Sri Lankan openers FDM Karunaratne {118} and HDRL Thiruamanne {131 not out} scored centuries on the first day of Palekkele Test against Bangladesh to provide the 77^th occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in the same innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	England	1	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1899
2	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	09 Feb 1912
3	England	2	v South Africa	Lord’s	28 Jun 1924
4	England	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
5	England	3	v Australia	The Oval	14 Aug 1926
6	New Zealand	1	v England	Wellington	24 Jan 1930
7	South Africa	1	v England	Cape Town	01 Jan 1931
8	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	27 Feb 1932
9	Australia	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	01 Jan 1936
10	India	3	v England	Manchester	25 Jul 1936
11	England	1	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
12	West Indies	2	v England	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948
13	England	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	27 Dec 1948
14	West Indies	1	v India	Chennai	27 Jan 1949
15	Australia	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	10 Feb 1950
16	Australia	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Apr 1955
17	India	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
18	England	3	v South Africa	The Oval	18 Aug 1960
19	Australia	1	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
20	Australia	1	v West Indies	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
21	Australia	2	v England	Adelaide	28 Jan 1966
22	Australia	2	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1967
23	New Zealand	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	06 Apr 1972
24	West Indies	1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1976
25	West Indies	2	v India	St John’s	28 Apr 1983
26	England	3	v New Zealand	The Oval	14 Jul 1983
27	West Indies	4	v Australia	Georgetown	02 Mar 1984
28	India	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
29	Australia	1	v England	Nottingham	10 Aug 1989
30	West Indies	2	v England	St John’s	12 Apr 1990
31	England	1	v India	Manchester	09 Aug 1990
32	Australia	1	v England	Lord’s	17 Jun 1993
33	Australia	4	v England	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
34	South Africa	1	v India	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
35	Pakistan	2	v West Indies	Karachi	06 Dec 1997
36	West Indies	1	v New Zealand	Hamilton	16 Dec 1999
37	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
38	New Zealand	2	v Pakistan	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001
39	Pakistan	2	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001
40	South Africa	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	07 Sep 2001
41	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
42	Australia	1	v South Africa	Sydney	02 Jan 2002
43	Australia	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
44	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	02 Jan 2003
45	Australia	3	v West Indies	St John’s	09 May 2003
46	South Africa	1	v England	Birmingham	24 Jul 2003
47	New Zealand	1	v India	Mohali	16 Oct 2003
48	South Africa	1	v West Indies	Centurion	16 Jan 2004
49	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
50	Australia	1	v Sri Lanka	Cairns	09 Jul 2004
51	England	3	v South Africa	Durban	26 Dec 2004
52	South Africa	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2005
53	South Africa	1	v West Indies	St John’s	29 Apr 2005
54	Australia	2	v England	The Oval	08 Sep 2005
55	Australia	2	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
56	India	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
57	India	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007
58	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
59	Australia	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	12 Jun 2008
60	South Africa	3	v England	Lord’s	10 Jul 2008
61	Australia	1	v South Africa	Durban	06 Mar 2009
62	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
63	England	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010
64	West Indies	2	v New Zealand	North Sound	25 Jul 2012
65	England	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013
66	India	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
67	Bangladesh	1	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	12 Nov 2014
68	Bangladesh	3	v Pakistan	Khulna	28 Apr 2015
69	India	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
70	Australia	3	v New Zealand	Brisbane	05 Nov 2015
71	Australia	1	v Pakistan	Sydney	03 Jan 2017
72	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017
73	India	1	v Afghanistan	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018
74	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
75	India	1	v South Africa	Visakhapatnam	02 Oct 2019
76	Pakistan	3	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	19 Dec 2019
77	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the third occasion of Sri Lankan openers performing such a feat. All the three occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
2	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
3	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021

It also provides the seventh occasion of openers performing such a feat against Bangladesh. All the seven occasions are tabulated below.

No	Team	I	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	Pakistan	2	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001
2	India	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007
3	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	29 Feb 2008
4	India	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015
5	South Africa	1	v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	06 Oct 2017
6	New Zealand	2	v Bangladesh	Hamilton	28 Feb 2019
7	Sri Lanka	1	v Bangladesh	Palekkele	29 Apr 2021