Annals of one-day international witnesses a unique instance of rival opening pair score a ninety and a century in a one-day series in consecutive one-day games – A World record unearthed

Annals of one-day international witnesses a unique instance of rival opening pair score a ninety and a century in a one-day series in consecutive one-day games – A World record unearthed

Indian openers RG Sharma {95} and S Dhwan {143} scored ninety and a century against Australia at Mohali on 10.03.19 to provide the seventeenth occasion of openers scoring a hundred and a ninety in the same innings of a one-day game in the annals of one-day games. All such occasions are listed below.

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus NZl Melbourne 1 1 13.02.83 GM Wood 91 SB Smith 117
2 Ind Eng Cuttack 1 1 27.12.84 K Srikkanth 99 RJ Shastri 102
3 Eng NZl Manchester 1 1 18.07.86 GA Gooch 91 CWJ Athey 142
4 Aus Ind Adelaide 1 1 26.01.00 AC Gilchrist 92 ME Waugh 116
5 Aus Win Brisbane 1 1 14.01.01 AC Gilchrist 98 ME Waugh 112
6 NZl Zim Bulawayo 1 1 24.08.05 L Vincent 172 SP Fleming 93
7 RSA Zim Harare 1 1 25.08.07 GC Smith 96 HH Gibbs 111
8 Aus Ind Hyd-RGS 1 1 05.11.09 SR Watson 93 SE Marsh 112
9 Ind Aus Jaipur 1 1 16.10.13 RG Sharma 141 S Dhawan 95
10 Zim Afg Bulawayo 1 1 20.07.14 H Masakadza 93 S Raza 141
11 Ind Eng Birmingham 1 1 02.09.14 AM Rahane 107 S Dhawan 97*
12 Aus Ind Canberra 1 1 20.01.16 DA Warner 93 AJ Finch 107
13 Aus Ind Bengaluru 1 1 28.09.17 AJ Finch 94 DA Warner 124
14 Eng Win Southampton 1 1 29.09.17 JJ Roy 96 BM Bairstow 141*
15 Ire UAE Harare 1 1 12.03.18 WTS Porterfield 92 PJ Sterling 126
16 Aus Ind Ranchi 1 1 08.03.19 AJ Finch 93 UT Khawaja 104
17 Ind Aus Mohali 1 1 10.03.19 RG Sharma 95 S Dhawan 143

It also provides the fourth occasion of Indian opening batsmen performing such a feat in one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Ind Eng Cuttack 1 1 27.12.84 K Srikkanth 99 RJ Shastri 102
2 Ind Aus Jaipur 1 1 16.10.13 RG Sharma 141 S Dhawan 95
3 Ind Eng Birmingham 1 1 02.09.14 AM Rahane 107 S Dhawan 97*
4 Ind Aus Mohali 1 1 10.03.19 RG Sharma 95 S Dhawan 143

It also provides  the second occasion of opening batsmen performing such a feat against Australia. Both the occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that on both the occasions, it was the Indian batsmen

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Ind Aus Jaipur 1 1 16.10.13 RG Sharma 141 S Dhawan 95
2 Ind Aus Mohali 1 1 10.03.19 RG Sharma 95 S Dhawan 143

DA Warner-AJ Finch and RG Sherma-S Dhawan are the two opening paird in this category of statistics to score ninety and century and a century and ninety . Their performance is detailed below.

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus Ind Canberra 1 1 20.01.16 DA Warner 93 AJ Finch 107
2 Aus Ind Bengaluru 1 1 28.09.17 AJ Finch 94 DA Warner 124
                     
1 Ind Aus Jaipur 1 1 16.10.13 RG Sharma 141 S Dhawan 95
2 Ind Aus Mohali 1 1 10.03.19 RG Sharma 95 S Dhawan 143

Annals of one day international witnesses a unique instance of rival opening pair score a ninety and a century in a one-day series in consecutive one-day games

No Team Oppn Ground 100 90 Date Opener-1 Runs Opener-2 Runs
1 Aus Ind Ranchi 1 1 08.03.19 AJ Finch 93 UT Khawaja 104
2 Ind Aus Mohali 1 1 10.03.19 RG Sharma 95 S Dhawan 143

Another interesting point – Australian openers AJ Finch and UT Khawaja added 193 runs for the first wicket at Ranchi. Identical runs of 193 was posted by Indian openers RG Sharma and S Dhawan for the first wicket at Mohali

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