HDRL Thirimanne {0} and FDM Karunaratne {107} scored century and duck in the just concluded second test between India and Sri Lanka at Bengaluru to provide the 98th occasion of one of the openers scoring a century and another a duck in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	MacLaren  AC	124
	Mason  JR	0	Eng	Aus	2	Adelaide	14.01.1898
2	Shalders  WA	0
	Sherwell  PW	115	SAF	Eng	2	Lord’s	01.07.1907
3	Hayward  TW	0
	Fry  CB	129	Eng	SAF	1	Kennington	19.08.1907
4	Jennings  CB	0
	Kelleway  CE	102	Aus	SAF	1	Lord’s	15.07.1912
5	Taylor  HW	109
	Hartigan  GPD	0	SAF	Eng	1	Lord’s-SAF	13.12.1913
6	Bardsley  W	0
	Woodfull  WM	141	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	10.07.1926
7	Holmes  P	0
	Sutcliffe  H	102	Eng	SAF	1	Jo’burg-OW	24.12.1927
8	Woodfull  WM	111
	Richardson  VY	0	Aus	Eng	2	Sydney	14.12.1928
9	Ponsford  WH	109
	Jackson  AA	0	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane EG	16.01.1931
10	Dempster  CS	120
	Mills  JE	0	NZl	Eng	2	Lord’s	27.06.1931
11	Hutton  L	122*
	Washbrook  C	0	Eng	Aus	1	Sydney	28.02.1947
12	Mankad  MH	111
	Sarwate  CT	0	Ind	Aus	1	Melbourne	06.02.1948
13	Barnes  SG	0
	Morris  AR	105	Aus	Eng	1	Lord’s	24.06.1948
14	Hutton  L	0
	Washbrook  C	103*	Eng	NZl	2	Leeds	11.06.1949
15	Archer  KA	0
	Morris  AR	206	Aus	Eng	1	Adelaide	02.02.1951
16	Mankad  MH	184
	Roy  P	0	Ind	Eng	2	Lord’s	19.06.1952
17	Roy  P	0
	Apte  ML	163*	Ind	Win	2	Trinidad	19.02.1953
18	McDonald  CC	127
	Favell  LE	0	Aus	Win	1	Sabina Park	11.06.1955
19	McGlew  DJ	105
	Westcott  RJ	0	SAF	Aus	1	Kingsmead	24.01.1958
20	Simpson  RB	103
	Lawry  WM	0	Aus	Ind	2	Adelaide	23.12.1967
21	Edrich  JH	0
	Boycott  G	116	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	28.03.1968
22	Redpath  IR	0
	Lawry  WM	105	Aus	Win	1	Brisbane	06.12.1968
23	Boycott  G	0
	Edrich  JH	155	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.08.1969
24	Boycott  G	112
	Luckhurst  BW	0	Eng	Pak	1	Leeds	08.07.1971
25	Stackpole  KR	0
	Redpath  IR	159*	Aus	NZl	2	Auckland	22.03.1974
26	Murray  DL	0
	Greenidge  CG	107	Win	Ind	2	Bengaluru	22.11.1974
27	Gavaskar  SM	156
	Vengsarkar  DB	0	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	24.03.1976
28	Fredericks  RC	0
	Greenidge  CG	134	Win	Eng	1	Manchester	08.07.1976
29	Brearley  JM	0
	Boycott  G	191	Eng	Aus	1	Leeds	11.08.1977
30	Darling  WM	0
	Wood  GM	126	Aus	Win	2	Bourda	31.03.1978
31	Gavaskar  SM	137
	Chauhan  CPS	0	Ind	Pak	2	Karachi	14.11.1978
32	Hilditch  AMJ	0
	Yallop  GN	167	Aus	Ind	1	Kolkata	26.10.1979
33	Wright  JG	110
	Edgar  BA	0	NZl	Ind	1	Auckland	13.03.1981
