A research study on the Indian test grounds hosting their first test and the centuries scored on them
A research study into the Indian test grounds hosting their first ever test and centuries scored on them reveals the following interesting aspects
The following table lists the 22 Indian test grounds and the centuries scored by Visiting batsmen and the home team batsmen
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | Centurion -Visiting | Score | Centurion-Home | Score |
| 1 | Mum-Gym | Eng | Dec 1933 | BH Valentine | 136 | L Amaranath | 118 |
| 2 | Kolkata | Eng | Jan 1934 | ||||
| 3 | Chennai | Eng | Feb 1934 | CF Walters | 102 | ||
| 4 | Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | CL Walcott | 152 | HR Adhikari | 114* |
| 4 | Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | GE Gomez | 101 | ||
| 4 | Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | ED Weekes | 128 | ||
| 4 | Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | RJ Chrisitiani | 107 | ||
| 5 | Mum-BS | Win | Dec 1948 | AF Rae | 104 | RS Modi | 112 |
| 5 | Mum-BS | Win | Dec 1948 | ED Weekes | 194 | VS Hazare | 134* |
| 6 | Kanpur | Eng | Jan 1952 | ||||
| 7 | Lucknow-Uni | Pak | Oct 1952 | Nazar Mohammad | 124* | ||
| 8 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | JW Guy | 102 | PR Umrigar | 223 |
| 8 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | B Sutcliffe | 137* | VL Manjrekar | 118 |
| 8 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | AG Kripal Singh | 100 | ||
| 9 | Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | MH Mankad | 231 | ||
| 9 | Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | P