Sri Lankan batsmen KNM Fernando and FDM Karunaratne posted 228 runs for the first wicket in the ongoing test at Galle to provide the 38^th occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 200 plus runs partnerships for various wickets in its tests. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RL Dias, S Wettimuny	2	217	1	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
2	RL Dias, LRD Mendis	4	216	4	v India	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
3	AP Gurusinha, A Ranatunga	4	240*	3	v Pakistan	Col-PSS	22 Mar 1986
4	AP Gurusinha, A Ranatunga	4	230	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
5	AP Gurusinha, S Ranatunga	2	217	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Oct 1994
6	ST Jayasuriya, RS Mahanama	2	576	2	v India	Col-RPS	02 Aug 1997
7	PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya	3	218	3	v India	Col-SSC	09 Aug 1997
8	PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya	3	243	2	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
9	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	335	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
10	MS Atapattu, PA de Silva	3	230	1	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001
11	ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara	2	203	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	06 Mar 2002
12	MS Atapattu, M Jayawardene	3	206	1	v England	Lord’s	16 May 2002
13	PA de Silva, ST Jayasuriya	5	234	2	v Bangladesh	Col-PSS	21 Jul 2002
14	M Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera	3	262	2	v England	Col-SSC	18 Dec 2003
15	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	281	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
16	MS Atapattu, KC Sangakkara	2	438	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
17	TM Dilshan, TT Samaraweera	5	280	1	v Bangladesh	Col-PSS	20 Sep 2005
18	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	3	624	2	v South Africa	Col-SSC	27 Jul 2006
19	P Jayawardene, WPUJC Vaas	7	223*	2	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	25 Jun 2007
20	M Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	3	311	2	v Bangladesh	Kandy	11 Jul 2007
21	M Jayawardene, MG Vandort	3	227	2	v England	Col-SSC	09 Dec 2007
22	M Jayawardene, TT Samaraweera	4	437	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	21 Feb 2009
23	TT Samaraweera, KC Sangakkara	4	204	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 Mar 2009
24	TM Dilshan, TT Samaraweera	5	207	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	01 Mar 2009
25	M Jayawardene, P Jayawardene	6	351	2	v India	Ahmedabad	16 Nov 2009
26	TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana	1	207	2	v England	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
27	P Jayawardene, KC Sangakkara	6	201	3	v Pakistan	Abu Dhabi	18 Oct 2011
28	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	225	2	v Pakistan	Col-SSC	30 Jun 2012
29	LD Chandimal, HDRL Thirimanne	5	203*	1	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
30	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	213	3	v Bangladesh	Galle	08 Mar 2013
31	LD Chandimal, FDM Karunaratne	3	238	1	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015
32	LD Chandimal, DM de Silva	6	211	1	v Australia	Col-SSC	13 Aug 2016
33	DM de Silva, BKG Mendis	2	308	2	v Bangladesh	Chattogram	31 Jan 2018
34	AD Mathews, BKG Mendis	4	274*	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	15 Dec 2018
35	DM de Silva, FDM Karunaratne	4	345	2	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Apr 2021
36	FDM Karunaratne, HDRL Thirimanne	1	209	1	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
37	FDM Karunaratne, BKG Mendis	2	281	1	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023
38	KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne	1	228	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023

It also provides the fifth occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 200 plus runs for the first wicket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	335	1	v Pakistan	Kandy	28 Jun 2000
2	MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya	1	281	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
3	TM Dilshan, NT Paranavitana	1	207	2	v England	Lord’s	03 Jun 2011
4	FDM Karunaratne, HDRL Thirimanne	1	209	1	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
5	KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne	1	228	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023

It also provides the second occasion of Sri Lankan batsmen posting 200 plus runs against Ireland for various wickets.Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	W	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne, BKG Mendis	2	281	1	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023
2	KNM Fernando, FDM Karunaratne	1	228	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023