S Badrinath with his 56 on his test debut against South Africa in the first test at Nagpur earned the distinction of becoming the 34^th Indian batsman to score a fifty on debut. The complete list is furnished below

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	L Amar Singh	–	51	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1932
2	L Amarnath	–	118	Eng	Mumbai	Dec 1933
3	Dilawar Hussain	59	57	Eng	Kolkata	Jan 1934
4	Yuvraj of Patiala	–	60	Eng	Chennai	Feb 1934
5	C Ramaswami	–	60	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1936
6	MH Mankad	–	63	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1946
7	RS Modi	57*	–	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1946
8	DG Phadkar	51	–	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1947
9	KC Ibrahim	85	–	Win	Delhi	Nov 1948
10	CD Gopinath	50*	–	Eng	Mumbai (BS)	Dec 1951
11	RH Shodhan	110	–	Pak	Kolkata	Dec 1952
12	AG Kripal Singh	100*	–	NZl	Hyd-LBS	Nov 1955
13	RG Nadkarni	68*	–	NZl	Delhi	Dec 1955
14	AA Baig	–	112	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1959
15	Hanumant Singh	105	–	Eng	Delhi	Feb 1964
16	GR Viswanath	–	137	Aus	Kanpur	Nov 1969
17	SM Gavaskar	65	67*	Win	Port of Spain	Mar 1971
18	SS Naik	–	77	Eng	Birmingham	Jul 1974
18	HS Kanitkar	65	–	Win	Bangalore	Nov 1974
20	PH Sharma	54	–	Win	Delhi	Dec 1974
21	S Amarnath	124	–	NZl	Auckland	Jan 1976
22	P Roy	–	60*	Eng	Chennai	Jan 1982
23	J Arun Lal	63	–	Srl	Chennai	Sep 1982
24	BS Sandhu	71	–	Pak	Hyd-Pak	Jan 1983
25	M Azharuddin	110	–	Eng	Kolkata	Dec 1984
26	LS Rajput	–	61	Srl	Col-SSC	Aug 1985
27	WV Raman	–	83	Win	Chennai	Jan 1988
28	PK Amre	103	–	SAF	Durban	Nov 1992
29	R Dravid	95	–	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1996
30	SC Ganguly	131	–	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1996
31	VVS Laxman	–	51	SAF	Ahmedabad	Nov 1996
32	DJ Gandhi	–	75	NZl	Mohali	Oct 1999
33	V Sehwag	105	–	SAF	Bloemfontein	Nov 2001
34	S Badrinath	56	–	SAF	Nagpur	Feb 2010

S Badrinath with his 56 became the fourth Indian batsman to register a fifty on test debut against South Africa after PK Amre. VVS Laxman and V Sehwag

No	Batsmen	FI	SI	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	PK Amre	103	–	SAF	Durban	Nov 1992
2	VVS Laxman	–	51	SAF	Ahmedabad	Nov 1996
3	V Sehwag	105	–	SAF	Bloemfontein	Nov 2001
4	S Badrinath	56	–	SAF	Nagpur	Feb 2010