List Of Indian Cricketers Who Have Scored Century On Test Debut

Playing Test cricket for your country is an achievement itself, let alone scoring a century on debut. India batter Shreyas Iyer, who made his Test debut in the ongoing Kanpur Test against New Zealand, on Friday registered his maiden Test century on his debut appearance for the team in the longest format of the game. After starting off steadily, Iyer went on to play a brilliant knock, helping India recover from a tricky situation against the Kiwis on day one.

Iyer smashed 105 off 171 balls, hitting 13 boundaries and a couple of sixes during India's first innings. His exploits helped India reach a total of 345 in the first innings at the Green Park Stadium.

For the record, Iyer, who received his debut Test cap from legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar, is only the 16th Indian cricketer to score a century on Test debut.

List of Indian players to score century on Test debut: 

Batsman                               Score     Opposition

1. Lala Amarnath                   118         England (1933)
2. Deepak Shodan                110          Pakistan (1952)
3. AG Kripal Singh                100*         New Zealand (1955)
4. Abbas Ali Baig                   112          England (1959)
5. Hanumant Singh               105          England (1964)
6. Gundappa Viswanath        137          Australia (1969)
7. Surinder Amarnath            124          New Zealand (1976)
8. Mohammad Azharuddin    110          England (1984)
9. Pravin Amre                      103          South Africa (1992)
10. Sourav Ganguly              131          England (1996)
11. Virender Sehwag             105         South Africa (2001)
12. Suresh Raina                  120          Sri Lanka (2010)
13. Shikhar Dhawan              187         Australia (2013)
14. Rohit Sharma                  127         West Indies (2013)
15. Prithvi Shaw                    134         West Indies (2018)
16. Shreyas Iyer                    105         New Zealand (2021)

After winning the toss, India stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane opted to bat first against the Kane Williamson-led Blackcaps.

A fine century from Iyer, and half-centuries from Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja saw India score 345 runs in the first innings.

In reply, New Zealand were 72/0 at tea on day two.

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