RG Sharma of India scored 176 and 127 in the ongoing Test at Vizag against South Africa to provide the 30^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring centuries in both innings of a Test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	W Bardsley	136	130	Aus	Eng	The Oval	09 Aug 1909
2	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
3	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
4	AR Morris	122	124*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947
5	A Melville	189	104*	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
6	B Mitchell	120	189*	SAF	Eng	The Oval	16 Aug 1947
7	J Moroney	118	101*	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
8	Hanif Mohammad	111	104	Pak	Eng	Dhaka	19 Jan 1962
9	RB Simpson	153	115	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
10	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
11	GM Turner	101	110*	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	08 Mar 1974
12	CG Greenidge	134	101	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jul 1976
13	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
14	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
15	GA Gooch	333	123	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	26 Jul 1990
16	AJ Stewart	118	143	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	08 Apr 1994
17	G Kirsten	102	133	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
18	GW Flower	104	151	Zim	NZl	Harare	18 Sep 1997
19	Wajahatullah Wasti	133	121*	Pak	Srl	Lahore	04 Mar 1999
20	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
21	ML Hayden	117	132	Aus	Srl	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
22	ME Trescothick	105	107	Eng	Win	Birmingham	29 Jul 2004
23	AJ Strauss	123	108	Eng	Ind	Chennai	11 Dec 2008
24	PJ Hughes	115	160	Aus	SAF	Durban	06 Mar 2009
25	KOA Powell	117	110	Win	Ban	Dhaka	13 Nov 2012
26	PG Fulton	136	110	NZl	Eng	Auckland	22 Mar 2013
27	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
28	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
29	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
30	RG Sharma	176	127	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below. RG Sharma became the second Indian batsman after SM Gavaskar to perform such a feat.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
3	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
4	RG Sharma	176	127	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below. RG Sharma became the second Indian batsman after SM Gavaskar to perform such a feat.

No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
2	J Moroney	118	101*	Aus	SAF	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
3	PJ Hughes	115	160	Aus	SAF	Durban	06 Mar 2009
4	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
5	RG Sharma	176	127	Ind	SAF	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019

DA Warner {03}, SM Gavaskar {03}, H Surcliffe {02} and ML Hayden {02} are the four opening batsmen who have scored centuries in both innings of a Test on two or more occasions

No	No	Player	FI	SI	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	DA Warner	135	145	Aus	SAF	Cape Town	01 Mar 2014
	2	DA Warner	145	102	Aus	Ind	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
	3	DA Warner	163	116	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
2	1	SM Gavaskar	124	220	Ind	Win	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
	2	SM Gavaskar	111	137	Ind	Pak	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
	3	SM Gavaskar	107	182*	Ind	Win	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
3	1	H Sutcliffe	176	127	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
	2	H Sutcliffe	104	109*	Eng	SAF	The Oval	17 Aug 1929
4	1	ML Hayden	197	103	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	07 Nov 2002
	2	ML Hayden	117	132	Aus	Srl	Cairns	09 Jul 2004