India in Sri Lanka : Second Test : Rival batsmen scoring 200 plus runs in a test
KC Sangakkara {219} and SR Tendulkar (203} scored double hundreds in the second test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC in Jul 2010, providing the 17th occasion of rival batsmen scoring double hundreds in a test match. All the 17 occasions are listed below
| No | Batsmen | Runs | Inns | Team | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | A Sandham | 325 | 1 | Eng | Win | Kingston | Apr 1930 |
| GA Headley | 223 | 4 | Win | Eng | Kingston | Apr 1930 | |
| 2 | E Paynter | 216* | 1 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | Jun 1938 |
| SJ McCabe | 232 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Nottingham | Jun 1938 | |
| 3 | WR Hammond | 240 | 1 | Aus | Aus | Lord’s | Jun 1938 |
| WA Brown | 206* | 2 | Eng | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1938 | |
| 4 | RB Simpson | 311 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Manchester | Jul 1964 |
| KF Barrington | 256 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | Jul 1964 | |
| 5 | WM Lawry | 210 | 1 | Aus | Win | Bridgetown | May 1965 |
| RB Simpson | 201 | 1 | Aus | Win | Bridgetown | May 1965 | |
| SM Nurse | 201 | 2 | Win | Aus | Bridgetown | May 1965 | |
| 6 | LG Rowe | 214 | 1 | Win | NZl | Kingston | Feb 1972 |
| GM Turner | 223* | 2 | NZl | Win | Kingston | Feb 1972 | |
| 7 | IVA Richards | 291 | 1 | Win | Eng | The Oval | Aug 1976 |
| DL Amiss | 203 | 2 | Eng | Win | The Oval | Aug 1976 | |
| 8 | GS Chappell | 235 | 1 | Aus | Pak | Faisalabad | Mar 1980 |
| Taslim Arif | 210* | 2 | Pak | Aus | Faisalabad | Mar 1980 | |
| 9 | SV Manjrekar | 218 | 1 | Ind | Pak | Lahore | Dec 1989 |
| Shoaib Mohd | 203* | 2 | Pak | Ind | Lahore | Dec 1989 | |
| 10 | PA de Silva | 267 | 2 | Srl | NZl | Wellington | Jan 1991 |
| MD Crowe | 299 | 3 | NZl | Srl | Wellington | Jan 1991 | |
| 11 | SR Tendulkar | 201* | 1 | Ind | Zim | Nagpur | Nov 2000 |
| A Flower | 232* | 3 | Zim | Ind | Nagpur | Nov 2000 | |
| 12 | MS Sinclair | 204* | 1 | NZl | Pak | Christchurch | Mar 2001 |
| Mohd Yousuf | 203 | 2 | Pak | NZl | Christchurch | Mar 2001 | |
| 13 | BC Lara | 221 | 1 | Win | Srl | Col-SSC | Nov 2001 |
| HP Tillakaratne | 204* | 2 | Srl | Win | Col-SSC | Nov 2001 | |
| 14 | GP Thorpe | 200* | 3 | Eng | Nzl | Christchurch | Mar 2002 |
| NJ Astle | 222 | 4 | NZl | Eng | Christchurch | Mar 2002 | |
| 15 | RT Ponting | 242 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Adelaide | Dec 2003 |
| R Dravid | 233 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Adelaide | Dec 2003 | |
| 16 | Younis Khan | 267 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Bangalore | Mar 2005 |
| V Sehwag | 201 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Bangalore | Mar 2005 | |
| 17 | KC Sangakkara | 219 | 1 | Srl | Ind | Col-SSC | Jul 2010 |
| SR Tendulkar | 203 | 2 | Ind | Srl | Col-SSC | Jul 2010 |