34	Wright  JG	130
	Edgar  BA	0	NZl	Eng	1	Auckland	10.02.1984
35	Greenidge  CG	100
	Haynes  DL	0	Win	NZl	1	Trinidad	29.03.1985
36	Ramiz Raja	114
	Shoaib Mohd	0	Pak	Ind	1	Jaipur	21.02.1987
37	Greenidge  CG	0
	Haynes  DL	100	Win	Aus	2	Perth	02.12.1988
38	Taylor  MA	108
	Boon  DC	0	Aus	Srl	2	Hobart	16.12.1989
39	Gooch  GA	0
	Atherton  MA	151	Eng	NZl	1	Nottingham	07.06.1990
40	Shastri  RJ	206
	Sidhu  NS	0	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	02.01.1992
41	Atherton  MA	144
	Stewart  AJ	0	Eng	Win	1	Bourda	17.03.1994
42	Prabhakar  MM	120
	Sidhu  NS	0	Ind	Win	1	Mohali	10.12.1994
43	Williams  SC	0
	Richardson  RB	100	Win	Aus	1	Kingston	29.04.1995
44	Hudson  AC	0
	Kirsten  G	110	SAF	Eng	1	Jo’burg	30.11.1995
45	Laxman  VVS	0
	Sidhu  NS	201	Ind	Win	1	Trinidad	14.03.1997
46	Taylor  MA	0
	Elliott  MTG	199	Aus	Eng	1	Leeds	24.07.1997
47	Flower  GW	156*
	Viljoen  DP	0	Zim	Pak	1	Bulawayo	14.03.1998
48	Slater  MJ	113
	Taylor  MA	0	Aus	Eng	2	Brisbane	20.11.1998
49	Butcher  MA	116
	Atherton  MA	0	Eng	Aus	1	Brisbane	20.11.1998
50	Atherton  MA	0
	Stewart  AJ	107	Eng	Aus	1	Melbourne	26.12.1998
51	Saeed Anwar	0
	W Wasti	133	Pak	Srl	1	Lahore	04.03.1999
52	Elliott  MTG	0
	Slater  MJ	106	Aus	Win	2	Trinidad	05.03.1999
53	Campbell  SL	105
	Griffith  AFG	0	Win	Aus	1	Bridgetown	26.03.1999
54	Saeed Anwar	119
	Mohd Wasim	0	Pak	Aus	2	Brisbane	05.11.1999
55	Atapattu  MS	0
	Arnold  RP	104*	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.1999
56	Slater  MJ	143
	Blewett  GS	0	Aus	NZl	1	Wellington	24.03.2000
57	Richardson MH	143
	Vincent  L	0	NZl	Ban	1	Hamilton	18.12.2001
58	Imran Nazir	127
	Shahid Afridi	0	Pak	NZl	1	Lahore	01.05.2002
59	Jaffer  W	0
	Sehwag  V	106	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	08.08.2002
60	Taufeeq Umar	111
	Saleem Elahi	0	Pak	Zim	2	Harare	09.11.2002
61	Gayle  CH	107
	Ganga  D	0	Win	SAF	2	Centurion	16.01.2004
62	Smith  DS	0
	Gayle  CH	141	Win	Ban	1	Gros Islet	28.05.2004
63	Atapattu  MS	0
	Jayasuriya  ST	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.2004
64	Trescothick ME	180
	Strauss  AJ	0	Eng	SAF	2	Jo’burg	13.01.2005
65	Gayle  CH	317
	Hinds  WW	0	Win	SAF	1	Antigua	29.04.2005
66	Langer  JL	0
	Hayden  ML	111	Aus	ICC	1	Sydney	14.10.2005
67	Jaffer  W	100
	Sehwag  V	0	Ind	Eng	2	Nagpur-VCA	01.03.2006
68	Vandort  MG	0
	Tharanga  WU	165	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.2006
69	Vandort  MG	105
	Tharanga  WU	0	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.2006
70	Strauss  AJ	0
	Cook  AN	116	Eng	Aus	2	Perth	14.12.2006
