Both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings
YBK Jaiswal {143*} and RG Sharma {103} of India scored centuries in the first innings of the ongoing test between India and West Indies at Roseau to provide the 83rd occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman-1 | Score | Batsman-2 | Score | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Jackson FS | 118 | Hayward TW | 137 | Eng | Aus | 1 | The Oval | 14.08.1899 |
| 2 | Hobbs JB | 178 | Rhodes W | 179 | Eng | Aus | 1 | Melbourne | 09.02.1912 |
| 3 | Hobbs JB | 211 | Sutcliffe H | 122 | Eng | SAF | 1 | Lord’s | 28.06.1924 |
| 4 | Hobbs JB | 154 | Sutcliffe H | 176 | Eng | Aus | 1 | Melbourne | 01.01.1925 |
| 5 | Hobbs JB | 100 | Sutcliffe H | 161 | Eng | Aus | 2 | The Oval | 14.08.1926 |
| 6 | Dempster CS | 136 | Mills JE | 117 | NZl | Eng | 1 | Wellington | 24.01.1930 |
| 7 | Mitchell B | 123 | Siedle IJ | 141 | SAF | Eng | 1 | CapeTown | 01.01.1931 |
| 8 | Christy JAJ | 103 | Mitchell B | 113 | SAF | NZl | 1 | Christchurch | 27.02.1932 |
| 9 | Brown WA | 121 | Fingleton JH | 112 | Aus | SAF | 1 | CapeTown | 01.01.1936 |
| 10 | Merchant VM | 114 | MushtaqAli S | 112 | Ind | Eng | 2 | Manchester | 25.07.1936 |
| 11 | Barnett CJ | 126 | Hutton L | 100 | Eng | Aus | 1 | Nottingham | 10.06.1938 |
| 12 | Carew GM | 107 | Ganteaume AG | 112 | Win | Eng | 1 | Port of Spain | 11.02.1948 |
| 13 | Hutton L | 158 | Washbrook C | 195 | Eng | SAF | 1 | Jo’burg | 27.12.1948 |
| 14 | Rae AF | 109 | Stollmeyer JB | 160 | Win | Ind | 1 | Chennai | 27.01.1949 |
| 15 | Morris AR | 111 | MoroneyJ AR | 118 | Aus | SAF | 1 | Jo’burg | 10.02.1950 |
| 16 | McDonald CC | 110 | Morris AR | 111 | Aus | Win | 1 | Port of Spain | 11.04.1955 |
| 17 | Mankad MH | 231 | Roy P | 173 | Ind | NZl | 1 | Chennai | 06.01.1956 |
| 18 | Pullar G | 175 | Cowdrey MC | 155 | Eng | SAF | 2 | The Oval | 18.08.1960 |
| 19 | Lawry WM | 106 | Simpson RB | 311 | Aus | Eng | 1 | Manchester | 23.07.1964 |
| 20 | Lawry WM | 210 | Simpson RB | 201 | Aus | Win | 1 | Bridgetown | 05.05.1965 |
| 21 | Simpson RB | 225 | Lawry WM | 119 | Aus | Eng | 1 | Adelaide | 28.01.1966 |
| 22 | Simpson RB | 109 | Lawry WM | 100 | Aus | Ind | 1 | Melbourne | 30.12.1967 |
| 23 | Turner GM | 259 | Jarvis TW | 182 | NZl | Win | 1 | Georgetown | 06.04.1972 |
| 24 | Fredericks RC | 109 | Greenidge CG | 115 | Win | Eng | 1 | Leeds | 22.07.1976 |
| 25 | Greenidge CG | 154* | Haynes DL | 136 | Win | Ind | 1 | StJohn’s | 28.04.1983 |
| 26 | Fowler G | 105 | Tavare CJ | 109 | Eng | NZl | 2 | The Oval | 14.07.1983 |
| 27 | Greenidge CG | 120* | Haynes DL | 103* | Win | Aus | 2 | Georgetown | 02.03.1984 |
| 28 | Gavaskar SM | 172 | Srikkanth K | 116 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Sydney | 02.01.1986 |
| 29 | Marsh GR | 138 | Taylor MA | 219 | Aus | Eng | 1 | Nottingham | 10.08.1989 |
| 30 | Greenidge CG | 149 | Haynes DL | 167 | Win | Eng | 1 | StJohn’s | 12.04.1990 |
| 31 | Gooch GA | 116 | Atherton MA | 131 | Eng | Ind | 1 | Manchester | 09.08.1990 |
| 32 | Taylor MA | 111 | Slater MJ | 152 | Aus | Eng | 1 | Lord’s | 17.06.1993 |
| 33 | Taylor MA | 113 | Slater MJ | 103 | Aus | Eng | 2 | Sydney | 01.01.1995 |
| 34 | Hudson AC | 146 | Kirsten G | 102 | SAF | Ind | 1 | Kolkata | 27.11.1996 |
| 35 | Aamir Sohail | 160 | Ijaz Ahmed | 151 | Pak | Win | 1 | Karachi | 06.12.1997 |
