HM Amla scored 25 runs in 244 deliveries in its second innings of this test  to become the third captain in the annals of test cricket to score less than 50 runs in an innings while facing 200 plus deliveries. Others are AR Border of Australia scored 45 runs facing 204 deliveries against South Africa at Cape Town in Mar 1994 and JC Adams of West Indies scored 48 not out facing 212 deliveries against Pakistan at St John’s in May 2000.

Thus HM Amla holds the dubious record of a captain scoring least numbers of runs while playing the most deliveries in the annals of test cricket

R Ashwin’s tally of wickets in the calendar year at the end of the test read 62. His feat of 62 wickets in 2015 provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 60 plus wickets in a calendar year. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5s	10	Year
1	N Kapil Dev	18	25	3469	1739	75	9/83	10/135	23.18	5	1	1983
2	N Kapil Dev	17	29	3553	1699	74	6/63	9/121	22.95	5	0	1979
3	A Kumble	12	23	3680	1838	74	8/141	13/181	24.83	6	2	2004
4	Harbhajan Singh	13	24	3567	1463	63	7/48	8/85	23.22	5	0	2002
5	Harbhajan Singh	13	23	4230	1987	63	6/102	10/153	31.53	2	1	2008
7	R Ashwin	9	17	2260	1067	62	7/66	12/98	17.35	7	2	2015
6	Harbhajan Singh	12	22	3424	1557	60	8/84	15/217	25.95	6	2	2001

R Ashwin’s 5 for 61 in the South Africa’s second innings of the Delhi test against South Africa represent his seventh five wicket haul in an innings in the calendar year 2015. All his seven five wicket hauls are furnished below

No	O	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	25.0	6	87	5	2	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
2	13.4	2	46	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	16.0	6	42	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
4	24.0	5	51	5	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	16.1	6	32	5	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
6	29.5	7	66	7	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
7	49.1	26	61	5	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

R Ashwin became the ninth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture seven or more five wicket hauls in a calendar year. He is also the first Indian bowler to achieve the feat. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5s	Year
1	MD Marshall	Win	13	25	3251	1471	73	7/53	10/107	20.15	9	1984
2	M Muralitharan	Srl	11	21	3532	1521	90	8/70	12/225	16.90	9	2006
3	SF Barnes	Eng	9	15	2201	863	61	8/29	13/57	14.14	8	1912
4	AA Donald	SAF	14	26	3232	1571	80	6/88	8/74	19.63	7	1998
5	M Muralitharan	Srl	8	16	3302	1256	68	9/65	16/220	18.47	7	1998
6	M Muralitharan	Srl	10	17	3740	1463	75	7/84	13/171	19.50	7	2000
7	M Muralitharan	Srl	12	23	4688	1699	80	8/87	11/170	21.23	7	2001
8	HMRKB Herath	Srl	10	18	3224	1417	60	6/43	12/171	23.61	7	2012
9	R Ashwin	Ind	9	17	2260	1067	62	7/66	12/98	17.35	7	2015

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of the just concluded test series between India and South Africa read 31. His feat provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 30 plus wickets in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Balls	R	W	5	10
1	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1972-73	5	9	1747	662	35	4	0
2	MH Mankad	Eng	1951-52	5	10	2225	571	34	1	1
3	SP Gupte	NZl	1955-56	5	10	2140	669	34	4	0
4	N Kapil Dev	Pak	1979-80	6	11	1271	566	32	3	1
5	Harbhajan Singh	Aus	2000-01	3	6	1071	545	32	4	2
6	BS Bedi	Aus	1977-78	5	10	1259	740	31	3	1
7	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31	4	1

R Ashwin’s feat of 31 wickets in the just concluded test series against South Africa provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 25 or more wickets in a four test home series. It also represents the record for most wickets taken by an Indian bowler in a four test series at home. It was an improvement over his own 29 wickets against Australia in 2012-13

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Overs	M	R	W	5	10
1	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	164.4	56	345	31	4	1
2	R Ashwin	Aus	2012-13	4	8	241.2	74	583	29	4	1
3	A Kumble	Aus	2004-04	4	8	197.3	30	685	27	3	1
4	MH Mankad	Pak	1952-53	4	7	265.2	100	514	25	3	1

