200 plus runs partnership by Indian batsmen in a test innings
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 227 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings in the just concluded first test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the 68th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership 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 | VS Hazare, VM Merchant | 3 | 211 | 2 | v England | Delhi | 02 Nov 1951 |
| 3 | VS Hazare, VL Manjrekar | 4 | 222 | 1 | v England | Leeds | 5 Jun 1952 |
| 4 | VS Hazare, MH Mankad | 3 | 211 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 19 Jun 1952 |
| 5 | VL Manjrekar, P Roy | 2 | 237 | 3 | v West Indies | Kingston | 28 Mar 1953 |
| 6 | VL Manjrekar, PR Umrigar | 3 | 238 | 1 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 19 Nov 1955 |
| 7 | MH Mankad, P Roy | 1 | 413 | 1 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 8 | S Amarnath, SM Gavaskar | 2 | 204 | 2 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 9 | SM Gavaskar, BP Patel | 5 | 204 | 2 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 24 Mar 1976 |
| 10 | SM Gavaskar, DB Vengsarkar | 2 | 344* | 3 | v West Indies | Kolkata | 29 Dec 1978 |
| 11 | DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath | 3 | 210 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 02 Aug 1979 |
| 12 | CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar | 1 | 213 | 4 | v England | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 13 | GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma | 3 | 316 | 1 | v England | Chennai | 13 Jan 1982 |
| 14 | M Amarnath, AD Gaekwad | 2 | 200 | 3 | v West Indies | St John’s | 28 Apr 1983 |
| 15 | SM Patil, RJ Shastri | 5 | 200 | 1 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1984 |
| 16 | SMH Kirmani, RJ Shastri | 7 | 235 | 2 | v England | Mumbai | 28 Nov 1984 |
| 17 | M Azharuddin, RJ Shastri | 5 | 214 | 1 | v England | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1984 |
| 18 | M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar | 2 | 224 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 1986 |
| 19 | RJ Shastri, DB Vengsarkar | 6 | 298* | 2 | v Australia | Mumbai | 15 Oct 1986 |
| 20 | M Azharuddin, N Kapil Dev | 6 | 272 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |
| 21 | SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth | 1 | 200 | 2 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 03 Feb 1987 |
| 22 | M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar | 5 | 202 | 1 | v West Indies | Nagpur | 01 Dec 1994 |
| 23 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 255 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | 04 Jul 1996 |
| 24 | M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar | 6 | 222 | 2 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 1997 |
| 25 | M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar | 4 | 221 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Aug 1997 |
| 26 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar | 4 | 256 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 03 Dec 1997 |
| 27 | R Dravid, S Ramesh | 2 | 232 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Feb 1999 |
| 28 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 229 | 3 | v New Zealand | Mohali | 10 Oct 1999 |
| 29 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar | 4 | 281 | 1 | v New Zealand | Ahmedabad | 29 Oct 1999 |
| 30 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 213 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 |
| 31 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 249 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 |
| 32 | R Dravid, VVS Laxman | 5 | 376 | 3 | v Australia | Kolkata | 11 Mar 2001 |
| 33 | V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar | 5 | 220 | 1 | v South Africa | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
| 34 | VVS Laxman, A Ratra | 7 | 217 | 1 | v West Indies | St John’s | 10 May 2002 |
| 35 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar | 4 | 249 | 1 | v England | Leeds | 22 Aug 2002 |
| 36 | SB Bangar, V Sehwag | 1 | 201 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 09 Oct 2002 |
| 37 | VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar | 5 | 214 | 3 | v West Indies | Kolkata | 30 Oct 2002 |
| 38 | R Dravid, VVS Laxman | 5 | 303 | 2 | v Australia | Adelaide | 12 Dec 2003 |
| 39 | VVS Laxman, SR Tendulkar | 4 | 353 | 1 | v Australia | Sydney | 02 Jan 2004 |
| 40 | V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 336 | 1 | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 41 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 218 | 2 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 42 | R Dravid, G Gambhir | 2 | 259 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 17 Dec 2004 |
| 43 | R Dravid, V Sehwag | 1 | 410 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 44 | MS Dhoni, IK Pathan | 6 | 210 | 2 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 21 Jan 2006 |
| 45 | R Dravid, W Jaffer | 3 | 203 | 3 | v West Indies | St John’s | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 46 | SC Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 300 | 1 | v Pakistan | Bangalore | 08 Dec 2007 |
| 47 | W Jaffer, V Sehwag | 1 | 213 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 48 | R Dravid, V Sehwag | 2 | 268 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 49 | G Gambhir, VVS Laxman | 4 | 278 | 1 | v Australia | Delhi | 29 Oct 2008 |
| 50 | R Dravid, G Gambhir | 2 | 314 | 1 | v England | Mohali | 19 Dec 2008 |
| 51 | MS Dhoni, R Dravid | 6 | 224 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 |
| 52 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 233 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 53 | V Sehwag, M Vijay | 1 | 221 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai (BS) | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 54 | R Dravid, V Sehwag | 2 | 237 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai (BS) | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 55 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 222* | 2 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 24 Jan 2010 |
