List of Centuries scored by Indians in debut Test match: Test cricket is known as the backbone of international cricket. Don Bradman is the most successful test player in the history of Test cricket. Scoring a century in the debut Test match is a dream of almost all cricketers.
Test cricket has completed 144 years this year. The very first test match was played between Australia and England in March 1877. To date, 115 centuries have been scored by players in their debut test matches.
The very first century in the debut match was scored by Australia's Charles Bannerman on 15 March 1877 while Lala Amarnath was the first Indian batsman who scored a century in his debut Test match.
Recently, Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made his name playing for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL scored a century on his test debut. Jaiswal is a 21-year-old batsman who is considered by many cricket pundits as the most promising player of the next generation of Indian cricketers. Jaiswal proved why that is the case. Jaiswal shunned his explosive style and showed his prowess in red-ball cricket. He reached his hundred in 215 balls.
Mohammad Azharuddin is the only player to have scored centuries in his first three Test matches. There are 17 Indian players who have scored centuries in their debut test match so far.
Also Read: Yashasvi Jaiswal Biography: Age, Early Life, Player Profile, Career and More
List of Centuries scored by Indians in the debut Test match
| Batsman | Score | Innnings | Opposition | Date | Result |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 143* | 2 | West Indies | 13-Jul-23 | --- |
| Shreyas Iyer | 105 | 1 | New Zealand | 25-Nov-21 | Drawn |
| Prithvi Shaw | 134 | 1 | West Indies | 04-Oct-18 | Won |
| Rohit Sharma | 177 | 2 | West Indies | 06-Nov-13 | Won |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 187 | 2 | Australia | 14-Mar-13 | Won |
| Suresh Raina | 120 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 26-Jul-10 | Drawn |
| Virender Sehwag | 105 | 1 | South Africa | 03-Nov-01 | Lost |
| Sourav Ganguly | 131 | 2 | England | 20-Jun-96 | Drawn |
| Pravin Amre | 103 | 2 | South Africa | 13-Nov-92 | Drawn |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 110 | 1 | England | 31-Dec-84 | Drawn |
| Surinder Amarnath | 124 | 2 | New Zealand | 24-Jan-76 | Won |
| Gundappa Viswanath | 137 | 3 | Australia | 15-Nov-69 | Drawn |
| Hanumant Singh | 105 | 1 | England | 08-Feb-64 | Drawn |
| Abbas Ali Baig | 112 | 4 | England | 23-Jul-59 | Lost |
| A. G. Kripal Singh | 100* | 1 | New Zealand | 19-Nov-55 | Drawn |
| Deepak Shodhan | 110 | 2 | Pakistan | 12-Dec-52 | Drawn |
| Lala Amarnath | 118 | 3 | England | 15-Dec-33 | Lost |
Check: Most Centuries in Test Cricket
Virender Sehwag is the only Indian player who has scored 300 plus score in test matches two times. Karun Nair and Virender Sehwag are the only players who have scored triple centuries in Test cricket.
Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are the only Indian players who have scored at least a century in all three formats of international cricket.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is the latest century scorer in the debut Test match while Lala Amarnath was the first Indian player. Many great players like Prithvi Shaw, Sourav Ganguly and Shikhar Dhawan also scored hundreds in their maiden test match.
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