South African opening batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in Test innings.

South African opening batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in Test innings.

D Elgar of South Africa scored 160 in the ongoing test against India to provide the 40th 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
Vishakhapatnam Test between India and South Africa witnesses the three openers scoring 150 plus runs.

Vishakhapatnam Test between India and South Africa witnesses the three openers scoring 150 plus runs.

The ongoing Vishakhapatnam Test between India and South Africa witnessed the three openers scoring 150 plus runs. Indian openers MA Agarwal and RG Sharma scored 215 and 176 respectively while D Elgar of South Africa scored 160 to provide the fourth occasion of three openers scoring 150 plus runs in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 L Hutton 158 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
  2 C Washbrook 195 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
  3 EAB Rowan 156* 3 SAF Eng Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
                 
2 1 GC Smith 277 1 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
  2 HH Gibbs 179 1 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
  3 MP Vaughan 156 2 Eng SAF Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
                 
3 1 Mohammad Hafeez 224 2 Pak Ban Khulna 28 Apr 2015
  2 Tamim Iqbal 206 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
  3 Imrul Kayes 150 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
                 
4 1 MA Agarwal 215 1 Ind SAF Visakhapatnam 2 Oct 2019
  2 RG Sharma 176 1 Ind SAF Visakhapatnam 2 Oct 2019
  3 D Elgar 160 2 SAF Ind Visakhapatnam 2 Oct 2019
South African bowlers conceding 150 plus runs in a Test innings. KA Maharaj becomes the third most expensive South African bowler

South African bowlers conceding 150 plus runs in a Test innings. KA Maharaj becomes the third most expensive South African bowler

KA Maharaj of South Africa returned with figures of 3 for 189 in India’s first innings at Vizag to provide the 30th occasion of a South African bowler conceding 150 plus runs in a Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RO Schwarz 38.0 4 168 1 3 v Australia Melbourne 17 Feb 1911
2 GM Parker 37.0 2 152 6 1 v England Birmingham 14 Jun 1924
3 CL Vincent 55.0 16 154 4 3 v Australia Melbourne 31 Dec 1931
4 Q McMillan 33.0 3 150 4 3 v Australia Melbourne 31 Dec 1931
5 CL Vincent 42.0 5 188 2 2 v England The Oval 17 Aug 1935
6 XC Balaskas 44.0 4 165 4 2 v Australia Johannesburg 15 Feb 1936
7 XC Balaskas 51.0 4 157 1 2 v Australia Durban 28 Feb 1936
8 N Gordon 40.0×8 3 157 5 1 v England Cape Town 31 Dec 1938
9 N Gordon 55.2×8 10 174 1 4 v England Durban 03 Mar 1939
10 AMB Rowan 65.0 11 174 1 1 v England Lord’s 21 Jun 1947
11 AMB Rowan 41.0×8 4 155 1 1 v England Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
12 AMB Rowan 60.0×8 9 167 5 2 v England Port Elizabeth 05 Mar 1949
13 NBF Mann 36.0×8 4 154 2 1 v Australia Port Elizabeth 03 Mar 1950
14 AMB Rowan 68.0 17 174 5 2 v England Leeds 26 Jul 1951
15 ARA Murray 51.2×8 11 169 4 2 v Australia Sydney 09 Jan 1953
16 PR Adams 52.0 7 163 1 2 v Australia Johannesburg 28 Feb 1997
17 PR Adams 45.0 6 184 3 1 v Sri Lanka Galle 20 Jul 2000
18 N Boje 35.0 4 153 1 1 v Australia Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
19 N Boje 44.0 5 163 1 3 v England Durban 26 Dec 2004
20 M Ntini 43.0 5 162 4 1 v New Zealand Cape Town 27 Apr 2006
21 N Boje 65.0 5 221 0 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006
22 PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 2 v India Chennai 26 Mar 2008
23 PL Harris 50.0 5 182 1 2 v India Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
24 PL Harris 62.0 9 165 2 2 v West Indies Basseterre 18 Jun 2010
25 Imran Tahir 23.0 0 180 0 1 v Australia Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
26 DL Piedt 36.0 4 153 5 3 v England Durban 26 Dec 2015
27 CH Morris 28.0 3 150 1 1 v England Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
28 K Rabada 29.5 2 175 3 1 v England Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
29 KA Maharaj 40.0 4 154 3 3 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 20 Jul 2018
30 KA Maharaj 55.0 6 189 3 1 v India Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019

