KL Rahul {79} and S Dhawan {94} scored fifties in the third  innings of the test against Sri Lanka at Kolkata to provide the  fourth occasion of both the Indian openers scoring fifties in test innings against Sri Lanka. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SS Das	68	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
	2	S Ramesh	55	3	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
2	1	G Gambhir	74	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
	2	V Sehwag	50	3	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
3	1	M Vijay	58	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
	2	V Sehwag	99	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
4	1	KL Rahul	79	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
	2	S Dhawan	94	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017