R Ashwin became the first bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture nine five wicket hauls while opening the bowling as a spinner. He went past C Blythe of England and H Trumble of Australia who had captured eight five wicket hauls. His exploits are furnished below

No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	21.3	5	47	6	2	3	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	32.0	6	95	5	1	3	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
3	28.0	12	63	5	2	3	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	25.0	6	87	5	2	2	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	16.0	6	42	5	1	4	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	20 Aug 2015
6	24.0	5	51	5	1	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
7	16.1	6	32	5	2	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
8	29.5	7	66	7	2	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
9	49.1	26	61	5	2	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of just concluded test series between India and South Africa read 31.  His feat provides the 12^th occasion of a bowler and also the first Indian bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in a test series against South Africa. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1935-36	5	10	2077	642	44
3	WJ Whitty	Aus	SAF	1910-11	5	10	1395	632	37
4	GA Lohmann	Eng	SAF	1895-96	3	6	520	203	35
5	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
6	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
7	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1931-32	5	8	1836	557	33
8	AS Kennedy	Eng	SAF	1932-33	5	9	1683	599	31
9	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
10	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31
11	AV Bedser	Eng	SAF	1951	5	10	1655	517	30
12	R Benaud	Aus	SAF	1957-58	5	9	1937	658	30

R Ashwin with his 31 wickets became the third bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in a four test series against South Africa. Others are – SF Barnes {49} and H Ironmonger {31}.  The feats of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
3	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31

India won this test by 337 runs margin to provide the second occasion of India winning a test by 300 plus runs margin. The other occasion was its 320 runs win against Australia at Mohali in Oct 2008. Thus the victory margin of 337 runs in this test represent India’s largest win by runs margin.

R Ashwin’s 5 for 61 in the South Africa’s second innings of the Delhi test against South  Africa  represent his seventh five wicket haul in an innings in the calendar year 2015. All his seven five wicket hauls are furnished below

No	O	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	25.0	6	87	5	2	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
2	13.4	2	46	6	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015
3	16.0	6	42	5	4	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
4	24.0	5	51	5	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	16.1	6	32	5	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
6	29.5	7	66	7	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
7	49.1	26	61	5	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

R Ashwin became the sixth bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture seven or more five wicket hauls in a calendar year. His feat of seven five wicket hauls in 2015 provides the ninth occasion. He is also the first Indian bowler to achieve the feat. All the nine occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5s	Year
1	MD Marshall	Win	13	25	3251	1471	73	7/53	10/107	20.15	9	1984
2	M Muralitharan	Srl	11	21	3532	1521	90	8/70	12/225	16.90	9	2006
3	SF Barnes	Eng	9	15	2201	863	61	8/29	13/57	14.14	8	1912
4	AA Donald	SAF	14	26	3232	1571	80	6/88	8/74	19.63	7	1998
5	M Muralitharan	Srl	8	16	3302	1256	68	9/65	16/220	18.47	7	1998
6	M Muralitharan	Srl	10	17	3740	1463	75	7/84	13/171	19.50	7	2000
7	M Muralitharan	Srl	12	23	4688	1699	80	8/87	11/170	21.23	7	2001
8	HMRKB Herath	Srl	10	18	3224	1417	60	6/43	12/171	23.61	7	2012
9	R Ashwin	Ind	9	17	2260	1067	62	7/66	12/98	17.35	7	2015

R Ashwin’s tally of wickets in the calendar year 2015 at the end of the just concluded Delhi test against South Africa read 62. His feat of 62 wickets in 2015 provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 60 plus wickets in a calendar year. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	M	I	Balls	Runs	W	BBI	BBM	Ave	5s	10	Year
1	N Kapil Dev	18	25	3469	1739	75	9/83	10/135	23.18	5	1	1983
2	N Kapil Dev	17	29	3553	1699	74	6/63	9/121	22.95	5	0	1979
3	A Kumble	12	23	3680	1838	74	8/141	13/181	24.83	6	2	2004
4	Harbhajan Singh	13	24	3567	1463	63	7/48	8/85	23.22	5	0	2002
5	Harbhajan Singh	13	23	4230	1987	63	6/102	10/153	31.53	2	1	2008
7	R Ashwin	9	17	2260	1067	62	7/66	12/98	17.35	7	2	2015
6	Harbhajan Singh	12	22	3424	1557	60	8/84	15/217	25.95	6	2	2001

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of just concluded test series between India and South Africa read 31.  His feat provides the 12^th occasion of a bowler and also the first Indian bowler to capture 25 plus wickets in a test series against South Africa. All such occasions are listed below.

