Carrying the bat through a completed innings in tests
CA Pujara while scoring 145 not out in the ongoing third and final test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC carried his bat thorough the completed innings. His feat provides the 42nd occasion of an opening batsman performing such a feat. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Total | Inns | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | AB Tancred | 26* | 47 | 2 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 25 Mar 1889 |
| 2 | JE Barrett | 67* | 176 | 3 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 21 Jul 1890 |
| 3 | R Abel | 132* | 307 | 2 | England | v Australia | Sydney | 29 Jan 1892 |
| 4 | PF Warner | 132* | 237 | 3 | England | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 |
| 5 | WW Armstrong | 159* | 309 | 3 | Australia | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 18 Oct 1902 |
| 6 | JW Zulch | 43* | 103 | 2 | South Africa | v England | Cape Town | 11 Mar 1910 |
| 7 | W Bardsley | 193* | 383 | 1 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 26 Jun 1926 |
| 8 | WM Woodfull | 30* | 66† | 4 | Australia | v England | Brisbane | 30 Nov 1928 |
| 9 | WM Woodfull | 73* | 193† | 4 | Australia | v England | Adelaide | 13 Jan 1933 |
| 10 | WA Brown | 206* | 422 | 2 | Australia | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1938 |
| 11 | L Hutton | 202* | 344 | 2 | England | v West Indies | The Oval | 12 Aug 1950 |
| 12 | L Hutton | 156* | 272 | 2 | England | v Australia | Adelaide | 02 Feb 1951 |
| 13 | Nazar Mohammad | 124* | 331 | 2 | Pakistan | v India | Lucknow | 23 Oct 1952 |
| 14 | FMM Worrell | 191* | 372 | 2 | West Indies | v England | Nottingham | 04 Jul 1957 |
| 15 | TL Goddard | 56* | 99 | 3 | South Africa | v Australia | Cape Town | 31 Dec 1957 |
| 16 | DJ McGlew | 127* | 292 | 1 | South Africa | v New Zealand | Durban | 08 Dec 1961 |
| 17 | CC Hunte | 60* | 131 | 3 | West Indies | v Australia | Port of Spain | 14 May 1965 |
| 18 | GM Turner | 43* | 131 | 4 | New Zealand | v England | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1969 |
| 19 | WM Lawry | 49* | 107 | 3 | Australia | v India | Delhi | 28 Nov 1969 |
| 20 | GM Turner | 223* | 386 | 2 | New Zealand | v West Indies | Kingston | 16 Feb 1972 |
| 21 | IR Redpath | 159* | 346 | 3 | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 |
| 22 | G Boycott | 99* | 215 | 4 | England | v Australia | Perth | 14 Dec 1979 |
| 23 | SM Gavaskar | 127* | 286 | 3 | India | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 |
| 24 | Mudassar Nazar | 152* | 323 | 1 | Pakistan | v India | Lahore | 23 Jan 1983 |
| 25 | S Wettimuny | 63* | 144 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 04 Mar 1983 |
| 26 | DC Boon | 58* | 103 | 3 | Australia | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1986 |
| 27 | DL Haynes | 88* | 211 | 3 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Karachi | 20 Nov 1986 |
| 28 | GA Gooch | 154* | 252 | 3 | England | v West Indies | Leeds | 06 Jun 1991 |
| 29 | DL Haynes | 75* | 176 | 2 | West Indies | v England | The Oval | 08 Aug 1991 |
| 30 | AJ Stewart | 69* | 175 | 3 | England | v Pakistan | Lord’s | 18 Jun 1992 |
| 31 | DL Haynes | 143* | 382 | 3 | West Indies | v Pakistan | Port of Spain | 16 Apr 1993 |
| 32 | MH Dekker | 68* | 187 | 4 | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Rawalpindi | 09 Dec 1993 |
| 33 | MA Atherton | 94* | 228 | 2 | England | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 14 Feb 1997 |
| 34 | G Kirsten | 100* | 239 | 1 | South Africa | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 24 Oct 1997 |
| 35 | MA Taylor | 169* | 350 | 2 | Australia | v South Africa | Adelaide | 30 Jan 1998 |
| 36 | GW Flower | 156* | 321 | 1 | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Bulawayo | 14 Mar 1998 |
| 37 | Saeed Anwar | 188* | 316 | 3 | Pakistan | v India | Kolkata | 16 Feb 1999 |
| 38 | MS Atapattu | 216* | 428 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 18 Nov 1999 |
| 39 | RP Arnold | 104* | 231 | 2 | Sri Lanka | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 04 Dec 1999 |
| 40 | V Sehwag | 201* | 329 | 1 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 41 | SM Katich | 131* | 268 | 3 | Australia | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 20 Nov 2008 |
| 42 | CH Gayle | 165* | 317 | 3 | West Indies | v Australia | Adelaide | 04 Dec 2009 |
| 43 | Imran Farhat | 117* | 223 | 1 | Pakistan | v New Zealand | Napier | 11 Dec 2009 |
| 44 | R Dravid | 146* | 300 | 2 | India | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 2011 |
| 45 | TMK Mawoyo | 163* | 412 | 1 | Zimbabwe | v Pakistan | Bulawayo | 01 Sep 2011 |
| 46 | DA Warner | 123* | 233 | 4 | Australia | v New Zealand | Hobart | 09 Dec 2011 |
| 47 | CA Pujara | 145* | 312 | 1 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 28 Aug 2015 |
CA Pujara while scoring 145 not out in the ongoing third and final test between Sri Lanka and India at Col-SSC carried his bat thorough the completed innings. His feat provides the fourth occasion of an Indian opening batsman performing such a feat. Others are – SM Gavaskar, V Sehwag and R Dravid. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Total | Inns | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | SM Gavaskar | 127* | 286 | 3 | India | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 03 Jan 1983 |
| 2 | V Sehwag | 201* | 329 | 1 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 3 | R Dravid | 146* | 300 | 2 | India | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 2011 |
| 4 | CA Pujara | 145* | 312 | 1 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 28 Aug 2015 |
V Sehwag and CA Pujara are the only two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to carry the bat through a completed innings against Sri Lanka. Their performance is listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Total | Inns | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | V Sehwag | 201* | 329 | 1 | India | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Jul 2008 |
| 2 | CA Pujara | 145* | 312 | 1 | India | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 28 Aug 2015 |