**Cheteshwar Pujara became the first Indian player to be dismissed run out in each innings of a Test.
India losing seven wickets for less than 100 runs 3+ times a series:
4 vs Aus in Aus, 1947/48
3 vs Eng in Eng, 1952
3 vs Eng in Eng, 1967
3 vs NZ in Ind, 1969/70
3 vs WI in Ind, 1983/84
3 vs SA in SA, 2017/18
**Lance Klusener is the only other South African bowler to take a five-fer on his first Test against India. 8/64 in Kolkata in 1996. Like Ngidi, it was Klusener's debut Test and the effort also came in the second innings.
Best figures on debut for SA:
8/64 L Klusener v Ind, 1996
7/29 K Abbott v Pak, 2013
7/63 Alf Hall v Eng, 1923
7/81 M de Lange v SL, 2011
7/95 Gobo Ashley v Eng, 1889
6/38 P Pollock v NZ, 1961
6/39 LUNGI NGIDI v Ind, 2018
Most successive series without a defeat for India:
11 Oct 2008 - Jul 2011
10 Jun 2015 - Dec 2017(now)
07 Jan 1993 - Nov 1995
India's series results in SA:
1992/93 Lost 0-1
1996/97 Lost 0-2
2000/01 Lost 0-1
2006/07 Lost 2-1
2010/11 Drew 1-1
2013/14 Lost 0-1
2017/18 Lost 0-2*