S Dhawan of India and RR Hendricks of South Africa scored 72 and 70 in the first T20I between South Africa and India at Johannesburg on 18 Feb 18 to provide the 25th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in a T20 game. All such occasions are tabulated below in the chronological order

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	H Masakadza	53	1	Zim	Pak	King City (NW)	12 Oct 2008
	2	Shoaib Khan jnr	50	2	Pak	Zim	King City (NW)	12 Oct 2008
2	1	DA Warner	63	1	Aus	Win	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
	2	CH Gayle	88	2	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
3	1	TM Dilshan	96*	1	Srl	Win	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
	2	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
4	1	H Patel	88*	1	Can	Ire	Colombo (SSC)	03 Feb 2010
	2	NJ O’Brien	50	2	Ire	Can	Colombo (SSC)	03 Feb 2010
5	1	H Masakadza	72	1	Zim	RSA	Bloemfontein	08 Oct 2010
	2	GC Smith	58	2	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	08 Oct 2010
6	1	DPMD Jayawardene	86	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	08 Aug 2011
	2	SR Watson	57	2	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	08 Aug 2011
7	1	H Masakadza	53	1	Zim	NZl	Auckland	11 Feb 2012
	2	MJ Guptill	91*	2	NZl	Zim	Auckland	11 Feb 2012
8	1	H Masakadza)	62	1	Zim	NZl	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
	2	RJ Nicol	56	2	NZl	Zim	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
9	1	DR Smith	63	1	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	30 Mar 2012
	2	DA Warner	58	2	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	30 Mar 2012
10	1	DR Smith	70	1	Win	Eng	Nottingham	24 Jun 2012
	2	AD Hales	99	2	Eng	Win	Nottingham	24 Jun 2012
11	1	Tamim Iqbal	50	1	Ban	Net	The Hague	26 Jul 2012
	2	MR Swart	61	2	Net	Ban	The Hague	26 Jul 2012
12	1	RJ Nicol	58	1	NZl	Srl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
	2	TM Dilshan	76	2	Srl	NZl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
13	1	CH Gayle	58	1	Win	Eng	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
	2	AD Hales	68	2	Eng	Win	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
14	1	MJ Guptill	59	1	NZl	Eng	Wellington	15 Feb 2013
	2	MJ Lumb	53*	2	Eng	NZl	Wellington	15 Feb 2013
15	1	H Masakadza	59	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	11 May 2013
	2	Shamsur Rahman	53	2	Ban	Zim	Bulawayo	11 May 2013
16	1	AD Hales	94	1	Eng	Aus	Chester-le-Street	31 Aug 2013
	2	DA Warner	53	2	Aus	Eng	Chester-le-Street	31 Aug 2013
17	1	MDKJ Perera	84	1	Srl	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	13 Dec 2013
	2	Sharjeel Khan	50	2	Pak	Srl	Dubai (DSC)	13 Dec 2013
18	1	TM Dilshan	56	1	Srl	Win	Pallekele	09 Nov 2015
	2	ADS Fletcher	57	2	Win	Srl	Pallekele	09 Nov 2015
19	1	Mohammad Hafeez	61	1	Pak	NZl	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
	2	KS Williamson	70	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
20	1	RG Sharma	60	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
	2	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
21	1	Zeeshan Maqsood	52	1	Oman	Afg	Fatullah	20 Feb 2016
	2	Noor Ali Zadran	63	2	Afg	Oman	Fatullah	20 Feb 2016
22	1	V Sibanda	59	1	Zim	HKG	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
	2	JJ Atkinson	53	2	HKG	Zim	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
23	1	J Charles	79	1	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
	2	RG Sharma	62	2	Ind	Win	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
24	1	Soumya Sarkar	51	1	Ban	Srl	Dhaka	15 Feb 2018
	2	BKG Mendis	53	2	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	15 Feb 2018
25	1	S Dhawan	72	1	Ind	RSA	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
	2	RR Hendricks	70	2	RSA	Ind	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018