S Dhawan and  M Vijay posted 239 runs in an unfinished stand for the first wicket in the ongoing only test against Bangladesh at Fatullah on the first day of the test to provide the 12th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership for the first wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VM Merchant, S Mushtaq Ali	1	203	3	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936
2	MH Mankad, P Roy	1	413	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
3	CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar	1	213	4	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
4	SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth	1	200	2	v Pakistan	Chennai	03 Feb 1987
5	SB Bangar, V Sehwag	1	201	1	v West Indies	Mumbai	09 Oct 2002
6	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	218	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
7	R Dravid, V Sehwag	1	410	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
8	W Jaffer, V Sehwag	1	213	2	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
9	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	233	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
10	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	221	2	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
11	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	289	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
12	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	239*	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015

 

S Dhawan and M Vijay became the second pair of Indian batsmen to post 200 plus runs for the first wicket on two occasions.  The other occasions was witnessed against Australia at Mohali in Mar 2013. The other pair to perform such a feat was G Gambhir-V Sehwag pair. The performance  of these two pairs are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	218	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
2	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	233	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
1	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	289	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
2	S Dhawan, M Vijay	1	239*	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015