RG Sharma-RR Pant opened the innings in this game to provide the 188^th occasion of captain and wicket keeper opening the innings in the history of one day internationals. It also provides the 15^th occasion of India opening the innings with Captain and Wicket keeper as openers and the fifth such occasion against West Indies. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Captain	Wkt keeper	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Tendulkar	Mongia	Aus	Col-SSC	06.09.96
2	Tendulkar	Mongia	Pak	Toronto	16.09.96
3	Tendulkar	Mongia	Pak	Toronto	17.09.96
4	Tendulkar	Mongia	Pak	Toronto	18.09.96
5	Tendulkar	Mongia	Pak	Toronto	21.09.96
6	Ganguly	MSK Prasad	Win	Toronto	14.09.99
7	Ganguly	PA Patel	Zim	Brisbane	20.01.04
8	Ganguly	PA Patel	Aus	Sydney	22.01.04
9	V Sehwag	MS Dhoni	Eng	Jamshedpur	12.04.06
10	G Gambhir	PA Patel	NZl	Bangalore	07.12.10
11	G Gambhir	PA Patel	NZl	Chennai	10.12.10
12	V Sehwag	PA Patel	Win	Cuttack	29.11.11
13	V Sehwag	PA Patel	Win	Vizab	02.12.11
14	V Sehwag	PA Patel	Win	Ahmedabad	05.12.11
15	RG Sharma	RR Pant	Win	Ahmedabad	09.02.22

No	Captain	Wkt keeper	Opp	Ground	Date
1	Ganguly	MSK Prasad	Win	Toronto	14.09.99
2	V Sehwag	PA Patel	Win	Cuttack	29.11.11
3	V Sehwag	PA Patel	Win	Vizab	02.12.11
4	V Sehwag	PA Patel	Win	Ahmedabad	05.12.11
5	RG Sharma	RR Pant	Win	Ahmedabad	09.02.22