AN Petersen of South Africa with his debut hundred – 100 – against India at Kolkata became the 87^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a hundred on test debut. His hundred in this test provides the 89^th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in a test innings on debut. The following table furnishes the complete list of batsmen who have achieved the feat

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	C Bannerman	165*	–	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Mar 1877
2	WG Grace	152	–	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Sep 1880
3	H Graham	107	–	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 1893
4	KS Ranjitsinhji	–	154*	Eng	Aus	Manchester	Jul 1896
5	PF Warner	–	132*	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 1899
6	RA Duff	–	104	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	Jan 1902
7	RE Foster	287	–	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1903
8	G Gunn	119	–	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1907
9	MJ Hartigan	–	116	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1908
10	HL Collins	–	104	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1920
11	WH Ponsford	110	–	Aus	Eng	Sydney	Dec 1924
12	A Jackson	164	–	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Feb 1929
13	GA Headley	–	176	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	Jan 1930
14	JE Mills	117	–	NZl	Eng	Wellington	Jan 1930
15	IAK Pataudi	102	–	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1932
16	L Amarnath	–	118	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Dec 1933
17	BH Valentine	136	–	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1933
18	PA Gibb	–	106	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Dec 1938
19	AG Ganteaume	112	–	Win	Eng	Trinidad	Feb 1948
20	SC Griffith	140	–	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Feb 1948
21	JW Burke	–	101*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Feb 1951
22	PBH May	138	–	Eng	SAF	Leeds	Jul 1951
23	RH Shodhan	110	–	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	Dec 1952
24	BH Pairaudeau	115	–	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Jan 1953
25	OG Smith	–	104	Win	Aus	Kingston	Mar 1955
26	AG Kripal Singh	100*	–	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	Nov 1955
27	CC Hunte	142	–	Win	Pak	Bridgetown	Jan 1958
28	CA Milton	104*	–	Eng	NZl	Leeds	Jul 1958
29	AA Baig	–	112	Ind	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1959
30	Hanumant Singh	105	–	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Feb 1964
31	Khalid Ibadulla	166	–	Pak	Aus	Karachi	Oct 1964
32	BR Taylor	105	–	NZl	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 1965
33	KD Walters	155	–	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Dec 1965
34	JH Hampshire	107	–	Eng	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1969
35	GR Viswanath	–	137	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
36	GS Chappell	108	–	Aus	Eng	Perth	Dec 1970
37	LG Rowe	214	100*	Win	NZl	Kingston	Feb 1972
38	AI Kallicharran	100*	–	Win	NZl	Georgetown	Apr 1972
39	RE Redmond	107	–	NZl	Pak	Auckland	Feb 1973
40	FC Hayes	–	106*	Eng	Win	The Oval	Jul 1973
41	CG Greenidge	–	107	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
42	L Baichan	–	105*	Win	Pak	Lahore	Feb 1975
44	GJ Cosier	109	–	Aus	Win	Melbourne	Dec 1975
44	S Amarnath	124	–	Ind	NZl	Auckland	Jan 1976
45	Javed Miandad	163	–	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Oct 1976
46	AB Williams	–	100	Win	Aus	Georgetown	Mar 1978
47	DM Wellham	–	103	Aus	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1981
48	Saleem Malik	–	100*	Pak	Srl	Karachi	Mar 1982
49	KC Wessels	162	–	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	Nov 1982
50	WB Phillips	159	–	Aus	Pak	Perth	Nov 1983
51	M Azharuddin	110	–	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	Dec 1984
52	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	–	Srl	NZl	Col-CCC	Apr 1987
53	MJ Greatbatch	–	107*	NZl	Eng	Auckland	Feb 1988
54	ME Waugh	138	–	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1991
55	AC Hudson	163	–	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 1992
56	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	–	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Aug 1992
57	DL Houghton	121	–	Zim	Ind	Harare	Oct 1992
58	PK Amre	103	–	Ind	SAF	Durban	Nov 1992
59	GP Thorpe	–	114*	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	Jul 1993
60	GS Blewett	102*	–	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	Jan 1995
61	SC Ganguly	131	–	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1996
62	Mohammad Wasim	–	109*	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Nov 1996
63	Ali Naqvi	115	–	Pak	SAF	Rawalpindi	Oct 1997
64	Azhar Mahmood	128*	–	Pak	SAF	Rawalpindi	Oct 1997
65	MS Sinclair	214	–	NZl	Win	Wellington	Dec 1999
66	Younis Khan	–	107	Pak	Srl	Rawalpindi	Feb 2000
67	Aminul Islam	145	–	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Nov 2000
68	H Masakadza	–	119	Zim	Win	Harare	Jul 2001
69	TT Samaraweera	103*	–	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Aug 2001
70	Taufeeq Umar	104	–	Pak	Ban	Multan	Aug 2001
71	Mohd Ashraful	–	114	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	Sep 2001
72	V Sehwag	105	–	Ind	SAF	Bloemfontein	Nov 2001
73	L Vincent	104	–	NZl	Aus	Perth	Nov 2001
74	SB Styris	107	–	NZl	Win	St George’s	Jun 2002
75	JA Rudolph	222*	–	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	Apr 2003
76	Yasir Hameed	170	105	Pak	Ban	Karachi	Aug 2003
77	DR Smith	–	105*	Win	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2004
78	AJ Strauss	112	–	Eng	NZl	Lord’s	May 2004
79	MJ Clarke	151	–	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2004
80	AN Cook	–	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	Mar 2006
81	MJ Prior	126*	–	Eng	Win	Lord’s	May 2007
82	MJ North	117	–	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	Feb 2009
83	Fawad Alam	–	168	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	Jul 2009
84	IJL Trott	–	119	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 2009
85	Umar Akmal	129	–	Pak	NZl	Dunedin	Nov 2009
86	AB Barath	–	104	Win	Aus	Brisbane	Nov 2009
87	AN Petersen	100	–	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010

