Captain openers scoring fifties on captaincy debut in one day internationals
S Dhawan of India scored 86 not out against Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 18.07.21 to provide the 27th occasion of a captain opener scoring a fifty on captaincy debut in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | GM Turner | 171* | 1 | NZl | EAF | Birmingham | 07.06.75 |
| 2 | Majid Khan | 60 | 1 | Pak | Win | Birmingham | 11.06.75 |
| 3 | RJ Shastri | 109 | 1 | Ind | RSA | New Delhi | 14.11.91 |
| 4 | KC Wessels | 81* | 2 | RSA | Aus | Sydney | 26.02.92 |
| 5 | AJ Stewart | 77 | 2 | Eng | RSA | Melbourne | 12.03.92 |
| 6 | MA Atherton | 86 | 1 | Eng | Win | Bridgetown | 16.02.94 |
| 7 | Aamer Sohail | 55 | 2 | Pak | Ind | Bengaluru | 09.03.96 |
| 8 | Tendulkar | 110 | 1 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 28.08.96 |
| 9 | Jayasuriya | 102 | 2 | Srl | Zim | Col-SSC | 26.01.98 |
| 10 | N Hussain | 85 | 2 | Eng | RSA | Bloemfontein | 23.01.00 |
| 11 | AC Gilchrist | 98 | 2 | Aus | Win | Brisbane | 14.01.01 |
| 12 | MS Atapattu | 53* | 2 | Srl | Eng | Col-SSC | 27.03.01 |
| 13 | Trescothick | 52 | 1 | Eng | Zim | Bulawayo | 10.10.01 |
| 14 | S Chanderpaul | 57 | 1 | Win | Srl | Col-RPS | 06.08.05 |
| 15 | R Dravid | 50 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Karachi | 19.02.06 |
| 16 | T Duffin | 53 | 2 | Zim | Ken | Bulawayo | 25.02.06 |
| 17 | AJ Strauss | 74* | 2 | Eng | Ind | Jamshedpur | 12.04.06 |
| 18 | BB McCullum | 71 | 2 | NZl | Ind | Christchurch | 08.03.09 |
| 19 | GM Hamilton | 119 | 1 | Sco | Can | Aberdeen | 07.07.09 |
| 20 | RT Ponting | 59 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Delhi | 31.10.09 |
| 21 | AN Cook | 64 | 2 | Eng | Ban | Dhaka | 28.02.10 |
| 22 | TM Dilshan | 61 | 1 | Srl | Ind | Bulawayo | 30.05.10 |
| 23 | Azhar Ali | 72 | 2 | Pak | Ban | Dhaka | 17.04.15 |
| 24 | Mohd Hafeez | 72 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Melbourne | 15.01.17 |
| 25 | F Karunaratne | 77 | 1 | Srl | Sco | Edinburgh | 21.05.20 |
| 26 | A Balbirnie | 102 | 1 | Ire | RSA | Dublin-M | 13.07.21 |
| 27 | S Dhawan | 86* | 2 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 18.07.21 |
It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain opener scoring a fifty on captaincy debut in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | RJ Shastri | 109 | 1 | Ind | RSA | New Delhi | 14.11.91 |
| 2 | Tendulkar | 110 | 1 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 28.08.96 |
| 3 | R Dravid | 50 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Karachi | 19.02.06 |
| 4 | S Dhawan | 86* | 2 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 18.07.21 |
It also provide the third occasion of a captain opener scoring a fifty on captaincy debut in the history of one day internationals against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | Tendulkar | 110 | 1 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 28.08.96 |
| 2 | S Chanderpaul | 57 | 1 | Win | Srl | Col-RPS | 06.08.05 |
| 3 | S Dhawan | 86* | 2 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 18.07.21 |
The following table lists the captain openers who have scored ninety and centuries on their captaincy debut in one day internationals
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | AC Gilchrist | 98 | 2 | Aus | Win | Brisbane | 14.01.01 |
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Date |
| 1 | GM Turner | 171* | 1 | NZl | EAF | Birmingham | 07.06.75 |
| 2 | GM Hamilton | 119 | 1 | Sco | Can | Aberdeen | 07.07.09 |
| 3 | Tendulkar | 110 | 1 | Ind | Srl | Col-RPS | 28.08.96 |
| 4 | RJ Shastri | 109 | 1 | Ind | RSA | New Delhi | 14.11.91 |
| 5 | Jayasuriya | 102 | 2 | Srl | Zim | Col-SSC | 26.01.98 |
| 6 | A Balbirnie | 102 | 1 | Ire | RSA | Dublin-M | 13.07.21 |