Shan Masood {135} and Abid Ali {174} scored centuries in the third innings of the just concluded test between  Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Karachi to provide the 76^th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman-1	Score	Batsman-2	Score	Team	Opp	Inns	Ground	Match Date
1	Jackson FS	118	Hayward TW	137	Eng	Aus	1	The Oval	14.08.1899
2	Hobbs JB	178	Rhodes W	179	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	09.02.1912
3	Hobbs JB	211	Sutcliffe H	122	Eng	SAF	1	Lord’s	28.06.1924
4	Hobbs JB	154	Sutcliffe H	176	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	01.01.1925
5	Hobbs JB	100	Sutcliffe H	161	Eng	Aus	2	The Oval	14.08.1926
6	Dempster CS	136	Mills JE	117	NZl	Eng	1	Wellington	24.01.1930
7	Mitchell B	123	Siedle IJ	141	SAF	Eng	1	CapeTown	01.01.1931
8	Christy JAJ	103	Mitchell B	113	SAF	NZl	1	Christchurch	27.02.1932
9	Brown WA	121	Fingleton JH	112	Aus	SAF	1	CapeTown	01.01.1936
10	Merchant VM	114	MushtaqAli S	112	Ind	Eng	2	Manchester	25.07.1936
11	Barnett CJ	126	Hutton L	100	Eng	Aus	1	Nottingham	10.06.1938
12	Carew GM	107	Ganteaume AG	112	Win	Eng	1	Port of Spain	11.02.1948
13	Hutton L	158	Washbrook C	195	Eng	SAF	1	Jo’burg	27.12.1948
14	Rae AF	109	Stollmeyer JB	160	Win	Ind	1	Chennai	27.01.1949
15	Morris AR	111	MoroneyJ AR	118	Aus	SAF	1	Jo’burg	10.02.1950
16	McDonald CC	110	Morris AR	111	Aus	Win	1	Port of Spain	11.04.1955
17	Mankad MH	231	Roy P	173	Ind	NZl	1	Chennai	06.01.1956
18	Pullar G	175	Cowdrey MC	155	Eng	SAF	2	The Oval	18.08.1960
19	Lawry WM	106	Simpson RB	311	Aus	Eng	1	Manchester	23.07.1964
20	Lawry WM	210	Simpson RB	201	Aus	Win	1	Bridgetown	05.05.1965
21	Simpson RB	225	Lawry WM	119	Aus	Eng	1	Adelaide	28.01.1966
22	Simpson RB	109	Lawry WM	100	Aus	Ind	1	Melbourne	30.12.1967
23	Turner GM	259	Jarvis TW	182	NZl	Win	1	Georgetown	06.04.1972
24	Fredericks RC	109	Greenidge CG	115	Win	Eng	1	Leeds	22.07.1976
25	Greenidge CG	154*	Haynes DL	136	Win	Ind	1	StJohn’s	28.04.1983
26	Fowler G	105	Tavare CJ	109	Eng	NZl	2	The Oval	14.07.1983
27	Greenidge CG	120*	Haynes DL	103*	Win	Aus	2	Georgetown	02.03.1984
28	Gavaskar SM	172	Srikkanth K	116	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	02.01.1986
29	Marsh GR	138	Taylor MA	219	Aus	Eng	1	Nottingham	10.08.1989
30	Greenidge CG	149	Haynes DL	167	Win	Eng	1	StJohn’s	12.04.1990
31	Gooch GA	116	Atherton MA	131	Eng	Ind	1	Manchester	09.08.1990
32	Taylor MA	111	Slater MJ	152	Aus	Eng	1	Lord’s	17.06.1993
33	Taylor MA	113	Slater MJ	103	Aus	Eng	2	Sydney	01.01.1995
34	Hudson AC	146	Kirsten G	102	SAF	Ind	1	Kolkata	27.11.1996
35	Aamir Sohail	160	Ijaz Ahmed	151	Pak	Win	1	Karachi	06.12.1997
36	Griffith AFG	114	Campbell SL	170	Win	NZl	1	Hamilton	16.12.1999
37	Atapattu MS	207*	Jayasuriya ST	188	Srl	Pak	1	Kandy	28.06.2000
38	Richardson MH	106	Bell MD	105	NZl	Pak	1	Hamilton	27.03.2001
39	Saeed Anwar	101	Taufeeq Umar	104	Pak	Ban	1	Multan	29.08.2001
40	Gibbs HH	147	Kirsten G	220	SAF	Zim	1	Harare	07.09.2001
41	Langer JL	104	Hayden ML	136	Aus	NZl	1	Brisbane	08.11.2001
