On his first and only tour of South Africa in 1992 after the country was readmitted to international cricket post the end of Apartheid in 1991, Kapil batting with a fractured hand scored 129 of the team's total of 215 on a completely deteriorated Port Elizabeth wicket after India were 31/6 when he came to the crease. Although India ended up losing the test, courtesy Allan Donald's 12 wickets, it was the first instance in Indian cricket history that one player accounted for 60% of team's innings total.