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1935-36	5	10	2077	642	44
3	WJ Whitty	Aus	SAF	1910-11	5	10	1395	632	37
4	GA Lohmann	Eng	SAF	1895-96	3	6	520	203	35
5	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
6	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1912	3	6	768	282	34
7	CV Grimmett	Aus	SAF	1931-32	5	8	1836	557	33
8	AS Kennedy	Eng	SAF	1932-33	5	9	1683	599	31
9	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
10	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31
11	AV Bedser	Eng	SAF	1951	5	10	1655	517	30
12	R Benaud	Aus	SAF	1957-58	5	9	1937	658	30

R Ashwin with his 31 wickets became the third bowler to capture 30 plus wickets in a four test series against South Africa. Others are – SF Barnes {49}, H Ironmonger {31}.  The feats of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Team	Oppn	Series	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	W
1	SF Barnes	Eng	SAF	1913-14	4	8	1356	536	49
2	H Ironmonger	Aus	SAF	1931-32	4	8	1331	296	31
3	R Ashwin	Ind	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31

 

R Ashwin’s aggregate of wickets at the end of the just concluded test series between India and South Africa read 31. His feat provides the seventh occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 30 plus wickets in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Balls	R	W	5	10
1	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	1972-73	5	9	1747	662	35	4	0
2	MH Mankad	Eng	1951-52	5	10	2225	571	34	1	1
3	SP Gupte	NZl	1955-56	5	10	2140	669	34	4	0
4	N Kapil Dev	Pak	1979-80	6	11	1271	566	32	3	1
5	Harbhajan Singh	Aus	2000-01	3	6	1071	545	32	4	2
6	BS Bedi	Aus	1977-78	5	10	1259	740	31	3	1
7	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	988	345	31	4	1

R Ashwin’s feat of 31 wickets in the just concluded test series against South Africa provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler capturing 25 or more wickets in a four test home series. It also represents the record for most wickets taken by an Indian bowler in a four test series at home. It was an improvement over his own 29 wickets against Australia in 2012-13

No	Player	Oppn	Series	M	I	Overs	M	R	W	5	10
1	R Ashwin	SAF	2015-16	4	7	164.4	56	345	31	4	1
2	R Ashwin	Aus	2012-13	4	8	241.2	74	583	29	4	1
3	A Kumble	Aus	2004-04	4	8	197.3	30	685	27	3	1
4	MH Mankad	Pak	1952-53	4	7	265.2	100	514	25	3	1

R Ashwin became the first bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture nine five wicket hauls while opening the bowling as a spinner. He went past  C Blythe of England and H Trumble of Australia who had captured eight five wicket hauls in this category of statistics. R Ashwin’s exploits are furnished below

No	Overs	M	Runs	W	Pos	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	21.3	5	47	6	2	3	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
2	32.0	6	95	5	1	3	v Australia	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
3	28.0	12	63	5	2	3	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
4	25.0	6	87	5	2	2	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	16.0	6	42	5	1	4	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	20 Aug 2015
6	24.0	5	51	5	1	2	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
7	16.1	6	32	5	2	2	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
8	29.5	7	66	7	2	4	v South Africa	Nagpur	25 Nov 2015
9	49.1	26	61	5	2	4	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

 

V Kohli and AM Rahane added 154 runs for the fifth wicket in its second innings to provide the 181st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships against various oppositions. It also provides the 26^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships for the fifth wicket against various oppositions.

V Kohli and AM Rahane added 154 runs for the fifth wicket in its second innings to provide the 101st occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships against various opposition at home. It also provides the 17^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships for the fifth wicket against various oppositions at home.

V Kohli and AM Rahane added 154 runs for the fifth wicket in its second innings to provide the 16th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships against South Africa. It also provides the second occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships for the fifth wicket against various oppositions.

V Kohli and AM Rahane added 154 runs for the fifth wicket in its second innings to provide the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnerships against South Africa at home. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 150 plus runs partnership for the fifth wicket against South Africa at home.

