Indian captain openers scoring fifties in one day games
AM Rahane scored 63 in the second day game between Zimbabwe and India at Harare on 12.07.15 to provide the 58th occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring hundreds against various oppositions in one day games. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | SM Gavaskar | 80 | 1 | v Australia | Melbourne | 11 Jan 1981 |
| 2 | SM Gavaskar | 71 | 2 | v England | Cuttack | 27 Jan 1982 |
| 3 | SM Gavaskar | 69 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 31 Dec 1982 |
| 4 | K Srikkanth | 51 | 1 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 15 Oct 1989 |
| 5 | K Srikkanth | 58 | 2 | v Australia | Bangalore | 27 Oct 1989 |
| 6 | K Srikkanth | 65 | 2 | v Pakistan | Kolkata | 28 Oct 1989 |
| 7 | RJ Shastri | 109 | 1 | v South Africa | New Delhi | 14 Nov 1991 |
| 8 | SR Tendulkar | 110 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Col-RPS | 28 Aug 1996 |
| 9 | SR Tendulkar | 89* | 2 | v Pakistan | Toronto | 16 Sep 1996 |
| 10 | SR Tendulkar | 88 | 2 | v Australia | Bangalore | 21 Oct 1996 |
| 11 | SR Tendulkar | 64 | 2 | v South Africa | Jaipur | 23 Oct 1996 |
| 12 | SR Tendulkar | 62 | 1 | v Australia | Mohali | 03 Nov 1996 |
| 13 | SR Tendulkar | 67 | 1 | v South Africa | Mumbai | 06 Nov 1996 |
| 14 | SR Tendulkar | 114 | 1 | v South Africa | Mumbai | 14 Dec 1996 |
| 15 | SR Tendulkar | 104 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Benoni | 09 Feb 1997 |
| 16 | SR Tendulkar | 65* | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 27 Apr 1997 |
| 17 | SR Tendulkar | 117 | 2 | v New Zealand | Bangalore | 14 May 1997 |
| 18 | SR Tendulkar | 51 | 1 | v Pakistan | Toronto | 21 Sep 1997 |
| 19 | SR Tendulkar | 120 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Col-SSC | 29 Aug 1999 |
| 20 | SR Tendulkar | 85 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Singapore | 04 Sep 1999 |
| 21 | SR Tendulkar | 186* | 1 | v New Zealand | Hyd-RGS | 08 Nov 1999 |
| 22 | SR Tendulkar | 93 | 2 | v Pakistan | Hobart | 21 Jan 2000 |
| 23 | SC Ganguly | 105* | 2 | v South Africa | Jamshedpur | 12 Mar 2000 |
| 24 | SC Ganguly | 56 | 1 | v South Africa | Faridabad | 15 Mar 2000 |
| 25 | SC Ganguly | 87 | 2 | v South Africa | Vadodara | 17 Mar 2000 |
| 26 | SC Ganguly | 135* | 2 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 30 May 2000 |
| 27 | SC Ganguly | 66 | 2 | v Kenya | Nairobi (Gym) | 03 Oct 2000 |
| 28 | SC Ganguly | 141* | 1 | v South Africa | Nairobi (Gym) | 13 Oct 2000 |
| 29 | SC Ganguly | 117 | 1 | v New Zealand | Nairobi (Gym) | 15 Oct 2000 |
| 30 | SC Ganguly | 66 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Sharjah | 26 Oct 2000 |
| 31 | SC Ganguly | 144 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad | 05 Dec 2000 |
| 32 | SC Ganguly | 71* | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Kanpur | 11 Dec 2000 |
| 33 | SC Ganguly | 74 | 1 | v Australia | Margao | 06 Apr 2001 |
| 34 | SC Ganguly | 85 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 27 Jun 2001 |
| 35 | SC Ganguly | 62 | 2 | v West Indies | Harare | 04 Jul 2001 |
| 36 | SC Ganguly | 64 | 2 | v New Zealand | Colombo (SSC) | 02 Aug 2001 |
| 37 | SC Ganguly | 127 | 1 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 05 Oct 2001 |
| 38 | SC Ganguly | 85 | 2 | v South Africa | East London | 19 Oct 2001 |
| 39 | SC Ganguly | 111 | 1 | v Kenya | Paarl | 24 Oct 2001 |
| 40 | SC Ganguly | 57 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Faridabad | 07 Mar 2002 |
| 41 | SC Ganguly | 86 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Mohali | 10 Mar 2002 |
| 42 | SC Ganguly | 56 | 1 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 02 Jun 2002 |
| 43 | SC Ganguly | 60 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 13 Jul 2002 |
| 44 | SC Ganguly | 117* | 2 | v England | Colombo (RPS) | 22 Sep 2002 |
| 45 | SC Ganguly | 78 | 1 | v West Indies | Nagpur | 09 Nov 2002 |
| 46 | SC Ganguly | 72 | 2 | v West Indies | Rajkot | 12 Nov 2002 |
| 47 | SC Ganguly | 53 | 1 | v West Indies | Vadodara | 18 Nov 2002 |
| 48 | SC Ganguly | 90 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 05 Sep 2004 |
| 49 | SC Ganguly | 90 | 1 | v Kenya | Southampton | 11 Sep 2004 |
| 50 | R Dravid | 50 | 2 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 19 Feb 2006 |
| 51 | R Dravid | 65 | 2 | v England | Kochi | 06 Apr 2006 |
| 52 | R Dravid | 69 | 2 | v England | Indore | 15 Apr 2006 |
| 53 | R Dravid | 92 | 1 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 19 Apr 2006 |
| 54 | R Dravid | 105 | 2 | v West Indies | Kingston | 18 May 2006 |
| 55 | G Gambhir | 138* | 2 | v New Zealand | Jaipur | 01 Dec 2010 |
| 56 | G Gambhir | 126* | 2 | v New Zealand | Vadodara | 04 Dec 2010 |
| 57 | V Sehwag | 219 | 1 | v West Indies | Indore | 08 Dec 2011 |
| 58 | AM Rahane | 63 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 12 Jul 2015 |
AM Rahane scored 63 in the second day game between Zimbabwe and India at Harare on 12.07.15 to provide the ninth occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring hundreds against Zimbabwe in one day games. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | SR Tendulkar | 104 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Benoni | 09 Feb 1997 |
| 2 | SR Tendulkar | 85 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Singapore | 04 Sep 1999 |
| 3 | SC Ganguly | 66 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Sharjah | 26 Oct 2000 |
| 4 | SC Ganguly | 144 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad | 05 Dec 2000 |
| 5 | SC Ganguly | 71* | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Kanpur | 11 Dec 2000 |
| 6 | SC Ganguly | 85 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 27 Jun 2001 |
| 7 | SC Ganguly | 57 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Faridabad | 07 Mar 2002 |
| 8 | SC Ganguly | 86 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Mohali | 10 Mar 2002 |
| 9 | AM Rahane | 63 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 12 Jul 2015 |