| 36 | Griffith AFG | 114 | Campbell SL | 170 | Win | NZl | 1 | Hamilton | 16.12.1999 |
| 37 | Atapattu MS | 207* | Jayasuriya ST | 188 | Srl | Pak | 1 | Kandy | 28.06.2000 |
| 38 | Richardson MH | 106 | Bell MD | 105 | NZl | Pak | 1 | Hamilton | 27.03.2001 |
| 39 | Saeed Anwar | 101 | Taufeeq Umar | 104 | Pak | Ban | 1 | Multan | 29.08.2001 |
| 40 | Gibbs HH | 147 | Kirsten G | 220 | SAF | Zim | 1 | Harare | 07.09.2001 |
| 41 | Langer JL | 104 | Hayden ML | 136 | Aus | NZl | 1 | Brisbane | 08.11.2001 |
| 42 | Langer JL | 126 | Hayden ML | 105 | Aus | SAF | 1 | Sydney | 02.01.2002 |
| 43 | Langer JL | 250 | Hayden ML | 102 | Aus | Eng | 1 | Melbourne | 26.12.2002 |
| 44 | Smith GC | 151 | Gibbs HH | 228 | SAF | Pak | 1 | CapeTown | 02.01.2003 |
| 45 | Langer JL | 111 | Hayden ML | 177 | Aus | Win | 2 | St John’s | 09.05.2003 |
| 46 | Smith GC | 277 | Gibbs HH | 179 | SAF | Eng | 1 | Birmingham | 24.07.2003 |
| 47 | Richardson MH | 145 | Vincent L | 106 | NZl | Ind | 1 | Mohali | 16.10.2003 |
| 48 | Smith GC | 139 | Gibbs HH | 192 | SAF | Win | 1 | Centurion | 16.01.2004 |
| 49 | Atapattu MS | 170 | Jayasuriya ST | 157 | Srl | Zim | 1 | Harare | 06.05.2004 |
| 50 | Langer JL | 162 | Hayden ML | 117 | Aus | Srl | 1 | Cairns | 09.07.2004 |
| 51 | Trescothick ME | 132 | Strauss AJ | 136 | Eng | SAF | 2 | Durban | 26.12.2004 |
| 52 | Smith GC | 104 | deVilliers AB | 178 | SAF | Win | 1 | Bridgetown | 21.04.2005 |
| 53 | deVilliers AB | 114 | Smith GC | 126 | SAF | Win | 1 | St John’s | 29.04.2005 |
| 54 | Langer JL | 105 | Hayden ML | 138 | Aus | Eng | 1 | The Oval | 08.09.2005 |
| 55 | Hayden ML | 110 | Hussey MEK | 137 | Aus | Win | 1 | Hobart | 17.11.2005 |
| 56 | Sehwag V | 254 | Dravid R | 128* | Ind | Pak | 1 | Lahore | 13.01.2006 |
| 57 | Karthik KD | 129 | Jaffer W | 138* | Ind | Ban | 1 | Dhaka | 25.05.2007 |
| 58 | McKenzie ND | 226 | Smith GC | 232 | SAF | Ban | 1 | Chattogram | 29.02.2008 |
| 59 | Jaques PA | 108 | Katich SM | 157 | Aus | Win | 2 | Bridgetown | 12.06.2008 |
| 60 | Smith GC | 107 | McKenzie ND | 138 | SAF | Eng | 2 | Lord’s | 10.07.2008 |
| 61 | Hughes PJ | 115 | Katich SM | 108 | Aus | SAF | 1 | Durban | 06.03.2009 |
| 62 | Gambhir G | 167 | Sehwag V | 131 | Ind | Srl | 1 | Kanpur | 24.11.2009 |
| 63 | Strauss AJ | 110 | Cook AN | 235* | Eng | Aus | 2 | Brisbane | 25.11.2010 |
| 64 | Gayle CH | 150 | Powell KOA | 134 | Win | NZl | 1 | NorthSou | 25.07.2012 |
| 65 | Cook AN | 116 | Compton NRD | 117 | Eng | NZl | 2 | Dunedin | 06.03.2013 |
| 66 | Vijay M | 153 | Dhawan S | 187 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Mohali | 14.03.2013 |
| 67 | Tamim Iqbal | 109 | Imrul Kayes | 130 | Ban | Zim | 1 | Chattogram | 12.11.2014 |
| 68 | Tamim Iqbal | 206 | Imrul Kayes | 150 | Ban | Pak | 2 | Khulna | 28.04.2015 |
| 69 | Vijay M | 150 | Dhawan S | 173 | Ind | Ban | 1 | Fatullah | 10.06.2015 |
| 70 | Burns JA | 129 | Warner DA | 116 | Aus | NZl | 2 | Brisbane | 05.11.2015 |
| 71 | Renshaw MT | 184 | Warner DA | 113 | Aus | Pak | 1 | Sydney | 02.01.2017 |
| 72 | Elgar D | 113 | Markram AK | 143 | SAF | Ban | 1 | Bloemfontein | 06.10.2017 |
| 73 | Vijay M | 105 | Dhawan S | 107 | Ind | Afg | 1 | Bengaluru | 14.06.2018 |
| 74 | Raval JA | 132 | Latham TWM | 161 | NZl | Ban | 1 | Hamilton | 28.02.2019 |
