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