Both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a Test innings

Both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a Test innings

The Indian score board read 240 for no loss against South Africa at Vizag on the second day when MA Agarwal completed his century and was on exact 100 not out. RG Sharma’s score read 137 not out   RG Sharma’s 137 not out and MA Agarwal’s 100 not out in this test provides the tenth occasion of both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 VM Merchant 114 3 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
  2 S Mushtaq Ali 112 3 v England Manchester 25 Jul 1936
               
2 1 MH Mankad 231 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
  2 P Roy 173 1 v New Zealand Chennai 06 Jan 1956
               
3 1 SM Gavaskar 172 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 1986
  2 K Srikkanth 116 1 v Australia Sydney 02 Jan 1986
               
4 1 V Sehwag 254 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
  2 R Dravid 128* 2 v Pakistan Lahore 13 Jan 2006
               
5 1 KD Karthik 129 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 May 2007
  2 W Jaffer 138* 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 May 2007
               
6 1 G Gambhir 167 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
  2 V Sehwag 131 1 v Sri Lanka Kanpur 24 Nov 2009
               
7 1 M Vijay 153 2 v Australia Mohali 14 Mar 2013
  2 S Dhawan 187 2 v Australia Mohali 14 Mar 2013
               
8 1 M Vijay 150 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
  2 S Dhawan 173 1 v Bangladesh Fatullah 10 Jun 2015
               
9 1 M Vijay 105 1 v Afghanistan Bengaluru 14 Jun 2018
  2 S Dhawan 107 1 v Afghanistan Bengaluru 14 Jun 2018
               
10 1 RG Sharma 137* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019
  2 MA Agarwal 100* 1 v South Africa Vizag 02 Oct 2019
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