Indian opening batsmen who have scored a duck and fifty in a test
M Vijay scored a duck and 82 in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Col-PSS to provide the 28th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a zero and a fifty in a test against various oppositions. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | VM Merchant | 78 | 0 | v England | Manchester | 20 Jul 1946 |
| 2 | MH Mankad | 111 | 0 | v Australia | Melbourne | 06 Feb 1948 |
| 3 | P Roy | 140 | 0 | v England | Mumbai (BS) | 14 Dec 1951 |
| 4 | ML Apte | 0 | 163* | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 19 Feb 1953 |
| 5 | P Roy | 0 | 67* | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 01 Jan 1955 |
| 6 | P Roy | 0 | 78 | v Pakistan | Bahawalpur | 15 Jan 1955 |
| 7 | P Roy | 0 | 99 | v Australia | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 |
| 8 | ML Jaisimha | 66 | 0 | v Australia | Mumbai (BS) | 10 Oct 1964 |
| 9 | S Abid Ali | 63 | 0 | v New Zealand | Nagpur | 03 Oct 1969 |
| 10 | FM Engineer | 86 | 0 | v England | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1974 |
| 11 | SM Gavaskar | 0 | 118 | v Australia | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1977 |
| 12 | CPS Chauhan | 0 | 85 | v Australia | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1981 |
| 13 | RJ Shastri | 66 | 0 | v England | The Oval | 08 Jul 1982 |
| 14 | K Srikkanth | 94 | 0 | v New Zealand | Mumbai | 24 Nov 1988 |
| 15 | NS Sidhu | 116 | 0 | v West Indies | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 |
| 16 | NS Sidhu | 0 | 85 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 15 Nov 1989 |
| 17 | WV Raman | 0 | 96 | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 02 Feb 1990 |
| 18 | NR Mongia | 152 | 0 | v Australia | Delhi | 10 Oct 1996 |
| 19 | DJ Gandhi | 0 | 75 | v New Zealand | Mohali | 10 Oct 1999 |
| 20 | V Sehwag | 106 | 0 | v England | Nottingham | 08 Aug 2002 |
| 21 | SB Bangar | 77 | 0 | v West Indies | Kolkata | 30 Oct 2002 |
| 22 | V Sehwag | 109 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Aug 2010 |
| 23 | V Sehwag | 0 | 63 | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 |
| 24 | A Mukund | 62 | 0 | v West Indies | Roseau | 06 Jul 2011 |
| 25 | G Gambhir | 0 | 83 | v Australia | Sydney | 03 Jan 2012 |
| 26 | S Dhawan | 0 | 115 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 06 Feb 2014 |
| 27 | M Vijay | 0 | 80 | v Australia | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
| 28 | M Vijay | 0 | 82 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Aug 2015 |
M Vijay scored a duck and 82 in the ongoing test against Sri Lanka at Col-PSS to provide the 28th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a zero and a fifty in a test against Sri Lanka. Both the listed below. Coincidentally, both the occasions are witnessed at Col-PSS. V Sehwag had scored 109 and Zero in Aug 2010 and M Vijay has now scored a duck and 82 in Aug 2015
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | V Sehwag | 109 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Aug 2010 |
| 2 | M Vijay | 0 | 82 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Aug 2015 |
The following list shows the four Indian opening batsman who have a scored a duck and fifty in a test on two or more occasions. P Roy {04}, V Sehwag {03}, NS Sidhu {02} and M Vijay {02} are the four Indian batsmen.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | P Roy | 140 | 0 | v England | Mumbai (BS) | 14 Dec 1951 |
| 2 | P Roy | 0 | 67* | v Pakistan | Dhaka | 01 Jan 1955 |
| 3 | P Roy | 0 | 78 | v Pakistan | Bahawalpur | 15 Jan 1955 |
| 4 | P Roy | 0 | 99 | v Australia | Delhi | 12 Dec 1959 |
| 1 | V Sehwag | 106 | 0 | v England | Nottingham | 08 Aug 2002 |
| 2 | V Sehwag | 109 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 03 Aug 2010 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 0 | 63 | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Dec 2010 |
| 1 | M Vijay | 0 | 80 | v Australia | Sydney | 06 Jan 2015 |
| 2 | M Vijay | 0 | 82 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 20 Aug 2015 |
| 1 | NS Sidhu | 116 | 0 | v West Indies | Kingston | 28 Apr 1989 |
| 2 | NS Sidhu | 0 | 85 | v Pakistan | Karachi | 15 Nov 1989 |