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
Indian openers posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a Test innings

Indian openers posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a Test innings

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 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
Indian openers scoring a century and a half-century in a test innings

Indian openers scoring a century and a half-century 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
No Wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of Test Cricket

No Wickets falling in a day’s play in the annals of Test Cricket

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. All such occasions are tabulated below with foot notes.

No Match Players Day Runs Ground Date
1 Aus v Eng JB Hobbs, H Sutcliffe (Win) 3 283 Melbourne 03.01.25
2 Win v Aus DS Atkinson, CC Depeiaza (Win) 4 307 Bridgetown 18.05.55
3 Ind v NZl MH Mankad, P Roy (Ind) 1 234 Chennai 06.01.56
4 Win v Pak CC Hunte, GS Sobers (Win) 3 357 Kingston 28.02.58
5 Win v Eng GS Sobers, FMM Worrell (Win) 5 207 Bridgetown 11.01.60
6 Win v Eng † GS Sobers, SM Nurse (Win) 3 210 Kingston 19.02.60
7 Win v Aus WM Lawry, RB Simpson (Aus) 1 263 Bridgetown 05.05.65
8 Win v NZl* GM Turner, TW Jarvis (NZ) : BE Congdon, BF Hastings (Win) 3 218 Georgetown 08.04.72
9 Ind v Win * SMGavaskar, Vengsarkar (Ind) :SFABachhus,DA Murray {Win} 4 306 Kolkata 02.01.79
10 Ind v Eng GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma (Ind) 2 217 Chennai 14.01.82
11 Srl v Pak AP Gurusinha, A Ranatunga (Srl) 5 240 Col-PSS 27.03.86
12 Ind v Aus *           DB Vengsarkar, RJ Shastri (Ind) : GR Marsh, DC Boon (Aus) 4 235 Mumbai 18.10.86
13 Eng v Aus GR Marsh, MA Taylor (Aus) 1 301 Nottingham 10.08.89
14 SAF v Aus SR Waugh, GS Blewett (Aus) 3 288 Johannesburg 02.03.97
15 Srl v Ind ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama (Srl) 3 283 Col-RPS 04.08.97
16 Srl v Ind ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama (Srl) 4 265 Col-RPS 05.08.97
17 Win v Aus BC Lara, JC Adams (Win) 2 340 Kingston 14.03.99
18 Ind v Aus VVS Laxman, R Dravid (Ind) 4 335 Kolkata 14.03.01
19 Ban v SAF JA Rudolph, HH Dippenaar (SAF) 2 280 Chittagong- MAA 25.04.03
20 Srl v SAF KC Sangakkara, M Jayawaene (Srl) 2 357 Col-SSC 28.07.06
21 Ban v Ind R Dravid, SR Tendulkar (Ind) 1 326 Dhaka-SBNS 25.05.07
22 Ban v SAF ND McKenzie, GC Smi (SAF) 1 405 Chittagong 29.02.08
23 NZl v Srl BKG Mendis, AD Maews (Srl) 4 239 Wellington 18.12.18
24 Win v Eng * SO Dowrich, JO Holder (Win) : RJ Burns, KK Jennings (Eng) 3 344 Bridgetown 25.01.19
25 Ind v SAF MA Agarwal, RG Sharma 1 202 Vishakapatnam 02.10.19

Runs scored include both teams if they batted on the same day. † EDAS McMorris retired hurt and West Indies lost no further wickets in the day. * Both the teams batted on the day and there was no wicket lost

It also provides the fifth occasion of No wickets falling on a first day’s play in test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Match Players Day Runs Ground Date
1 Ind v NZl MH Mankad, P Roy (Ind) 1 234 Chennai 06.01.56
2 Win v Aus WM Lawry, RB Simpson (Aus) 1 263 Bridgetown 05.05.65
3 Eng v Aus GR Marsh, MA Taylor (Aus) 1 301 Nottingham 10.08.89
4 Ban v SAF ND McKenzie, GC Smi (SAF) 1 405 Chittagong 29.02.08
5 Ind v SAF MA Agarwal, RG Sharma (Ind) 1 202 Vishakapatnam 02.10.19

It also provides the second such occasion against South Africa. Both the occasions are listed below

No Match Players Day Runs Ground Date
1 SAF v Aus SR Waugh, GS Blewett (Aus) 3 288 Johannesburg 02.03.97
2 Ind v SAF MA Agarwal, RG Sharma (Ind) 1 202 Vishakapatnam 02.10.19

It also provides the ninth occasion in a test involving India as one of the teams. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Match Players Day Runs Ground Date
1 Ind v NZl MH Mankad, P Roy (Ind) 1 234 Chennai 06.01.56
2 Ind v Win * SMGavaskar, Vengsarkar (Ind) :SFABachhus,DAMurray {Win} 4 306 Kolkata 02.01.79
3 Ind v Eng GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma (Ind) 2 217 Chennai 14.01.82
4 Ind v Aus *           DB Vengsarkar, RJ Shastri (Ind) : GR Marsh, DC Boon (Aus) 4   235 Mumbai 18.10.86
5 Srl v Ind ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama (Srl) 3 283 Col-RPS 04.08.97
6 Srl v Ind ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama (Srl) 4 265 Col-RPS 05.08.97
7 Ind v Aus VVS Laxman, R Dravid (Ind) 4 335 Kolkata 14.03.01
8 Ban v Ind R Dravid, SR Tendulkar (Ind) 1 326 Dhaka-SBNS 25.05.07
9 Ind v SAF MA Agarwal, RG Sharma (Ind) 1 202 Vishakapatnam 02.10.19

Runs scored include both teams if they batted on the same day.

It also provides the fiftth occasion in a test involving South Africa as one of the teams. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Match Players Day Runs Ground Date
1 SAF v Aus SR Waugh, GS Blewett (Aus) 3 288 Johannesburg 02.03.97
2 Ban v SAF JA Rudolph, HH Dippenaar (SAF) 2 280 Chittagong- MAA 25.04.03
3 Srl v SAF KC Sangakkara, M Jayawaene (Srl) 2 357 Col-SSC 28.07.06
4 Ban v SAF ND McKenzie, GC Smi (SAF) 1 405 Chittagong 29.02.08
5 Ind v SAF MA Agarwal, RG Sharma (Ind) 1 202 Vishakapatnam 02.10.19