KL Rahul {79} and S Dhawan {94} scored half century and ninety in the third  innings of the test against Sri Lanka at Kolkata to provide the sixth occasion of one of the openers scoring a half century and  another a ninety which includes two occasions both the Indian openers scoring nineties  in test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	1	SM Gavaskar	97	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	27 Oct 1978
	2	CPS Chauhan	93	3	v Pakistan	Lahore	27 Oct 1978
2	1	A Jadeja	96	2	v West Indies	St John’s	4 Apr 1997
	2	VVS Laxman	56	2	v West Indies	St John’s	4 Apr 1997
3	1	VVS Laxman	95	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
	2	NS Sidhu	97	2	v Australia	Kolkata	18 Mar 1998
4	1	M Vijay	58	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010
	2	V Sehwag	99	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010
5	1	G Gambhir	54	2	v New Zealand	Hyd-RGS	12 Nov 2010
	2	V Sehwag	96	2	v New Zealand	Hys-RGS	12 Nov 2010
6	1	KL Rahul	79	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017
	2	S Dhawan	94	3	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	16 Nov 2017