RG Sharma emulates AJ Finch in scoring six fifties in T20Is as captain opener
RG Sharma’s 85 in the second T20I against Bangladesh at Rajkot on 07.11.19 was his sixth score of fifty as captain opener in T20Is. He emulated AJ Finch of Australia who has also scored six fifties as captain opener in T20Is. The following table lists the fifties scored by these two captain openers.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AJ Finch | 74 | 2 | Aus | Ind | Melbourne | 29 Jan 2016 |
| 2 | AJ Finch | 53 | 1 | Aus | Srl | Adelaide | 22 Feb 2017 |
| 3 | AJ Finch | 84 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Birmingham | 27 Jun 2018 |
| 4 | AJ Finch | 68* | 2 | Aus | Pak | Harare | 02 Jul 2018 |
| 5 | AJ Finch | 172 | 1 | Aus | Zim | Harare | 03 Jul 2018 |
| 6 | AJ Finch | 64 | 1 | Aus | Srl | Adelaide | 27 Oct 2019 |
| 1 | RG Sharma | 118 | 1 | Ind | Srl | Indore | 22 Dec 2017 |
| 2 | RG Sharma | 89 | 1 | Ind | Ban | Colombo (RPS) | 14 Mar 2018 |
| 3 | RG Sharma | 56 | 2 | Ind | Ban | Colombo (RPS) | 18 Mar 2018 |
| 4 | RG Sharma | 111* | 1 | Ind | Win | Lucknow | 06 Nov 2018 |
| 5 | RG Sharma | 50 | 2 | Ind | NZl | Auckland | 08 Feb 2019 |
| 6 | RG Sharma | 85 | 2 | Ind | Ban | Rajkot | 07 Nov 2019 |