| 56 | V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 249 | 2 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 14 Feb 2010 |
| 57 | MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman | 7 | 259* | 2 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 14 Feb 2010 |
| 58 | SK Raina, SR Tendulkar | 5 | 256 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Jul 2010 |
| 59 | SR Tendulkar, M Vijay | 3 | 308 | 2 | v Australia | Bangalore | 09 Oct 2010 |
| 60 | R Dravid, V Sehwag | 2 | 237 | 1 | v New Zealand | Ahmedabad | 04 Nov 2010 |
| 61 | MS Dhoni, VVS Laxman | 7 | 224 | 1 | v West Indies | Kolkata | 14 Nov 2011 |
| 62 | CA Pujara, M Vijay | 2 | 370 | 2 | v Australia | Hyd-RGS | 02 Mar 2013 |
| 63 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 289 | 2 | v Australia | Mohali | 14 Mar 2013 |
| 64 | R Ashwin, RG Sharma | 7 | 280 | 2 | v West Indies | Kolkata | 06 Nov 2013 |
| 65 | V Kohli, CA Pujara | 3 | 222 | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Dec 2013 |
| 66 | V Kohli, AM Rahane | 4 | 262 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2014 |
| 67 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 283 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 68 | S Dhawan, V Kohli | 3 | 227 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 227 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings in the just concluded first test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the 16th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings for the third wicket. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | VS Hazare, VM Merchant | 3 | 211 | 2 | v England | Delhi | 02 Nov 1951 |
| 2 | VS Hazare, MH Mankad | 3 | 211 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 19 Jun 1952 |
| 3 | VL Manjrekar, PR Umrigar | 3 | 238 | 1 | v New Zealand | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 19 Nov 1955 |
| 4 | DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath | 3 | 210 | 3 | v England | Lord’s | 02 Aug 1979 |
| 5 | GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma | 3 | 316 | 1 | v England | Chennai | 13 Jan 1982 |
| 6 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 255 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | 04 Jul 1996 |
| 7 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 229 | 3 | v New Zealand | Mohali | 10 Oct 1999 |
| 8 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 213 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 18 Nov 2000 |
| 9 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 249 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Nagpur | 25 Nov 2000 |
| 10 | V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 336 | 1 | v Pakistan | Multan | 28 Mar 2004 |
| 11 | R Dravid, W Jaffer | 3 | 203 | 3 | v West Indies | St John’s | 02 Jun 2006 |
| 12 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 222* | 2 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 24 Jan 2010 |
| 13 | V Sehwag, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 249 | 2 | v South Africa | Kolkata | 14 Feb 2010 |
| 14 | SR Tendulkar, M Vijay | 3 | 308 | 2 | v Australia | Bangalore | 09 Oct 2010 |
| 15 | V Kohli, CA Pujara | 3 | 222 | 3 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Dec 2013 |
| 16 | S Dhawan, V Kohli | 3 | 227 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 227 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings in the just concluded first test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a 200 plus runs partnership in a test innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | M Azharuddin, N Kapil Dev | 6 | 272 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |
| 2 | M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar | 4 | 221 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 02 Aug 1997 |
| 3 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar | 4 | 256 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 03 Dec 1997 |
| 4 | R Dravid, S Ramesh | 2 | 232 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Feb 1999 |
| 5 | MS Dhoni, R Dravid | 6 | 224 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Ahmedabad | 16 Nov 2009 |
| 6 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 233 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 7 | V Sehwag, M Vijay | 1 | 221 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai (BS) | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 8 | R Dravid, V Sehwag | 2 | 237 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai (BS) | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 9 | SK Raina, SR Tendulkar | 5 | 256 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Jul 2010 |
| 10 | S Dhawan, V Kohli | 3 | 227 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
S Dhawan and V Kohli added 227 runs for the third wicket in India’s first innings in the just concluded first test against Sri Lanka at Galle to provide the record partnership by Indian batsmen for the third wicket in a test innings against Sri Lanka. The previous best was 173 runs between M Amaranath and DB Vengsarkar at Nagpur in Dec 1986. The following table lists the three figure partnerships by Indian batsmen for the third wicket against Sri Lanka
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | S Dhawan, V Kohli | 3 | 227 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 12 Aug 2015 |
| 2 | M Amarnath, DB Vengsarkar | 3 | 173 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 27 Dec 1986 |
| 3 | VG Kambli, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 162 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 04 Aug 1993 |
| 4 | R Dravid, SC Ganguly | 3 | 160 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 03 Dec 1997 |
| 5 | SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 139 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 24 Feb 1999 |
| 6 | NS Sidhu, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 121 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Lucknow | 18 Jan 1994 |
| 7 | R Dravid, SR Tendulkar | 3 | 119 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 18 Jul 2010 |
| 8 | SM Gavaskar, DB Vengsarkar | 3 | 117 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 17 Dec 1986 |