M Vijay {Zero} and KL Rahul {108} scored zero and hundred in the first innings of the ongoing second test between India and Sri Lanka at Col-PSS  to provide the 14^th occasion of Indian openers scoring a duck and a hundred in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	P Roy	0	3	v England	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
	2	MH Mankad	184	3	v England	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
2	1	P Roy	0	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953
	2	ML Apte	163*	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953
3	1	DB Vengsarkar	0	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976
	2	SM Gavaskar	156	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976
4	1	CPS Chauhan	0	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
	2	SM Gavaskar	137	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	14 Nov 1978
5	1	NS Sidhu	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
	2	RJ Shastri	206	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
6	1	NS Sidhu	0	2	v West Indies	Mohali	10 Dec 1994
	2	M Prabhakar	120	2	v West Indies	Mohali	10 Dec 1994
7	1	VVS Laxman	0	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997
	2	NS Sidhu	201	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997
8	1	W Jaffer	0	1	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
	2	V Sehwag	106	1	v England	Nottingham	08 Aug 2002
9	1	V Sehwag	0	4	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006
	2	W Jaffer	100	4	v England	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006
10	1	IK Pathan	0	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
	2	V Sehwag	151	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
11	1	V Sehwag	0	1	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
	2	G Gambhir	179	1	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
12	1	A Mukund	0	2	v England	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011
	2	R Dravid	117	2	v England	Nottingham	29 Jul 2011
13	1	M Vijay	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
	2	KL Rahul	110	2	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
14	1	M Vijay	0	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
	2	KL Rahul	108	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015

 

M Vijay {Zero} and KL Rahul {108} scored zero and hundred in the first innings of the ongoing second test between India and Sri Lanka at Col-PSS  to become the first pair  of Indian openers scoring a duck and a hundred in a test innings on two occasions. M Vijay had scored a duck and KL Rahul had made 110 against Australia at Sydney in Jan 2015.

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	M Vijay	0	2	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
	2	KL Rahul	110	2	v Australia	Sydney	06 Jan 2015
2	1	M Vijay	0	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015
	2	KL Rahul	108	1	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (PSS)	20 Aug 2015