He became the second South African bowler to concede 150 plus runs in a test innings against India and also provides the third occasion of a South African bowler to concede 150 plus runs in a test innings against India. All the three occasions are listed below

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 2 v India Chennai 26 Mar 2008
2 PL Harris 50.0 5 182 1 2 v India Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
3 KA Maharaj 55.0 6 189 3 1 v India Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019

KA Maharaj became the third expensive bowler in the history of South African Test cricket. The following table lists all the three bowlers

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 N Boje 65.0 5 221 0 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 27 Jul 2006
2 PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 2 v India Chennai 26 Mar 2008
3 KA Maharaj 55.0 6 189 3 1 v India Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019

KA Maharaj became the second expensive bowler against India in the history of South African Test cricket. The following table lists the two bowlers.  PL Harris has conceded 203  runs at Chennai in Mar 2008

No Player Overs M Runs W Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 PL Harris 53.1 6 203 3 2 v India Chennai 26 Mar 2008
2 KA Maharaj 55.0 6 189 3 1 v India Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019
Batsmen converting their first centuries into double centuries and triple centuries in the annals of test cricket

Batsmen converting their first centuries into double centuries and triple centuries in the annals of test cricket

MA Agarwal of India scored 215 in the ongoing test against South Africa at Vizag to provide the 30th occasion of a batsman scoring a double century as his first century.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 SE Gregory 201 1 Aus Eng Sydney 14 Dec 1894
2 RE Foster 287 2 Eng Aus Sydney 11 Dec 1903
3 WR Hammond 251 2 Eng Aus Sydney 14 Dec 1928
4 E Paynter 216* 1 Eng Aus Nottingham 10 Jun 1938
5 MP Donnelly 206 2 NZl Eng Lord’s 25 Jun 1949
6 DJ McGlew 255* 1 SAF NZl Wellington 06 Mar 1953
7 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
8 GS Sobers 365* 2 Win Pak Kingston 26 Feb 1958
9 RB Kanhai 256 1 Win Ind Kolkata 31 Dec 1958
10 RB Simpson 311 1 Aus Eng Manchester 23 Jul 1964
11 DN Sardesai 200* 3 Ind NZl Mumbai (BS) 12 Mar 1965
12 SM Nurse 201 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 05 May 1965
13 Zaheer Abbas 274 1 Pak Eng Birmingham 03 Jun 1971
14 LG Rowe 214 1 Win NZl Kingston 16 Feb 1972
15 D Lloyd 214* 2 Eng Ind Birmingham 04 Jul 1974
16 SFAF Bacchus 250 2 Win Ind Kanpur 02 Feb 1979
17 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
18 DSBP Kuruppu 201* 1 Srl NZl Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987
19 BC Lara 277 2 Win Aus Sydney 02 Jan 1993
20 VG Kambli 224 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 19 Feb 1993
21 GW Flower 201* 1 Zim Pak Harare 31 Jan 1995
22 SL Campbell 208 2 Win NZl Bridgetown 19 Apr 1996
23 HH Gibbs 211* 2 SAF NZl Christchurch 11 Mar 1999
24 MS Sinclair 214 1 NZl Win Wellington 26 Dec 1999
25 GC Smith 200 1 SAF Ban East London 18 Oct 2002
26 JA Rudolph 222* 2 SAF Ban Chattogram 24 Apr 2003
27 RWT Key 221 1 Eng Win Lord’s 22 Jul 2004
28 BJ Hodge 203* 3 Aus SAF Perth 16 Dec 2005
29 KK Nair 303* 2 Ind Eng Chennai 16 Dec 2016
30 MA Agarwal 215 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019

MA Agarwal became the fourth Indian batsman to score a double century as his first century. The following table lists all the four batsmen

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DN Sardesai 200* 3 Ind NZl Mumbai (BS) 12 Mar 1965
2 VG Kambli 224 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 19 Feb 1993
3 KK Nair 303* 2 Ind Eng Chennai 16 Dec 2016
4 MA Agarwal 215 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019

WR Hammond,  Zaheer Abbas, VG Kambli and RB Kanhai  are the four batsmen to score double centuries as their first two centuries.

