KL Rahul scored 158 in the ongoing Kingston test against West Indies to provide the 61st occasion of a batsman scoring a first appearance hundred against West Indies. All such occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Ground	Season
1	Tyldesley GE	Eng	122	DNB	Win	Lord’s	1928
2	Sandham A	Eng	152	51	Win	Bridgetown	1929	30
3	Kippax AF	Aus	146	DNB	Win	Adelaide	1930	31
4	Bakewell AH	Eng	107	DNB	Win	The Oval	1933
5	Hutton L	Eng	196	16	Win	Lord’s	1939
6	Compton DCS	Eng	120	DNB	Win	Lord’s	1939
7	Griffith SC	Eng	140	4	Win	Port-of-Spain	1947	48
8	Adhikari HR	Ind	114*	29*	Win	Delhi (Feroz)	1948	49
9	Mushtaq Ali	Ind	54	106	Win	Kolkata	1948	49
10	Washbrook C	Eng	36	114	Win	Lord’s	1950
11	Watson W	Eng	3	116	Win	Kingston	1953	54
12	Cowdrey MC	Eng	4	154	Win	Edgbaston	1957
13	Hanif Mohammad	Pak	17	337	Win	Bridgetown	1957	58
14	Dexter ER	Eng	136*	DNB	Win	Bridgetown	1959	60
15	Barrington KF	Eng	128	DNB	Win	Bridgetown	1959	60
16	Parks JM	Eng	43	101*	Win	Port-of-Spain	1959	60
17	Subba Row R	Eng	27	100	Win	Georgetown	1959	60
18	O’Neill NCL	Aus	181	26	Win	Brisbane (Gab)	1960	61
19	Murray JT	Eng	112	DNB	Win	The Oval	1966
20	Chappell IM	Aus	117	50	Win	Brisbane (Gab)	1968	69
21	Taylor BR	NZl	124	9	Win	Auckland	1968	69
22	Hampshire JH	Eng	107	5	Win	Lord’s	1969
23	Hayes FC	Eng	16	106*	Win	The Oval	1973
24	Cosier GJ	Aus	109	DNB	Win	Melbourne	1975	76
25	Steele DS	Eng	106	6	Win	Trent Bridge	1976
26	Hughes KJ	Aus	3	130*	Win	Brisbane (Gab)	1979	00
27	Dyson J	Aus	28	127*	Win	Sydney	1981	82
28	Hilditch AMJ	Aus	70	113	Win	Melbourne	1984	85
29	Hudson AC	RSA	163	0	Win	Bridgetown	1991	92
30	Parore AC	NZl	100	DNB	Win	Christchurch	1994	95
31	Astle NJ	NZl	54	125	Win	Bridgetown	1995	96
32	Sinclair MS	NZl	214	DNB	Win	Wellington	1999	00
33	Imran Nazir	Pak	2	131	Win	Bridgetown	1999	00
34	Flower A	Zim	113*	5	Win	Port-of-Spain	1999	00
35	Shahid Afridi	Pak	107	0	Win	Sharjah	2001	02
36	Sangakkara KC	Srl	140	DNB	Win	Galle	2001	02
37	Masakadza H	Zim	9	119	Win	Harare	2001
38	Sehwag V	Ind	147	DNB	Win	Wankhede	2002	03
39	Styris SB	NZl	107	69*	Win	Queen’s Park 2	2002
40	Smith GC	RSA	132	44	Win	Wanderers	2003	04
41	Mohammad Rafique	Ban	111	29	Win	Gros ISrlet	2004
42	Key RWT	Eng	221	15	Win	Lord’s	2004
43	Strauss AJ	Eng	137	35	Win	Lord’s	2004
44	Hayden ML	Aus	111	77	Win	Sydney	2005	06
45	Prior MJ	Eng	126*	21	Win	Lord’s	2007
46	Collingwood PD	Eng	111	34	Win	Lord’s	2007
47	Cook AN	Eng	105	65	Win	Lord’s	2007
48	Pietersen KP	Eng	26	109	Win	Lord’s	2007
49	Warnapura SM	Srl	120	62	Win	Providence	2007	08
50	Bopara RS	Eng	104	DNB	Win	Bridgetown	2008	09
51	Tamim Iqbal	Ban	14	128*	Win	Arnos Vale	2009
52	Abul Hasan	Ban	113	7*	Win	Khulna	2012	13
53	Sharma RG	Ind	177	DNB	Win	Kolkata	2013
54	Neesham JDS	NZl	107	20	Win	Kingston	2014
55	van Zyl S	SAF	101*		Win	Centurion	2014	15
56	Balance GS	Eng	10	122	Win	North Sound	2014	15
57	Voges AC	Aus	130*		Win	Roseay	2015
58	Karunaratne FMD	Srl	186		Win	Galle	2015	16
59	Chandimal LD	Srl	151		Win	Galle	2015	16
60	Khwaja UT	Aus	144	56	Win	Melbourne	2015	16
61	KL Rahul	Ind	158		Win	Kingston	2016

KL Rahul became the fifth Indian batsman to score a first appearance hundred against West Indies after HR Adhikari, Mushtaq Ali, V Sehwag and RG Sharma. The following table lists the five batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

No	Batsman	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Ground	season
1	Adhikari HR	Ind	114*	29*	Win	Delhi (Feroz)	1948	49
2	Mushtaq Ali	Ind	54	106	Win	Kolkata	1948	49
3	Sehwag V	Ind	147	DNB	Win	Wankhede	2002	03
4	Sharma RG	Ind	177	DNB	Win	Kolkata	2013
5	KL Rahul	Ind	158		Win	Kingston	2016

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs on first appearance against West Indies. The list includes stalwarts/legends like A Sandham, L Hutton, Hanif Mohammad, NCL O’Neill of 1950s and 1960s

No	Batsman	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Ground	season
1	Sandham A	Eng	152	51	Win	Bridgetown	1929	30
2	Hutton L	Eng	196	16	Win	Lord’s	1939
3	Hanif Mohammad	Pak	17	337	Win	Bridgetown	1957	58
4	O’Neill NCL	Aus	181	26	Win	Brisbane (Gab)	1960	61
5	Hudson AC	RSA	163	0	Win	Bridgetown	1991	92
6	Sinclair MS	NZl	214	DNB	Win	Wellington	1999	00
7	Key RWT	Eng	221	15	Win	Lord’s	2004
8	Sharma RG	Ind	177	DNB	Win	Kolkata	2013
9	Karunaratne FMD	Srl	186		Win	Galle	2015	16
10	Chandimal LD	Srl	151		Win	Galle	2015	16
11	KL Rahul	Ind	158		Win	Kingston	2016