to provide the 26^th occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in the second innings on his test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Kendall T	7-055	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15.03.1877
2	Cooper WH	6-120	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31.12.1881
3	Martin F	6-052	Eng	Aus	Kennington	11.08.1890
4	Trott AE	8-043	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11.01.1895
5	Noble MA	6-049	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01.01.1898
6	Hall AE	7-063	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01.01.1923
7	Grimmett CV	6-037	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27.02.1925
8	Langridge J	7-056	Eng	Win	Old Trafford	22.07.1933
9	Marriott CS	6-059	Eng	Win	Kennington	12.08.1933
10	Ward FA	6-102	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04.12.1936
11	McCarthy CN	6-043	SAF	Eng	Durban	16.12.1948
12	Pollock PM	6-038	SAF	NZl	Durban	08.12.1961
13	Coldwell LJ	6-085	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	21.06.1962
14	Massie RAL	8-053	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.1972
15	Dodemaide AIC	6-058	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	26.12.1987
16	Hirwani ND	8-075	Ind	Win	Chepauk	11.01.1988
17	Cork DG	7-043	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22.06.1995
18	Klusener L	8-064	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27.11.1996
19	Mohd Zahid	7-066	Pak	NZl	Rawalpindi	28.11.1996
20	Kirtley RJ	6-034	Eng	SAF	Trent Bridge	14.08.2003
21	Sammy DJG	7-066	Win	Eng	Old Trafford	07.06.2007
22	Ashwin R	6-047	Ind	Win	Delhi	06.11.2011
23	Cummins PJ	6-079	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	17.11.2011
24	Sohag Gazi	6-074	Ban	Win	Dhaka	13.11.2012
25	Ngidi L	6-039	SAF	Ind	Centurion	13.01.2018
26	Boland SC	6-007	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26.12.2021

SC Boland’s effort provides the tenth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets on his test debut in second innings. It is interesting to note that its present captain PJ Cummins also figures in this ten members club. He had returned with 6 for 79 in second innings on his test debut against South Africa at Johannesnurg in Nov 2011.

No	Player	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Kendall T	7-055	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15.03.1877
2	Cooper WH	6-120	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31.12.1881
3	Trott AE	8-043	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11.01.1895
4	Noble MA	6-049	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01.01.1898
5	Grimmett CV	6-037	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27.02.1925
6	Ward FA	6-102	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04.12.1936
7	Massie RAL	8-053	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.1972
8	Dodemaide AIC	6-058	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	26.12.1987
9	Cummins PJ	6-079	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	17.11.2011
10	Boland SC	6-007	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26.12.2021

SC Boland’s effort provides the eighth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing six or more wickets on his test debut in second innings against England.

No	Player	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Kendall T	7-055	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15.03.1877
2	Cooper WH	6-120	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31.12.1881
3	Trott AE	8-043	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11.01.1895
4	Noble MA	6-049	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01.01.1898
5	Grimmett CV	6-037	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27.02.1925
6	Ward FA	6-102	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04.12.1936
7	Massie RAL	8-053	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22.06.1972
8	Boland SC	6-007	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26.12.2021

SC Boland’s effort provides the 16th occasion of a bowler capturing six wickets on his test debut in second innings. All such occasions are tabulated below in the ascending order of runs conceded.

No	Player	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Boland SC	6-007	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26.12.2021
2	Kirtley RJ	6-034	Eng	SAF	Trent Bridge	14.08.2003
3	Grimmett CV	6-037	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27.02.1925
4	Pollock PM	6-038	SAF	NZl	Durban	08.12.1961
5	Ngidi L	6-039	SAF	Ind	Centurion	13.01.2018
6	McCarthy CN	6-043	SAF	Eng	Durban	16.12.1948
7	Ashwin R	6-047	Ind	Win	Delhi	06.11.2011
8	Noble MA	6-049	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01.01.1898
9	Martin F	6-052	Eng	Aus	Kennington	11.08.1890
10	Dodemaide AIC	6-058	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	26.12.1987
11	Marriott CS	6-059	Eng	Win	Kennington	12.08.1933
12	Sohag Gazi	6-074	Ban	Win	Dhaka	13.11.2012
13	Cummins PJ	6-079	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	17.11.2011
14	Coldwell LJ	6-085	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	21.06.1962
15	Ward FA	6-102	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04.12.1936

SC Boland’s effort provides the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing six wickets on his test debut in second innings at Melbourne. All such occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that Melbourne has witnessed such instances on most occasions.

No	Player	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Kendall T	7-055	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15.03.1877
2	Cooper WH	6-120	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31.12.1881
3	Noble MA	6-049	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01.01.1898
4	Dodemaide AIC	6-058	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	26.12.1987
5	Boland SC	6-007	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26.12.2021