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 WR Hammond 251 2 Eng Aus Sydney 14 Dec 1928
  2 WR Hammond 200 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 29 Dec 1928
                 
2 1 Zaheer Abbas 274 1 Pak Eng Birmingham 03 Jun 1971
  2 Zaheer Abbas 240 1 Pak Eng The Oval 22 Aug 1974
                 
3 1 VG Kambli 224 2 Ind Eng Mumbai 19 Feb 1993
  2 VG Kambli 227 1 Ind Zim Delhi 13 Mar 1993
                 
4 1 RB Kanhai 256 1 Win v Ind Kolkata 31 Dec 1958
  2 RB Kanhai 217 1 Win v Pak Lahore 26 Mar 1959

GS Sobers, RB Simpson and KK Nair are the three batsmen who have scored triple centuries as their first century. The following table list these three batsmen

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 GS Sobers 365* 2 Win Pak Kingston 26 Feb 1958
2 RB Simpson 311 1 Aus Eng Manchester 23 Jul 1964
3 KK Nair 303* 2 Ind Eng Chennai 16 Dec 2016
Batsmen posting 300 plus runs for the first wicket in an innings in the annals of Test cricket

Batsmen posting 300 plus runs for the first wicket in an innings in the annals of Test cricket

MA Agarwal and RG Sharma posted 317 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing test against South Africa at Vizag to provide the 14th occasion of batsmen posting 300 plus runs for the first wicket in a Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JB Hobbs, W Rhodes 1 323 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 09 Feb 1912
2 L Hutton, C Washbrook 1 359 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 27 Dec 1948
3 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
4 WM Lawry, RB Simpson 1 382 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
5 TW Jarvis, GM Turner 1 387 2 NZl Win Georgetown 06 Apr 1972
6 GR Marsh, MA Taylor 1 329 1 Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
7 MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya 1 335 1 Srl Pak Kandy 28 Jun 2000
8 HH Gibbs, GC Smith 1 368 1 SAF Pak Cape Town 2 Jan 2003
9 HH Gibbs, GC Smith 1 338 1 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
10 HH Gibbs, GC Smith 1 301 1 SAF Win Centurion 16 Jan 2004
11 R Dravid, V Sehwag 1 410 2 Ind Pak Lahore 13 Jan 2006
12 ND McKenzie, GC Smith 1 415 1 SAF Ban Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
13 Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal 1 312 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
14 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 317 1 Ind SAF Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019
Indian batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnerships for any wicket in a Test innings

Indian batsmen posting 300 plus runs partnerships for any wicket in a Test innings

MA Agarwal and RG Sharma posted 317 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing test against South Africa at Vizag to provide the 14th occasion of Indian batsmen posting 300 plus runs for any wicket in test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
2 SM Gavaskar, DB Vengsarkar 2 344* 3 v West Indies Kolkata 29 Dec 1978
3 GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma 3 316 1 v England Chennai 13 Jan 1982
4 R Dravid, VVS Laxman 5 376 3 v Australia Kolkata 11 Mar 2001
5 R Dravid, VVS Laxman 5 303 2 v Australia Adelaide 12 Dec 2003
6 VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar 4 353 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 2004
7 V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar 3 336 1 v Pakistan Multan 28 Mar 2004
8 R Dravid, V Sehwag 1 410 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
9 SC Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh 5 300 1 v Pakistan Bengaluru 08 Dec 2007
10 R Dravid, G Gambhir 2 314 1 v England Mohali 19 Dec 2008
11 SR Tendulkar, M Vijay 3 308 2 v Australia Bengaluru 9 Oct 2010
12 CA Pujara, M Vijay 2 370 2 v Australia Hyd-RGS 02 Mar 2013
13 V Kohli, AM Rahane 4 365 1 v New Zealand Indore 08 Oct 2016
14 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 317 1 v South Africa Viza 02 Oct 2019

