BKG Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 79 and MP O’Dowd of Netherlands scored 71 not out in the match between Sri Lanka and Netherlands at Geelong on 20 Oct 2022 to provide the sixth occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in the same game in the T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	CH Gayle	117	1	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
	2	HH Gibbs	90*	2	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
2	1	TM Dilshan	96*	1	Srl	Win	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
	2	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
3	1	RJ Nicol	58	1	NZl	Srl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
	2	TM Dilshan	76	2	Srl	NZl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
4	1	TM Dilshan	55	1	Srl	Eng	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
	2	AD Hales	116*	2	Eng	Srl	Chattogram	27 Mar 2014
5	1	V Sibanda	59	1	Zim	HKG	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
	2	JJ Atkinson	53	2	HKG	Zim	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
6	1	BKG Mendis	79	1	Srl	Net	Geelong	20 Oct 2022
	2	MP O’Dowd	71*	2	Netv	Srl	Geelong	20 Oct 2022