DR Smith {53} and BB McCullum {60} scored fifties for Gujarat Lions against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on 27.04.16 to provide the 36th occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

BOTH THE OPENERS SCORING FIFTIES
No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	01	G Gambhir	50	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
	02	V Sehwag	71	Delhi	Chennai	Chennai	02.05.08
2	01	GC Smith	75*	Rajasthan	Bangalore	Jaipur	17.05.08
	02	SA Asnodkar	50	Rajasthan	Bangalore	Jaipur	17.05.08
3	01	SE Marsh	60	Punjab	Deccan	Mohali	23.05.08
	02	KC Sangakkara	50	Punjab	Deccan	Mohali	23.05.08
4	01	SE Marsh	115	Punjab	Rajasthan	Mohali	28.05.08
	02	JR Hopes	51	Punjab	Rajasthan	Mohali	28.05.08
5	01	ST Jayasuriya	52	Mumbai	Kolkata	P Elizabeth	27.04.09
	02	SR Tendulkar	68	Mumbai	Kolkata	P Elizabeth	27.04.09
6	01	NV Ojha	68	Rajasthan	Punjab	Durban	05.05.09
	02	GC Smith	77	Rajasthan	Punjab	Durban	05.05.09
7	01	BJ Hodge	50	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10
	02	MK Tiwary	50	Kolkata	Bangalore	Kolkata	14.03.10
8	01	RS Bopara	77	Punjab	Bangalore	Bangalore	16.03.10
	02	MS Bisla	75	Punjab	Bangalore	Bangalore	16.03.10
9	01	S Dhawan	56	Mumbai	Chennai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
	02	SR Tendulkar	72	Mumbai	Chennai	Mum-BS	25.03.10
10	01	BB McCullum	81	Kochi	Mumbai	Cuttack	15.04.11
	02	M Jayawardene	56	Kochi	Mumbai	Cuttack	15.04.11
11	01	AC Gilchrist	61	Punjab	Deccan	Hyd-RGS	16.04.11
	02	PC Valthaty	75	Punjab	Deccan	Hyd-RGS	16.04.11
12	01	DA Warner	77	Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	23.04.11
	02	V Sehwag	77	Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	23.04.11
13	01	S Dhawan	95	Deccan	Punjab	Dharamsala	21.05.11
	02	DB Ravi Teja	60	Deccan	Punjab	Dharamsala	21.05.11
14	01	MEK Hussey	63	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	28.05.11
	02	M Vijay	95	Chennai	Bangalore	Chennai	28.05.11
15	01	F du Plessis	58	Chennai	Pune	Chennai	19.04.12
	02	S Badrinath	57	Chennai	Pune	Chennai	19.04.12
16	01	M Jayawardne	55	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	27.04.12
	02	V Sehwag	73	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	27.04.12
17	01	CH Gayle	57	Bangalore	Deccan	Pune-SRS	11.05.12
	02	TM Dilshan	53	Bangalore	Deccan	Pune-SRS	11.05.12
18	01	SR Tendulkar	58*	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Jaipur	20.05.12
	02	DR Smith	87*	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Jaipur	20.05.12
19	01	M Vijay	50*	Chennai	Punjab	Mohali	09.04.13
	02	MEK Hussey	66*	Chennai	Punjab	Mohali	09.04.13
20	01	M Jayawardune	59	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	21,04,13
	02	V Sehwag	95*	Delhi	Mumbai	Delhi	21,04,13
21	01	R Dravid	58	Rajasthan	Pune	Jaipur	05.05.13
	02	AM Rahane	67	Rajasthan	Pune	Jaipur	05.05.13
22	01	CA Pujara	51	Bangalore	Punjab	Mohali	06.05.13
	02	CH Gayle	62	Bangalore	Punjab	Mohali	06.05.13
23	01	R Dravid	53	Rajasthan	Delhi	Jaipur	07.05.13
	02	AM Rahane	63	Rajasthan	Delhi	Jaipur	07.05.13
24	01	DR Smith	66	Chennai	Punjab	Abu Dhabi	18.04.14
	02	BB McCullum	67	Chennai	Punjab	Abu Dhabi	18.04.14
25	01	RV Uthappa	65	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	05.05.14
	02	G Gambhir	54	Kolkata	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	05.05.14
26	01	MEK Hussey	56	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	19.05.14
	02	LMP Simmons	62	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	19.05.14
27	01	S Dhawan	50	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	20.05.14
	02	DA Warner	59	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Hyd-RGS	20.05.14
28	01	DA Warner	90	Sunrisers	Chennai	Ranchi	22.05.14
	02	S Dhawan	64	Sunrisers	Chennai	Ranchi	22.05.14
29	01	S Dhawan	50*	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	13.04.15
	02	DA Warner	57	Sunrisers	Bangalore	Bangalore	13.04.15
30	01	AM Rahane	76*	Rajasthan	Chennai	Ahmedabad	19.04.15
	02	SR Watson	73	Rajasthan	Chennai	Ahmedabad	19.04.15
31	01	S Dhawan	54	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Vizag	22.04.15
	02	DA Warner	91	Sunrisers	Kolkata	Vizag	22.04.15
32	01	MA Agarwal	53*	Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	01.05.15
	02	SS Iyer	54	Delhi	Punjab	Delhi	01.05.15
33	01	LMP Simmons	71	Mumbai	Punjab	Mohali	03.05.15
	02	PA Patel	59	Mumbai	Punjab	Mohali	03.05.15
34	01	M Vijay	53	Punjab	Ris Pune	Mohali	16.04.16
	02	M Vohra	51	Punjab	Ris Pune	Mohali	16.04.16
35	01	DA Warner	74*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Rajkot	21.04.16
	02	S Dhawan	53*	Sunrisers	Gujarat	Rajkot	21.04.16
36	01	DR Smith	53	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	27.04.16
	02	BB McCulllum	60	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	27.04.16