It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting 300 plus runs for first wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
2 R Dravid, V Sehwag 1 410 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
3 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 317 1 v South Africa Viza 02 Oct 2019
One of the openers scoring 200 plus runs and another scoring 150 plus runs in a Test innings in the annals of Test cricket

One of the openers scoring 200 plus runs and another scoring 150 plus runs in a Test innings in the annals of Test cricket

MA Agarwal {215} and RG Sharma {176} of  India scored 150 plus while opening the innings against South Africa in the ongoing test at Vizag to provide the ninth occasion of one of the openers scoring 200 plus runs and another scoring 150 plus runs in a test  innings in the annals of Test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. The list includes two occasions of both the openers scoring 200 plus runs

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 MH Mankad 231 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
  2 P Roy 173 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
                 
2 1 WM Lawry 210 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
  2 RB Simpson 201 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
                 
3 1 GM Turner 259 2 NZl Win Georgetown 06 Apr 1972
  2 TW Jarvis 182 2 NZl Win Georgetown 06 Apr 1972
                 
4 1 MS Atapattu 207* 1 Srl Pak Kandy 28 Jun 2000
  2 ST Jayasuriya 188 1 Srl Pak Kandy 28 Jun 2000
                 
5 1 GC Smith 151 1 SAF Pak Cape Town 02 Jan 2003
  2 HH Gibbs 228 1 SAF Pak Cape Town 02 Jan 2003
                 
6 1 GC Smith 277 1 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
  2 HH Gibbs 179 1 SAF Eng Birmingham 24 Jul 2003
                 
7 1 ND McKenzie 226 1 SAF Ban Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
  2 GC Smith 232 1 SAF Ban Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
                 
8 1 Tamim Iqbal 206 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
  2 Imrul Kayes 150 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
                 
9 1 MA Agarwal 215 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019
  2 RG Sharma 176 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019

MA Agarwal {215} and RG Sharma {176} of  India scored 150 plus while opening the innings against South Africa in the ongoing test at Vizag to provide the second occasion of one of the Indian openers  scoring 200 plus runs and another opener scoring 150 plus runs in a test  innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The first such occasion was when MH Mankad scored 231 and P Roy scored 173 against New Zealand at Chennai in Jan 1956. It is interesting to note that MA Agarwal and RG Sharma emulated MH Mankad and P Roy after a gap of 63 years nine months

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 MH Mankad 231 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
  2 P Roy 173 1 Ind NZl Chennai 06 Jan 1956
                 
2 1 MA Agarwal 215 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019
  2 RG Sharma 176 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019

The list includes two occasions of both the openers scoring 200 plus runs in a Test innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 WM Lawry 210 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
  2 RB Simpson 201 1 Aus Win Bridgetown 05 May 1965
                 
2 1 ND McKenzie 226 1 SAF Ban Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
  2 GC Smith 232 1 SAF Ban Chattogram 29 Feb 2008
Opening batsman dismissed stumped in a Test innings after scoring a three-figure innings.

Opening batsman dismissed stumped in a Test innings after scoring a three-figure innings.

