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·        Zander de Bruyn and Thami Tsolekile were making their Test debut for South Africa. A total of 294 players have now appeared for South Africa in Test cricket.

·        Sachin Tendulkar was playing his 50^th Test at home. He became fourth Indian to do so after Sunil Gavaskar (65), Kapil Dev (65) and Dilip Vengsarkar (54).

·        Sourav Ganguly was opening the bowling for India in the first innings of a Test for the sixth time in his career. The last such occasion for him was against England at Bangalore in 2001-02

·        Andrew Hall (78*), opening the batting for the first time in Test cricket, scored his third fifty.

·        Jacques Kallis,on 33, completed his 6,000 runs in Test cricket in his 81^st Test and 134^th innings. He became second South African after Gary Kirsten and 38^th batsman in the world to do so.

·        The dismissal of Jacobus Rudolph was the 50^th time Anil Kumble got rid of a batsman without letting him open his account. He became only second Indian after Kapil Dev to do so.

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·        Interestingly Kumble is only the third spinner (after Muralitharan and Warne) out of the 16 bowlers who have inflicted 50 or more ducks in Test cricket.