Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut

Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut

Rohit Sharma became the 14th Indian and 96th overall to score a century on Test Debut.

118 – Lala Amarnath vs Eng, Mumbai, Dec 1933110 – Deepak Shodhan vs Pak, Kolkata, Dec 1952100*-AG Kripal Singh vs NZ, Hyderabad, Nov 1955112 – Abbas Ali Baig vs Eng, Manchester, Jul 1959105 – Hanumant Singh vs Eng, Delhi, Feb 1964137 – Gundappa Viswanath vs Aus, Kanpur, Nov 1969124 – Surinder Amarnath vs NZ, Auckland, Jan 1976110 – Mohammad Azharuddin vs Eng, Kolkata, Dec 1984103 – Pravin Amre vs SA, Durban, Nov 1992131 – Sourav Ganguly vs Eng, Lord’s, Jun 1996105 – Virender Sehwag vs SA, Bloemfontein, Nov 2001120 – Suresh Raina vs SL, Colombo SSC, Jul 2010187 – Shikhar Dhawan vs Aus, Mohali, Mar 2013

177 – Rohit Sharma vs WI, Kolkata, Nov 2013

Facts and Records of Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut

# 14 Indians scored a century on their test debut.

# 8 in India and 6 outside India.

# Gundappa Viswanath scored a duck and 137 on his debut.

# Gundappa Viswanath and Virender Sehwag also scored a century in their debut First Class inning.

# Mohammad Azharuddin scored 3 centuries in his first 3 Test matches. Ganguly scored 2 centuries in his first 2 tests.

# Surinder and Lala, Amarnath, are the only father-son pair to score century on Test Debut.# Sehwag and Rohit Sharma have scored a double century in ODIs and a Triple Century in their First Class career. # Dhawan completed his century in 85 balls, which is the fastest by any player on his Test Debut.

Distributions of Centuries by Indians on their Test Debut:

Opposition wise Distribution: 5 – England2 – Australia2 – New Zealand2 – South Africa1 – Pakistan1 – Sri Lanka1 – West IndiesBatting Order wise Distribution:Openers – 1No.3 – 4No.4 – 1No.5 – 3No.6 – 4No.8 – 1Result wise Distribution:Wins – 2Lost – 3Drawn – 8(Rohit’s is not included in this)Innings wise Distribution:Match inning:1st Inning – 42nd Inning – 73rd Inning – 24th Inning – 1Team Inning:1st Inning – 112nd Inning – 3