42	Langer JL	126	Hayden ML	105	Aus	SAF	1	Sydney	02.01.2002
43	Langer JL	250	Hayden ML	102	Aus	Eng	1	Melbourne	26.12.2002
44	Smith GC	151	Gibbs HH	228	SAF	Pak	1	CapeTown	02.01.2003
45	Langer JL	111	Hayden ML	177	Aus	Win	2	St John’s	09.05.2003
46	Smith GC	277	Gibbs HH	179	SAF	Eng	1	Birmingham	24.07.2003
47	Richardson MH	145	Vincent L	106	NZl	Ind	1	Mohali	16.10.2003
48	Smith GC	139	Gibbs HH	192	SAF	Win	1	Centurion	16.01.2004
49	Atapattu MS	170	Jayasuriya ST	157	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	06.05.2004
50	Langer JL	162	Hayden ML	117	Aus	Srl	1	Cairns	09.07.2004
51	Trescothick ME	132	Strauss AJ	136	Eng	SAF	2	Durban	26.12.2004
52	Smith GC	104	deVilliers AB	178	SAF	Win	1	Bridgetown	21.04.2005
53	deVilliers AB	114	Smith GC	126	SAF	Win	1	St John’s	29.04.2005
54	Langer JL	105	Hayden ML	138	Aus	Eng	1	The Oval	08.09.2005
55	Hayden ML	110	Hussey MEK	137	Aus	Win	1	Hobart	17.11.2005
56	Sehwag V	254	Dravid R	128*	Ind	Pak	1	Lahore	13.01.2006
57	Karthik KD	129	Jaffer W	138*	Ind	Ban	1	Dhaka	25.05.2007
58	McKenzie ND	226	Smith GC	232	SAF	Ban	1	Chattogram	29.02.2008
59	Jaques PA	108	Katich SM	157	Aus	Win	2	Bridgetown	12.06.2008
60	Smith GC	107	McKenzie ND	138	SAF	Eng	2	Lord’s	10.07.2008
61	Hughes PJ	115	Katich SM	108	Aus	SAF	1	Durban	06.03.2009
62	Gambhir G	167	Sehwag V	131	Ind	Srl	1	Kanpur	24.11.2009
63	Strauss AJ	110	Cook AN	235*	Eng	Aus	2	Brisbane	25.11.2010
64	Gayle CH	150	Powell KOA	134	Win	NZl	1	NorthSou	25.07.2012
65	Cook AN	116	Compton NRD	117	Eng	NZl	2	Dunedin	06.03.2013
66	Vijay M	153	Dhawan S	187	Ind	Aus	1	Mohali	14.03.2013
67	Tamim Iqbal	109	Imrul Kayes	130	Ban	Zim	1	Chattogram	12.11.2014
68	Tamim Iqbal	206	Imrul Kayes	150	Ban	Pak	2	Khulna	28.04.2015
69	Vijay M	150	Dhawan S	173	Ind	Ban	1	Fatullah	10.06.2015
70	Burns JA	129	Warner DA	116	Aus	NZl	2	Brisbane	05.11.2015
71	Renshaw MT	184	Warner DA	113	Aus	Pak	1	Sydney	02.01.2017
72	Elgar D	113	Markram AK	143	SAF	Ban	1	Bloemfontein	06.10.2017
73	Vijay M	105	Dhawan S	107	Ind	Afg	1	Bengaluru	14.06.2018
74	Raval JA	132	Latham TWM	161	NZl	Ban	1	Hamilton	28.02.2019
75	Agarwal MA	215	Sharma RG	176	Ind	SAF	1	Vizag	02.10.2019
76	Shan Masood	135	Abid Ali	174	Pak	Srl	2	Karachi	19.12.2019

It also provides the third occasion of both the Pakistan opening batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings. All the three occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman-1	Score	Batsman-2	Score	Team	Opp	Inns	Ground	Match Date
1	Aamir Sohail	160	Ijaz Ahmed	151	Pak	Win	1	Karachi	06.12.1997
2	Saeed Anwar	101	Taufeeq Umar	104	Pak	Ban	1	Multan	29.08.2001
3	Shan Masood	135	Abid Ali	174	Pak	Srl	2	Karachi	19.12.2019

It also provides the third occasion of both the opening batsmen scoring centuries in a test innings against Sri Lanka. All the three occasions are tabulated below

No	Batsman-1	Score	Batsman-2	Score	Team	Opp	Inns	Ground	Match Date
1	Langer JL	162	Hayden ML	117	Aus	Srl	1	Cairns	09.07.2004
2	Gambhir G	167	Sehwag V	131	Ind	Srl	1	Kanpur	24.11.2009
3	Shan Masood	135	Abid Ali	174	Pak	Srl	2	Karachi	19.12.2019