for India
partnership	batsmen and venue	year
171 for 1st	M. Prabhakar and N. S. Sidhu at Colombo (SSC)	1993-94
232 for 2nd	S. Ramesh and R. Dravid at Colombo (SSC)	1998-99
173 for 3rd	M. Amarnath and D. B. Vengsarkar at Nagpur	1986-87
256 for 4th	S. C. Ganguly and S. R. Tendulkar at Mumbai	1997-98
150 for 5th	S. R. Tendulkar and S. C. Ganguly at Colombo	1997-98
272 for 6th	M. Azharuddin and Kapil Dev at Kanpur	1986-87
78* for 7th	S. M. Patil and Madan Lal at Madras	1982-83
70 for 8th	Kapil Dev and L. Sivaramakrishnan	1985-86
89 for 9th†	S. C. Ganguly and A. Kuruvilla at Mohali	1997-98
30 for 10th†	Z. Khan and B. K. V. Prasad at Colombo (SSC)	2001
for Sri Lanka
159 for 1st	S. Wettimuny and J. R. Ratnayeke at Kanpur	1986-87
576 for 2nd	S. T. Jayasuriya and R. S. Mahanama at Colombo (RPS)	1997-98
218 for 3rd†	S. T. Jayasuriya and P. A. de Silva at Colombo (SSC) at Colombo	1997-98
216 for 4th	R. L. Dias and L. R. D. Mendis at Kandy	1985-86
144 for 5th	R. S. Madugalle and A. Ranatunga at Colombo (SSC)	1985-86
103 for 6th	P. A. de Silva and H. D. P. K. Dharmasena at Mohali	1997-98
194 for 7th	H. P. Tillekeratne and T. T. Samaraweera at Colombo (SSC)	2001
48 for 8th	P. A. de Silva and M. Muralitharan	1997-98
60 for 9th	H. P. Tillekeratne and A. W. R. Madurasinghe at Chandigarh	1990-91
44 for 10th	R. J. Ratnayake and E. A. R. de Silva at Nagpur	1986-87
† Denotes record partnership against all countries. Although the fifth wicket added 176 runs against India at Colombo (SSC) in 1998-99, this comprised two partnerships with D. P. M. D. Jayawardene adding 115* with A. Ranatunga (retired hurt) and a further 61 with H. P. Tillekeratne.

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