RG Sharma of India was dismissed stumped for 176 against South Africa in the ongoing first test at Vizag to provide the 30th occasion ofa an opening batsman dismissed stumped in a Test innings after scoring a three-figure innings. All  such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CS Dempster 136 1 NZl Eng Wellington 24 Jan 1930
2 EH Bowley 109 1 Eng NZl Auckland 14 Feb 1930
3 WM Woodfull 155 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 27 Jun 1930
4 H Sutcliffe 117 1 Eng NZl The Oval 29 Jul 1931
5 JB Stollmeyer 152 1 Win NZl Auckland 15 Feb 1952
6 CC McDonald 154 1 Aus SAF Adelaide 24 Jan 1953
7 LE Favell 101 1 Aus Ind Chennai 13 Jan 1960
8 G Pullar 175 3 Eng SAF The Oval 18 Aug 1960
9 Mohammad Ilyas 126 4 Pak NZl Karachi 99 Apr 1965
10 WM Lawry 100 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 30 Dec 1967
11 RM Cowper 165 3 Aus Ind Sydney 26 Jan 1968
12 GT Dowling 239 1 NZl Ind Christchurch 22 Feb 1968
13 BW Luckhurst 101 3 Eng Ind Manchester 05 Aug 1971
14 DL Amiss 158 1 Eng Pak Hyd-Pak 16 Mar 1973
15 GM Wood 112 1 Aus Eng Lord’s 28 Aug 1980
16 RJ Shastri 128 1 Ind Pak Karachi 30 Jan 1983
17 MA Taylor 219 1 Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
18 MA Taylor 111 1 Aus Eng Lord’s 17 Jun 1993
19 ML Hayden 125 2 Aus Win Adelaide 25 Jan 1997
20 MJ Slater 106 3 Aus Win Trinidad 05 Mar 1999
21 DS Smith 108 1 Win Eng Kingston 11 Mar 2004
22 PA Jaques 100 1 Aus Srl Brisbane 08 Nov 2007
23 AJ Strauss 110 3 Eng Aus Brisbane 25 Nov 2010
24 AN Cook 106 3 Eng Srl Lord’s 03 Jun 2011
25 Tamim Iqbal 206 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
26 FDM Karunaratne 130 1 Srl Pak Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
27 Shan Masood 125 4 Pak Srl Pallekele 03 Jul 2015
28 JA Burns 128 1 Aus Win Melbourne 26 Dec 2015
29 M Vijay 155 1 Ind Srl Delhi 02 Dec 2017
30 RG Sharma 176 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed stumped in a test innings after scoring a three figure innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RJ Shastri 128 1 Ind Pak Karachi 30 Jan 1983
2 M Vijay 155 1 Ind Srl Delhi 02 Dec 2017
3 RG Sharma 176 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019

It also provides the third occasion of an opening batsman dismissed stumped in a test innings after scoring a three figure innings against South Africa.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CC McDonald 154 1 Aus SAF Adelaide 24 Jan 1953
2 G Pullar 175 3 Eng SAF The Oval 18 Aug 1960
3 RG Sharma 176 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019

The following are the eleven occasion of  an opening batsman dismissed stumped after scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JB Stollmeyer 152 1 Win NZl Auckland 15 Feb 1952
2 CC McDonald 154 1 Aus SAF Adelaide 24 Jan 1953
3 WM Woodfull 155 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 27 Jun 1930
4 M Vijay 155 1 Ind Srl Delhi 02 Dec 2017
5 DL Amiss 158 1 Eng Pak Hyd-Pak 16 Mar 1973
6 RM Cowper 165 3 Aus Ind Sydney 26 Jan 1968
7 G Pullar 175 3 Eng SAF The Oval 18 Aug 1960
8 RG Sharma 176 1 Ind SAF Vizag 02 Oct 2019
9 Tamim Iqbal 206 3 Ban Pak Khulna 28 Apr 2015
10 MA Taylor 219 1 Aus Eng Nottingham 10 Aug 1989
11 GT Dowling 239 1 NZl Ind Christchurch 22 Feb 1968
Both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a Test innings

Both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a Test innings

The Indian score board read 240 for no loss against South Africa at Vizag on the second day when MA Agarwal completed his century and was on exact 100 not out. RG Sharma’s score read 137 not out   RG Sharma’s 137 not out and MA Agarwal’s 100 not out in this test provides the tenth occasion of both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 VM Merchant 114 3 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
  2 S Mushtaq Ali 112 3 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
               
2 1 MH Mankad 231 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
  2 P Roy 173 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
               