71	Strauss  AJ	0
	Cook  AN	106	Eng	Win	2	Manchester	07.06.2007
72	Vandort  MG	117
	WarnapuraBSM	0	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.2007
73	Sehwag  V	151
	Pathan  IK	0	Ind	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.01.2008
74	Hayden  ML	0
	Katich  SM	131*	Aus	NZl	2	Brisbane	20.11.2008
75	Gambhir  G	179
	Sehwag  V	0	Ind	Eng	1	Mohali	19.12.2008
76	Strauss  AJ	0
	Cook  AN	106	Eng	Srl	2	Lord’s	03.06.2011
77	Mukund  A	0
	Dravid  R	117	Ind	Eng	1	Nottingham	29.07.2011
78	ParanavitanaNT	0
	Dilshan  TM	121	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.2012
79	Smith  GC	131
	Petersen  AN	0	SAF	Eng	1	The Oval	19.07.2012
80	Strauss  AJ	0
	Cook  AN	115	Eng	SAF	1	The Oval	19.07.2012
81	Fulton  PG	110
	Rutherford HD	0	NZl	Eng	2	Auckland	22.03.2013
82	Tamim Iqbal	0
	S Rahman	106	Ban	Srl	1	Chittagong	04.02.2014
83	Vijay  M	0
	Rahul  KL	110	Ind	Aus	1	Sydney	06.01.2015
84	Cook  AN	105
	Trott  I J L	0	Eng	Win	1	Bridgetown	01.05.2015
85	Shan Masood	125
	A Shehzad	0	Pak	Srl	2	Pallekele	03.07.2015
86	Vijay  M	0
	Rahul  KL	108	Ind	Srl	1	Col-PSS	20.08.2015
87	van Zyl  S	0
	Elgar  D	118*	SAF	Eng	1	Durban	26.12.2015
88	Cook  SC	104
	Elgar  D	0	SAF	Aus	2	Adelaide	24.11.2016
89	Cook  SC	0
	Elgar  D	129	SAF	Srl	1	Cape Town	02.01.2017
90	Karunaratne  D	0
	Mendis  K	196	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.2018
81	Elgar  D	141*
	Markram  AK	0	SAF	Aus	1	Cape Town	22.03.2018
92	Shaw  PP	134
	Rahul  KL	0	Ind	Win	1	Rajkot	04.10.2018
93	Raval  JA	0
	Latham  TWM	154	NZl	Srl	1	Col-PSS	22.08.2019
94	Shan Masood	0
	Abid Ali	109*	Pak	Srl	1	Rawalpindi	11.12.2019
95	Shan Masood	100
	Abid Ali	0	Pak	Ban	1	Rawalpindi	07.02.2020
96	Sharma  RG	161
	Shubman Gill	0	Ind	Eng	1	Chepauk	13.02.2021
97	RJ Burns	132
	DP Sibley	0	Eng	NZl	2	Lord’s	02.06.2021
98	Karunaratne D	107
	Thirimanne L	0	Srl	Ind	4	Bengaluru	12.03.2022

It also provides the eighth occasion of Sri Lankan opening batsmen performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Runs	Team	Opp	I	Ground	Date
1	Atapattu  MS	0
	Arnold  RP	104*	Srl	Zim	1	Harare	04.12.1999
2	Atapattu  MS	0
	Jayasuriya  ST	253	Srl	Pak	2	Faisalabad	20.10.2004
3	Vandort  MG	0
	Tharanga  WU	165	Srl	Ban	1	Bogra	08.03.2006
4	Vandort  MG	105
	Tharanga  WU	0	Srl	Eng	2	Birmingham	25.05.2006
5	Vandort  MG	117
	Warnapura BSM	0	Srl	Ban	1	Col-SSC	25.06.2007
6	Paranavitana NT	0
	Dilshan  TM	121	Srl	Pak	1	Col-SSC	30.06.2012
7	Karunaratne  D	0
	Mendis  K	196	Srl	Ban	1	Chittagong	31.01.2018
8	Karunaratne D	107
	Thirimanne L	0	Srl	Ind	4	Bengaluru	12.03.2022