Indian opening batsmen scoring half centuries in both innings of a test

Indian opening batsmen scoring half centuries in both innings of a test

YBK Jaiswal of Indies scored 72 and 51 in the just concluded test against Bangladesh at Kanpur to provide the 31st occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring half centuries in both innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISIOppositionGroundStart Date
1MH Mankad5971*v EnglandEden Gardens30 Dec 1951
2ML Apte6452v West IndiesPort of Spain21 Jan 1953
3ML Jaisimha5651v EnglandBrabourne11 Nov 1961
4S Abid Ali7881v AustraliaSydney26 Jan 1968
5AV Mankad6468v AustraliaKanpur15 Nov 1969
6SM Gavaskar6567*v West IndiesPort of Spain06 Mar 1971
7CPS Chauhan5284v West IndiesWankhede01 Dec 1978
9SM Gavaskar6168v EnglandBirmingham12 Jul 1979
9CPS Chauhan5884v AustraliaKanpur02 Oct 1979
10SM Gavaskar5064v PakistanNagpur05 Oct 1983
11J Arun Lal5270v PakistanEden Gardens11 Feb 1987
12K Srikkanth7165v West IndiesWankhede11 Dec 1987
13A Jadeja5973v New ZealandBengaluru18 Oct 1995
14NS Sidhu6264v AustraliaChennai06 Mar 1998
15S Ramesh6096v PakistanDelhi04 Feb 1999
16SS Das5770v ZimbabweHarare15 Jun 2001
17SS Das5968v Sri LankaCol-SSC29 Aug 2001
18A Chopra6052v New ZealandMohali16 Oct 2003
19W Jaffer6054v West IndiesBasseterre22 Jun 2006
20G Gambhir5674v Sri LankaGalle31 Jul 2008
21V Sehwag6692v AustraliaNagpur06 Nov 2008
22V Sehwag9654*v New ZealandHyderabad12 Nov 2010
23G Gambhir9364v South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2011
24V Sehwag5555v West IndiesDelhi06 Nov 2011
25CA Pujara5282*v AustraliaDelhi22 Mar 2013
26M Vijay5399v AustraliaAdelaide09 Dec 2014
27M Vijay6576v New ZealandKanpur22 Sep 2016
28KL Rahul9051v AustraliaBengaluru04 Mar 2017
29KL Rahul6051*v AustraliaDharamsala25 Mar 2017
30RG Sharma8057v West IndiesPort of Spain20 Jul 2023
31YBK Jaiswal7251v BangladeshKanpur27 Sep 2024
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