| 75 | Agarwal MA | 215 | Sharma RG | 176 | Ind | SAF | 1 | Vizag | 02.10.2019 |
| 76 | Shan Masood | 135 | Abid Ali | 174 | Pak | Srl | 2 | Karachi | 19.12.2019 |
| 77 | D Karunaratne | 118 | HDRL Thirimanne | 140 | Srl | Ban | 1 | Pallekele | 29.04.2021 |
| 78 | Imam-ul-Huq | 111* | A Shafique | 136* | Pak | Aus | 2 | Rawalpindi | 04.03.2022 |
| 70 | Z Crawly | 122 | BM Duckett | 107 | Eng | Pak | 1 | Rawalpindi | 01.12.2022 |
| 80 | Imam-ul-Huq | 121 | A Shafique | 114 | Pak | Eng | 1 | Rawalpindi | 01.12.2022 |
| 81 | KC Brathwaite | 182 | T Chanderpaul | 207 | Win | Zim | 1 | Bulawayo | 04.02.2023 |
| 82 | N Madhushanka | 205 | D Karunaratne | 115 | Srl | Ire | 1 | Galle | 24.04.2023 |
| 83 | Jaiswal YBK | 143* | Sharma RG | 103 | Ind | Win | 1 | Roseau | 12.07.2023 |
It also provides the eleventh occasion of both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman-1 | Score | Batsman-2 | Score | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Merchant VM | 114 | MushtaqAli S | 112 | Ind | Eng | 2 | Manchester | 25.07.1936 |
| 2 | Mankad MH | 231 | Roy P | 173 | Ind | NZl | 1 | Chennai | 06.01.1956 |
| 3 | Gavaskar SM | 172 | Srikkanth K | 116 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Sydney | 02.01.1986 |
| 4 | Sehwag V | 254 | Dravid R | 128* | Ind | Pak | 1 | Lahore | 13.01.2006 |
| 5 | Karthik KD | 129 | Jaffer W | 138* | Ind | Ban | 1 | Dhaka | 25.05.2007 |
| 6 | Gambhir G | 167 | Sehwag V | 131 | Ind | Srl | 1 | Kanpur | 24.11.2009 |
| 7 | Vijay M | 153 | Dhawan S | 187 | Ind | Aus | 1 | Mohali | 14.03.2013 |
| 8 | Vijay M | 150 | Dhawan S | 173 | Ind | Ban | 1 | Fatullah | 10.06.2015 |
| 9 | Vijay M | 105 | Dhawan S | 107 | Ind | Afg | 1 | Bengaluru | 14.06.2018 |
| 10 | Agarwal MA | 215 | Sharma RG | 176 | Ind | SAF | 1 | Vizag | 02.10.2019 |
| 11 | Jaiswal YBK | 143* | Sharma RG | 103 | Ind | Win | 1 | Roseau | 12.07.2023 |
It also provides the eleventh occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Batsman-1 | Score | Batsman-2 | Score | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | McDonald CC | 110 | Morris AR | 111 | Aus | Win | 1 | Port of Spain | 11.04.1955 |
| 2 | Lawry WM | 210 | Simpson RB | 201 | Aus | Win | 1 | Bridgetown | 05.05.1965 |
| 3 | Turner GM | 259 | Jarvis TW | 182 | NZl | Win | 1 | Georgetown | 06.04.1972 |
| 4 | Aamir Sohail | 160 | Ijaz Ahmed | 151 | Pak | Win | 1 | Karachi | 06.12.1997 |
| 5 | Langer JL | 111 | Hayden ML | 177 | Aus | Win | 2 | St John’s | 09.05.2003 |
| 6 | Smith GC | 139 | Gibbs HH | 192 | SAF | Win | 1 | Centurion | 16.01.2004 |
| 7 | Smith GC | 104 | deVilliers AB | 178 | SAF | Win | 1 | Bridgetown | 21.04.2005 |
| 8 | deVilliers AB | 114 | Smith GC | 126 | SAF | Win | 1 | St John’s | 29.04.2005 |
| 9 | Hayden ML | 110 | Hussey MEK | 137 | Aus | Win | 1 | Hobart | 17.11.2005 |
| 10 | Jaques PA | 108 | Katich SM | 157 | Aus | Win | 2 | Bridgetown | 12.06.2008 |
| 11 | Jaiswal YBK | 143* | Sharma RG | 103 | Ind | Win | 1 | Roseau | 12.07.2023 |
It also provides the first occasion of both the Indian openers scoring centuries in a test innings against West Indies.
| No | Batsman-1 | Score | Batsman-2 | Score | Team | Opp | I | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Jaiswal YBK | 143* | Sharma RG | 103 | Ind | Win | 1 | Roseau | 12.07.2023 |