Rival wicket keeper batsmen opening the innings for their teams in one day internationals
This game witnessed RR Pant opening the innings for India and S Hope opening the innings for West Indies to provide the 172nd occasion of rival wicket keepers opening the innings in one day internationals
It also provides the third such occasion in India-West Indies one day series. The other two occasions were at Toronto on 12 Sep 1999 and 14 Sep 1999.
There is an interesting statistics associated with these two occasions. On 12 Sep 1999, RD Jacobs opened for West Indies and MSK Prasad opened for India, both the Indian openers – MSK Prasad and S Ramesh – scored zeroes
On 14 Sep 1999, MSK Prasad opened for India and RD Jacobs opened for West Indies – both the West Indian openers – SC Campbell and RD Jacobs – scored zeroes