Openers scoring 50 in same innings

Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik provided only the second instance in this decade of both Indian openers scoring fifty in the same innings in a Test away from subcontinent, on Day 1 of the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

Jaffer had also partnered with Virender Sehwag against the West Indies to provide the only other instance in the 2000s. It was in fact only the ninth such instance for India since 1980.

The details:

Opener1	Runs	Opener2	Runs	Vs	Venue	Season
W Jaffer	116	KD Karthik	63	SA	Cape Town	2006-07
W Jaffer	54	V Sehwag	65	WI	Basseterre	2006
AD Jadeja	96	VVS Laxman	56	WI	St. John's	1996-97
WV Raman	72*	M Prabhakar	63*	NZ	Auckland	1989-90
SM Gavaskar	172	K Srikkanth	116	Aus	Sydney	1985-86
SM Gavaskar	166*	K Srikkanth	51	Aus	Adelaide	1985-86
SM Gavaskar	83	Arun Lal	51	Pak	Lahore	1982-83
SM Gavaskar	53	CPS Chauhan	78	NZ	Christchurch	1980-81
SM Gavaskar	70	CPS Chauhan	85	Aus	Melbourne	1980-81

PS : Since South Africa made a comeback into international cricket in 1991-92, it was the third such instance against them in South Africa.

Marcus Trescothick (132) & Andrew Strauss (136) at Durban in 2004-05 and Justin Langer (58) & Matthew Hayden (96) at Cape Town in 2001-02 provided the other two instances.