Indian openers posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a Test innings
MA Agarwal and RG Sharma added 202 runs in an unfinished partnership on the first day of this test to provide the 13th occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in Test innings. All such occasions are tabulated 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 | MH Mankad, P Roy | 1 | 413 | 1 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 3 | CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar | 1 | 213 | 4 | v England | The Oval | 30 Aug 1979 |
| 4 | SM Gavaskar, K Srikkanth | 1 | 200 | 2 | v Pakistan | Chennai | 03 Feb 1987 |
| 5 | SB Bangar, V Sehwag | 1 | 201 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 09 Oct 2002 |
| 6 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 218 | 2 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 7 | R Dravid, V Sehwag | 1 | 410 | 2 | v Pakistan | Lahore | 13 Jan 2006 |
| 8 | W Jaffer, V Sehwag | 1 | 213 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 9 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 233 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 10 | V Sehwag, M Vijay | 1 | 221 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Mum-BS | 02 Dec 2009 |
| 11 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 289 | 2 | v Australia | Mohali | 14 Mar 2013 |
| 12 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 283 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 13 | MA Agarwal, RG Sharma | 1 | 202* | 1 | v South Africa | Vizag | 02 Oct 2019 |
It also provides the fifth occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in the first innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MH Mankad, P Roy | 1 | 413 | 1 | v New Zealand | Chennai | 06 Jan 1956 |
| 2 | SB Bangar, V Sehwag | 1 | 201 | 1 | v West Indies | Mumbai | 09 Oct 2002 |
| 3 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 233 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 4 | S Dhawan, M Vijay | 1 | 283 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Fatullah | 10 Jun 2015 |
| 5 | MA Agarwal, RG Sharma | 1 | 202* | 1 | v South Africa | Vizag | 02 Oct 2019 |
It also provides the third occasion of Indian batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Partners | Wkt | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | G Gambhir, V Sehwag | 1 | 218 | 2 | v South Africa | Kanpur | 20 Nov 2004 |
| 2 | W Jaffer, V Sehwag | 1 | 213 | 2 | v South Africa | Chennai | 26 Mar 2008 |
| 3 | MA Agarwal, RG Sharma | 1 | 202* | 1 | v South Africa | Vizag | 02 Oct 2019 |