KL Rahul and S Dhawan of india added 166 runs for the first wicket in India’s second innings and the third innings of the test against Sri Lanka at Kolkata to provide the tenth occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India. All such occasions are tabulated below. India earned the distinction of becoming the only team to post ten three figure partnerships for the first wicket against Sri Lanka.  

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	J Arun Lal, SM Gavaskar	1	156	2	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
2	M Prabhakar, NS Sidhu	1	171	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
3	NR Mongia, NS Sidhu	1	120	2	v Sri Lanka	Mohali	19 Nov 1997
4	SS Das, S Ramesh	1	107	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
5	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	167	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
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	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
8	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	165	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
9	S Dhawan, KL Rahul	1	188	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017
10	S Dhawan, KL Rahul	1	166	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017

It also provide the eighth occasion of Indian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the first wicket against India. All such occasions are listed below. India now owns the  record for posting most number of partnerships of 150 plus runs for the first wicket against Sri Lanka.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	233	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
2	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	221	2	v Sri Lanka	Mum-BS	02 Dec 2009
3	S Dhawan, KL Rahul	1	188	1	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	12 Aug 2017
4	M Prabhakar, NS Sidhu	1	171	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	27 Jul 1993
5	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	167	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
6	S Dhawan, KL Rahul	1	166	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
7	V Sehwag, M Vijay	1	165	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
8	J Arun Lal, SM Gavaskar	1	156	2	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982