The just concluded Nagpur test between India and Sri Lanka witnessed three partnerships of 150 plus runs  in India’s innings – CA Pujara-M Vijay addind 209 runs for the second wicket, CA Pujara-V Kohli adding 183  runs for  the third wicket and V Kohli-RG Sharma adding 173 runs for  the fifth  wicket  – to provide  the twelfth occasion of a team posting three 150 plus runs partnerships  in an innings  in the annals of  test  cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	WH Ponsford, WM Woodfull	1	162	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1930
	2	DG Bradman, WM Woodfull	2	231	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1930
	3	DG Bradman, AF Kippax	3	192	2	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1930
2	1	RC Fredericks, IVA Richards	2	154	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1976
	2	IVA Richards, LG Rowe	3	191	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1976
	3	CH Lloyd, IVA Richards	4	174	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1976
3	1	JC Adams, BC Lara	3	179	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 1994
	2	KLT Arthurton, BC Lara	4	183	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 1994
	3	S Chanderpaul, BC Lara	5	219	1	Win	Eng	St John’s	Apr 1994
4	1	SB Bangar, R Dravid	2	170	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
	2	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	150	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
	3	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	249	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
5	1	NT Paranavitana, KC Sangakkara	2	174	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
	2	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	3	193	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
	3	M Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera	4	176	1	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Jul 2010
6	1	KC Sangakkara, JK Silva	2	155	2	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2014
	2	M Jayawardene, AD Mathews	6	179	2	Srl	(A	Dhaka	Jan 2014
	3	M Jayawardene, KDK Vithanage	7	176*	2	Srl	Ban	Dhaka	Jan 2014
7	1	Ahmed Shehzad, Mohd Hafeez	1	178	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	Nov 2014
	2	Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali	2	169	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	Nov 2014
	3	Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan	4	193*	1	Pak	NZl	Abu Dhabi	Nov 2014
8	1	JA Burns, DA Warner	1	161	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015
	2	UT Khawaja, DA Warner	2	150	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015
	3	UT Khawaja, AC Voges	4	157	1	Aus	NZl	Brisbane	Nov 2015
9	1	HM Amla, AB de Villiers	3	183	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 2016
	2	HM Amla, F du Plessis	4	171	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 2016
	3	T Bavuma, CH Morris	7	167	2	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	Jan 2016
10	1	MJ Guptill, TWM Latham	1	169	1	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	Aug 2016
	2	TWM Latham, KS Williamson	2	160	1	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	Aug 2016
	3	LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling	5	193*	1	NZl	Zim	Bulawayo	Aug 2016
11	1	PA Patel, KL Rahul	1	152	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2016
	2	KK Nair, KL Rahul	4	161	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2016
	3	R Ashwin, KK Nair	6	181	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2016
12	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 2017
	2	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	183	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 2017
	3	V Kohli, RG Sharma	5	173	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 2017

It also provides the third occasion of India posting three 150 plus runs partnerships in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. India is the only team to accomplish such a feat on three occasions.

No	No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	1	SB Bangar, R Dravid	2	170	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
	2	R Dravid, SR Tendulkar	3	150	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
	3	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	4	249	1	Ind	Eng	Leeds	Aug 2002
2	1	PA Patel, KL Rahul	1	152	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2016
	2	KK Nair, KL Rahul	4	161	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2016
	3	R Ashwin, KK Nair	6	181	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	Dec 2016
3	1	CA Pujara, M Vijay	2	209	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 2017
	2	V Kohli, CA Pujara	3	183	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 2017
	3	V Kohli, RG Sharma	5	173	2	Ind	Srl	Nagpur	Nov 2017