Indian batsmen scoring first appearance hundreds in tests
CA Pujara’s 145 not out the ongoing third and final test at Col-SSC between Sri Lanka and India provide his first appearance hundred against Sri Lanka, It provides the 42nd occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a first appearance hundred. The following table lists all such occasions
| No | Player | Team | FI | SI | Oppn | Venue | Season | |
| 1 | Amarnath L | Ind | 38 | 118 | Eng | Mumbai (Gym) | 1933 | 34 |
| 2 | Adhikari HR | Ind | 114* | 29* | Win | Delhi (Feroz) | 1948 | 49 |
| 3 | Mushtaq Ali | Ind | 54 | 106 | Win | Kolkata | 1948 | 49 |
| 4 | Shodhan DH | Ind | 110 | DNB | Pak | Kolkata | 1952 | 53 |
| 5 | Umrigar PR | Ind | 223 | DNB | NZl | Hyderabad (LB) | 1955 | 56 |
| 6 | Manjrekar VL | Ind | 118 | DNB | NZl | Hyderabad (LB) | 1955 | 56 |
| 7 | Kripal Singh AG | Ind | 100* | DNB | NZl | Hyderabad (LB) | 1955 | 56 |
| 8 | Baig AA | Ind | 26 | 112 | Eng | Old Trafford | 1959 | |
| 9 | Hanumant Singh | Ind | 105 | 23 | Eng | Delhi (Feroz) | 1963 | 64 |
| 10 | Pataudi (Nawab of) | Ind | 128* | 1 | Aus | Chennai (Corp) | 1964 | 65 |
| 11 | Viswanath GR | Ind | 0 | 137 | Aus | Kanpur | 1969 | 70 |
| 12 | Gavaskar SM | Ind | 119 | 14 | NZl | Wankhede | 1976 | 77 |
| 13 | Gavaskar SM | Ind | 3 | 113 | Aus | Brisbane (Gab) | 1977 | 78 |
| 14 | Viswanath GR | Ind | 145 | DNB | Pak | Faisalabad | 1978 | 79 |
| 15 | Gavaskar SM | Ind | 155 | 4* | Srl | Chepauk | 1982 | 83 |
| 16 | Patil SM | Ind | 114* | 46 | Srl | Chepauk | 1982 | 83 |
| 17 | Azharuddin M | Ind | 110 | DNB | Eng | Kolkata | 1984 | 85 |
| 18 | Sidhu NS | Ind | 116 | 43* | NZl | Bangalore | 1988 | 89 |
| 19 | Manjrekar SV | Ind | 3 | 113* | Pak | Karachi (NS) | 1989 | 90 |
| 20 | Amre PK | Ind | 103 | DNB | RSA | Kingsmead | 1992 | 93 |
| 21 | Manjrekar SV | Ind | 104 | DNB | Zim | Harare | 1992 | 93 |
| 22 | Kambli VG | Ind | 227 | DNB | Zim | Delhi (Feroz) | 1992 | 93 |
| 23 | Mongia NR | Ind | 152 | 0 | Aus | Delhi (Feroz) | 1996 | 97 |
| 24 | Ganguly SC | Ind | 131 | DNB | Eng | Lord’s | 1996 | |
| 25 | Ramesh S | Ind | 143 | 30 | Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 1998 | 99 |
| 26 | Dravid RS | Ind | 118 | 44 | Zim | Harare | 1998 | 99 |
| 27 | Dravid RS | Ind | 1 | 144 | NZl | Mohali | 1999 | 00 |
| 28 | Dasgupta D | Ind | 100 | 0* | Eng | Mohali | 2001 | 02 |
| 29 | Sehwag V | Ind | 105 | 31 | RSA | Bloemfontein | 2001 | 02 |
| 30 | Bangar SB | Ind | 100* | DNB | Zim | Nagpur | 2001 | 02 |
| 31 | Agarkar AB | Ind | 2 | 109* | Eng | Lord’s | 2002 | |
| 32 | Sehwag V | Ind | 147 | DNB | Win | Wankhede | 2002 | 03 |
| 34 | Sehwag V | Ind | 309 | DNB | Pak | Multan (CS) | 2003 | 04 |
| 35 | Raina SK | Ind | 120 | DNB | Srl | Colombo (SSC) | 2010 | |
| 36 | Pujara CA | Ind | 159 | DNB | NZl | Hyderabad (RG) | 2012 | |
| 37 | Pujara CA | Ind | 206* | 41* | Eng | Ahmedabad (GS) | 2012 | 13 |
| 38 | Dhawan | Ind | 187 | DNB | Aus | Mohali | 2012 | 13 |
| 39 | Sharma RG | Ind | 177 | DNB | Win | Kolkata | 2013 | |
| 40 | Vijay M | Ind | 146 | 52 | Eng | Nottingham | 2014 | |
| 41 | Dhawan S | Ind | 134 | 28 | Srl | Galle | 2015 | |
| 42 | Pujara CA | Ind | 145* | Srl | Col-SSC | 2015 |