AN Petersen became the tenth batsman to register a hundred on test debut against India. The following table furnishes the list of batsmen who have achieved the feat

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	BH Valentine	136	–	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1933
2	BH Pairaudeau	115	–	Win	Ind	Trinidad	Jan 1953
3	BR Taylor	105	–	NZl	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 1965
4	CG Greenidge	–	107	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
5	DL Houghton	121	–	Zim	Ind	Harare	Oct 1992
6	Aminul Islam	145	–	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	Nov 2000
7	TT Samaraweera	103*	–	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	Aug 2001
8	MJ Clarke	151	–	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2004
9	AN Cook	–	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	Mar 2006
10	AN Petersen	100	–	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010

AN Petersen is the third South African batsman to score a debut hundred after AC Hudson and JA Rudolph

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	AC Hudson	163	–	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	Apr 1992
2	JA Rudolph	222*	–	SAF	Ban	Chittagong	Apr 2003
3	AN Petersen	100	–	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010

AN Petersen became the fourth batsman to register a debut hundred at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The other three are RH Shodhan of India, BR Taylor of New Zealand and M Azharuddin of India

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	RH Shodhan	110	–	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	Dec 1952
2	BR Taylor	105	–	NZl	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 1965
3	M Azharuddin	110	–	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	Dec 1984
4	AN Petersen	100	–	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010

AN Petersen became the sixth visiting batsman to register a hundred against India on Indian soil

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	BH Valentine	136	–	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1933
2	BR Taylor	105	–	NZl	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 1965
3	CG Greenidge	–	107	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
4	MJ Clarke	151	–	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2004
5	AN Cook	–	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	Mar 2006
6	AN Petersen	100	–	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010

AN Petersen became the twelfth batsman to register a hundred against India on Indian soil. The complete list is furnished below

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	L Amarnath	–	118	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	Dec 1933
2	BH Valentine	136	–	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	Dec 1933
3	RH Shodhan	110	–	Ind	Pak	Kolkata	Dec 1952
4	AG Kripal Singh	100*	–	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	Nov 1955
5	Hanumant Singh	105	–	Ind	Eng	Delhi	Feb 1964
6	BR Taylor	105	–	NZl	Ind	Kolkata	Mar 1965
7	GR Viswanath	–	137	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
8	CG Greenidge	–	107	Win	Ind	Bangalore	Nov 1974
9	M Azharuddin	110	–	Ind	Eng	Kolkata	Dec 1984
10	MJ Clarke	151	–	Aus	Ind	Bangalore	Oct 2004
11	AN Cook	–	104*	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	Mar 2006
12	AN Petersen	100	–	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	Feb 2010