V Kohli and AM Rahane added 154 runs for the fifth wicket in its second innings to provide the record partnership for the fifth wicket against South Africa at home. The previous best was the 110 runs partnership between SC Ganguly and MS Dhoni at Ahmedabad in Apr 2008.

V Kohli and AM Rahane added 154 runs for the fifth wicket in its second innings to provide the 46^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in tests played at Delhi. It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in tests played at Delhi.

AM Rahane scored 127 and 100 not out in the ongoing test against South Africa to provide the 81st occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in each innings of a test in the annals of test cricket.

AM Rahane scored 127 and 100 not out in the ongoing test against South Africa to provide the eighth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring centuries in each innings of a test. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VS Hazare	116	145	v Australia	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
2	SM Gavaskar	124	220	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
3	SM Gavaskar	111	137	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
4	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
5	R Dravid	190	103*	v New Zealand	Hamilton	02 Jan 1999
6	R Dravid	110	135	v Pakistan	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
7	V Kohli	115	141	v Australia	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
8	AM Rahane	127	100*	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

AM Rahane scored 127 and 100 not out in the ongoing test against South Africa to provide the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman scoring centuries in each innings of a test against South Africa All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	FI	SI	Runs	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CAG Russell	140	111	251	Eng	SAF	Durban	16 Feb 1923
2	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	213	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
3	E Paynter	117	100	217	Eng	SAF	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938
4	J Moroney	118	101*	219	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
5	A Flower	142	199*	341	Zim	SAF	Harare	07 Sep 2001
6	RT Ponting	120	143*	263	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
7	RT Ponting	103	116	219	Aus	SAF	Durban	24 Mar 2006
8	PJ Hughes	115	160	275	Aus	SAF	Durban	06 Mar 2009
9	DA Warner	135	145	280	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
10	AM Rahane	127	100*	227	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

AM Rahane scored 127 and 100 not out in the ongoing test against South Africa to provide the eighth occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in each innings of a test on Indian soil. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	ED Weekes	162	101	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1948
2	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
3	LRD Mendis	105	105	Srl	Ind	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
4	G Kirsten	102	133	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
5	R Dravid	110	135	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
6	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
7	HM Amla	114	123*	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
8	AM Rahane	127	100*	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

AM Rahane scored 127 and 100 not out in the ongoing test against South Africa to provide the third occasion of an Indian batsman scoring centuries in each innings of a test on Indian soil. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Bat1	Bat2	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
2	R Dravid	110	135	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	16 Mar 2005
3	AM Rahane	127	100*	Ind	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

AM Rahane scored 127 and 100 not out in the ongoing test against South Africa to provide the first occasion of an Indian batsman scoring centuries in each innings of a test against South Africa. It also provides the first occasion of a batsman scoring centuries in each innings of a test in the tests played at Delhi.

AM Rahane scored 100 not out India’s second innings to provide the 453rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings. It also provides the 240^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings at home

AM Rahane scored 100 not out India’s second innings to provide the 27th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against Saouth Africa. It also provides the 14th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in a test innings against South Africa at home.

AM Rahane’s 100 not out in the second innings of this test represent his sixth test century and his second test century at home. His sic test centuries are listed below

No	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	147	2	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2014
2	127	1	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015
3	126	3	Srl	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
4	118	2	NZl	Wellington	14 Feb 2014
5	103	1	Eng	Lord’s	17 Jul 2014
6	100*	3	SAF	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

AM Rahane’s 100 not out in the second innings of this test provides the 60th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in tests at Delhi. It also represents the 34th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century in tests played at Delhi. 

AM Rahane’s 100 not out in the second innings of this test provides the 60th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in tests at Delhi. Delhi became the second ground on Indian soil to witness 60 plus centuries scored on it. Kolkata has witnessed most centuries – 75 centuries

Delhi became the 25^th ground to witness 60 plus centuries in the annals of test cricket. The complete list is furnished below.

No	Ground	100s
1	Lord’s, London	233
2	Adelaide Oval	176
3	Melbourne Cricket Ground	175
4	Sydney Cricket Ground	169
5	Kennington Oval, London	165
5	Old Trafford, Manchester	126
7	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane	109
7	Headingley, Leeds	105
9	Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad	102
10	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	102
11	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	100
12	Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica	91
13	Newlands, Cape Town	90
14	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	89
15	Basin Reserve, Wellington	85
16	WACA Ground, Perth	83
17	Eden Park, Auckland	79
18	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	78
19	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	75
20	National Stadium, Karachi	73
21	Edgbaston, Birmingham	71
22	Kingsmead, Durban	70
23	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	61
24	Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana	61
25	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	60

V Kohli {640}, AM Rahane {593} and M Vijay {522} are the three Indian batsmen to score 500 plus runs in the calendar year 2015.