3 1 SM Gavaskar 172 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 1986
  2 K Srikkanth 116 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 1986
               
4 1 V Sehwag 254 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
  2 R Dravid 128* 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
               
5 1 KD Karthik 129 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 May 2007
  2 W Jaffer 138* 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 May 2007
               
6 1 G Gambhir 167 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
  2 V Sehwag 131 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
               
7 1 M Vijay 153 2 v Australia Mohali 14 Mar 2013
  2 S Dhawan 187 2 v Australia Mohali 14 Mar 2013
               
8 1 M Vijay 150 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
  2 S Dhawan 173 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
               
9 1 M Vijay 105 1 v Afghanistan Bengaluru 14 Jun 2018
  2 S Dhawan 107 1 v Afghanistan Bengaluru 14 Jun 2018
               
10 1 RG Sharma 137* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019
  2 MA Agarwal 100* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019
Statistical highlights of the first day’s play – India vs South Africa at Vishakapatnam

Statistical highlights of the first day’s play – India vs South Africa at Vishakapatnam

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This is India’s 538th  test. India has won the toss on the 268th occasion. India decided to bat after winning the toss on 212th occasion

This is India’s 268th  test at home. India has won the toss on the 139th occasion at home. India decided to bat after winning the toss on 126th occasion at home

RG Sharma became India’s and 89th opening batsman in tests and 71st opening batsman at home tests

RG Sharma scored 115 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 148th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century. It also provides the 77th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century at home

RG Sharma scored 115 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 63rd occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in the first innings of a test. It also provides the 36th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century at home in the first innings of a test

RG Sharma scored 115 not out at the end of the first day’s play to provide the second occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a century in the first innings of a test. W Jaffer who had scored 116 at Cape Town in Jan 2007 is the other batsman to perform such a feat.

RG Sharma has scored five boundary sixes in his knock of 115 not out to provide the sixth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring five or more boundary sixes in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. He also became the third Indian opening batsman to perform such a feat after NS Sidhu and V Sehwag

No Player Runs 6s Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 NS Sidhu 124 8 1 v Sri Lanka Lucknow 18 Jan 1994
2 V Sehwag 293 7 2 v Sri Lanka Mumbai (BS) 02 Dec 2009
3 V Sehwag 309 6 1 v Pakistan Multan 28 Mar 2004
4 V Sehwag 195 5 1 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2003
5 V Sehwag 319 5 2 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008
6 RG Sharma 115* 5 1 v South Africa Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019

RG Sharma has scored five boundary sixes in his knock of 115 not out  to provide the second occasion of an Indian batsman scoring five or more boundary sixes in an innings against South Africa. Both such occasions are tabulated below. V Sehwag had scored five boundary sixes in his knock of 319 at Chennai in Mar 2008

No Player Runs 6s Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 V Sehwag 319 5 2 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008
2 RG Sharma 115* 5 1 v South Africa Visakhapatnam 02 Oct 2019

RG Sharma {115 not out} and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored fifties in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 68th  occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties including centuries in a test innings

RG Sharma {115 not out} scored a century and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored a half century in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the 25th  occasion of Indian openers scoring a century and half century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Inns Opp Ground C HC Start Date
1 India 1 Eng The Oval 1 1 17 Aug 1946
2 India 3 Eng Delhi 1 1 08 Feb 1964
3 India 1 Win Mumbai 1 1 01 Dec 1978
4 India 1 Win Delhi 1 1 24 Jan 1979
5 India 4 Eng The Oval 1 1 30 Aug 1979
6 India 1 Aus Mumbai 1 1 03 Nov 1979
7 India 2 Eng Bengaluru 1 1 09 Dec 1981
8 India 2 Srl Chennai 1 1 17 Sep 1982
9 India 3 Pak Bengaluru 1 1 14 Sep 1983
10 India 2 Aus Adelaide 1 1 13 Dec 1985
11 India 2 Pak Chennai 1 1 03 Feb 1987
12 India 3 Srl Col-SSC 1 1 27 Jul 1993
13 India 2 Srl Mohali 1 1 19 Nov 1997
14 India 1 Win Mumbai 1 1 09 Oct 2002
15 India 2 NZl Mohali 1 1 16 Oct 2003
16 India 2 SAF Kanpur 1 1 20 Nov 2004
17 India 1 SAF Cape Town 1 1 02 Jan 2007
18 India 2 SAF Chennai 1 1 26 Mar 2008
19 India 1 Srl Galle 1 1 31 Jul 2008
20 India 3 Aus Mohali 1 1 17 Oct 2008
21 India 3 Srl Ahmedabad 1 1 16 Nov 2009
22 India 2 Srl Mum-BS 1 1 02 Dec 2009
23 India 2 Eng Chennai 1 1 16 Dec 2016
24 India 1 Srl Pallekele 1 1 12 Aug 2017
25 India 1 SAF Vizag 1 1 02 Oct 2019