DR Smith {53} and BB McCullum {60} scored fifties for Gujarat Lions against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on 27.04.16 to provide the seventh occasion of both the overseas openers scoring fifties in IPL. All such occasions are listed below

BOTH THE OPENERS – OVERSEAS – SCORING FIFTIES
No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	01	SE Marsh	60	Punjab	Deccan	Mohali	23.05.08
	02	KC Sangakkara	50	Punjab	Deccan	Mohali	23.05.08
2	01	SE Marsh	115	Punjab	Rajasthan	Mohali	28.05.08
	02	JR Hopes	51	Punjab	Rajasthan	Mohali	28.05.08
3	01	BB McCullum	81	Kochi	Mumbai	Cuttack	15.04.11
	02	M Jayawardene	56	Kochi	Mumbai	Cuttack	15.04.11
4	01	CH Gayle	57	Bangalore	Deccan	Pune-SRS	11.05.12
	02	TM Dilshan	53	Bangalore	Deccan	Pune-SRS	11.05.12
5	01	DR Smith	66	Chennai	Punjab	Abu Dhabi	18.04.14
	02	BB McCullum	67	Chennai	Punjab	Abu Dhabi	18.04.14
6	01	MEK Hussey	56	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	19.05.14
	02	LMP Simmons	62	Mumbai	Rajasthan	Ahmedabad	19.05.14
7	01	DR Smith	53	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	27.04.16
	02	BB McCullum	60	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	27.04.16

DR Smith {53} and BB McCullum {60} scored fifties for Gujarat Lions against Delhi Daredevils at Delhi on 27.04.16 to provide the second occasion of same pair of both overseas openers scoring fifties in IPL. Both the occasions are listed below

BOTH THE OPENERS – OVERSEAS – SCORING FIFTIES ON TWO OCCASIONS
No	Pos	Batsman	Runs	Team	Oppn	Venue	Date
1	01	DR Smith	66	Chennai	Punjab	Abu Dhabi	18.04.14
	02	BB McCullum	67	Chennai	Punjab	Abu Dhabi	18.04.14
2	01	DR Smith	53	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	27.04.16
	02	BB McCullum	60	Gujarat	Delhi	Delhi	27.04.16