RG Sharma’s distinction – becomes the fifth opening batsman in the history of one day internationals to score ten or more centuries on home soil
RG Sharma’s 159 against West Indies at Visakhapatnam on 18 Dec 19 was his tenth one day century as an opening batsman on home soil. He earned the distinction of becoming the fifth opening batsman in the history of one-day internationals to score ten or more centuries on home soil. Others are – SR Tendulkar {19}, HM Amla {10}, MJ Guptill {10} and DL Haynes {10}. RG Sharma’s ten centuries in this category of statistics are tabulated below
| No | Runs | Pos | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 141* | 1 | 2 | v Australia | Jaipur | 16 Oct 2013 |
| 2 | 209 | 1 | 1 | v Australia | Bengaluru | 02 Nov 2013 |
| 3 | 264 | 2 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Kolkata | 13 Nov 2014 |
| 4 | 150 | 1 | 2 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 11 Oct 2015 |
| 5 | 125 | 2 | 2 | v Australia | Nagpur | 01 Oct 2017 |
| 6 | 147 | 1 | 1 | v New Zealand | Kanpur | 29 Oct 2017 |
| 7 | 208* | 1 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mohali | 13 Dec 2017 |
| 8 | 152* | 1 | 2 | v West Indies | Guwahati | 21 Oct 2018 |
| 9 | 162 | 1 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai (BS) | 29 Oct 2018 |
| 10 | 159 | 1 | 1 | v West Indies | Visakhapatnam | 18 Dec 2019 |