RG Sharma {115 not out} scored a century and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored a half century in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the fourth  occasion of Indian openers scoring a century and half century in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Inns Opp Ground C HC Start Date
1 India 2 SAF Kanpur 1 1 20 Nov 2004
2 India 1 SAF Cape Town 1 1 02 Jan 2007
3 India 2 SAF Chennai 1 1 26 Mar 2008
4 India 1 SAF Vizag 1 1 02 Oct 2019

RG Sharma {115 not out} scored a century and MA Agarwal {84 not out} scored a half century in this test at the end of the first day’s play to provide the ninth  occasion of Indian openers scoring a century and half century in the first innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Inns Opp Ground C HC Start Date
1 India 1 Eng The Oval 1 1 17 Aug 1946
2 India 1 Win Mumbai 1 1 01 Dec 1978
3 India 1 Win Delhi 1 1 24 Jan 1979
4 India 1 Aus Mumbai 1 1 03 Nov 1979
5 India 1 Win Mumbai 1 1 09 Oct 2002
6 India 1 SAF Cape Town 1 1 02 Jan 2007
7 India 1 Srl Galle 1 1 31 Jul 2008
8 India 1 Srl Pallekele 1 1 12 Aug 2017
9 India 1 SAF Vizag 1 1 02 Oct 2019

The first day’s play in the first test between India and South Africa on 02.10.19 witnessed no wickets falling to provide the 25th occasion of no wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the fifth occasion of No wickets falling on a first day’s play in test. It also provides the second such occasion against South Africa. It also provides the ninth occasion in a test involving India as one of the teams. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the fifth occasion in a test involving South Africa as one of the teams.

MA Agarwal and RG Sharma added 202 runs in an unfinished partnership on the first day of this test to provide the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 VM Merchant, S Mushtaq Ali 1 203 3 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
2 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
3 CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar 1 213 4 v England The Oval 30 Aug 1979
4 SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth 1 200 2 v Pakistan Chennai 03 Feb 1987
5 SB Bangar, V Sehwag 1 201 1 v West Indies Mumbai 09 Oct 2002
6 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 218 2 v South Africa Kanpur 20 Nov 2004
7 R Dravid, V Sehwag 1 410 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
8 W Jaffer, V Sehwag 1 213 2 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008
9 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 233 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
10 V Sehwag, M Vijay 1 221 2 v Sri Lanka Mum-BS 02 Dec 2009
11 S Dhawan, M Vijay 1 289 2 v Australia Mohali 14 Mar 2013
12 S Dhawan, M Vijay 1 283 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
13 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 202* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in the first innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MH Mankad, P Roy 1 413 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
2 SB Bangar, V Sehwag 1 201 1 v West Indies Mumbai 09 Oct 2002
3 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 233 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
4 S Dhawan, M Vijay 1 283 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
5 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 202* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019

It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Partners Wkt Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Gambhir, V Sehwag 1 218 2 v South Africa Kanpur 20 Nov 2004
2 W Jaffer, V Sehwag 1 213 2 v South Africa Chennai 26 Mar 2008
3 MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 202* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019