RG Sharma was dismissed for a first ball duck in India’s second innings to provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against South Africa.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WV Raman	0	1	3	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
2	SR Tendulkar	0	1	3	v South Africa	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992
3	J Srinath	0	1	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
4	J Srinath	0	1	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
5	SC Ganguly	0	1	4	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
6	NR Mongia	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
7	J Srinath	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
8	V Sehwag	0	1	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2006
9	MM Patel	0	1	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	02 Jan 2007
10	S Sreesanth	0	1	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2010
11	Z Khan	0	1	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
12	RG Sharma	0	1	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
13	WP Saha	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
14	RG Sharma	0	1	3	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

RG Sharma became the second Indian batsman to collect the first ball duck against South Africa on two or more occasions after J Srinath. J Srinath has collected the first ball duck on three occasions against South Africa.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Srinath	0	1	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
2	J Srinath	0	1	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 1996
3	J Srinath	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
1	RG Sharma	0	1	1	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2013
2	RG Sharma	0	1	3	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

RG Sharma was dismissed for a first ball duck in India’s second innings to provide the fifth occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against South Africa at home. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Srinath	0	1	1	v South Africa	Kanpur	08 Dec 1996
2	NR Mongia	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
3	J Srinath	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mumbai	24 Feb 2000
4	WP Saha	0	1	1	v South Africa	Mohali	05 Nov 2015
5	RG Sharma	0	1	3	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

 

RG Sharma was dismissed for a duck in India’s second innings to provide the 59^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against South Africa.

RG Sharma was dismissed for a first ball duck in India’s second innings to provide the 14^th occasion of an Indian batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings against South Africa.

AM Rahane scored 127 and 52 not out in the ongoing fourth test against South Africa at Delhi to provide the 135^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against various oppositions. It also provides the 62^nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century and a half century in a test against various oppositions.

AM Rahane became the fourth Indian batsman to score a century and a half century in a test against South Africa. The feats of all the four batsmen are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	109	52	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
2	R Dravid	148	81	v South Africa	Johannesburg	16 Jan 1997
3	V Kohli	119	96	v South Africa	Johannesburg	18 Dec 2013
4	AM Rahane	127	52*	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

MA Azharuddin and AM Rahane are the two Indian batsmen to score a century and a half century in a test against South Africa at home.  The feats of these two  batsmen are furnished below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	109	52	v South Africa	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
2	AM Rahane	127	52*	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

AM Rahane scored 127 and 52 not out in the ongoing fourth test against South Africa at Delhi to provide the 63^rd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring fifties in both innings of a test against various oppositions at home. It also provides the 28th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century and a half century in a test against various oppositions at home. All such occasions are listed below

AM Rahane became the sixth Indian batsman to score a century and a half century in the tests played at Delhi. Others are – CG Borde, DB Vengsarkar, R Dravid, VVS Laxman. Their feats are tabulated below

No	Player	FI	SI	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	CG Borde	109	96	v West Indies	Delhi	06 Feb 1959
2	DB Vengsarkar	159	63	v West Indies	Delhi	29 Oct 1983
3	R Dravid	200*	70*	v Zimbabwe	Delhi	18 Nov 2000
4	VVS Laxman	200*	59*	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
5	AM Rahane	127	52*	v South Africa	Delhi	03 Dec 2015

V Kohli scored 83 not out in the second innings of this test to provide the 185^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against various oppositions. It also provides the 93^rd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty against various oppositions at home.

V Kohli scored 83 not out in the second innings of this test represent his sixth test fifty as captain. It was his second half century. It is interesting to note 83 not out by V Kohli is his first fifty in a test at home.

AM Rahane scored 127 and 52 not out in this test to provide the 100^th occasion of a batsman scoring fifties in each innings of a test against South Africa.

AM Rahane scored 127 and 52 not out at the end of the third day in the going test between India and South Africa to provide the 43^rd occasion of a batsman scoring a century and a half century in a test against South Africa.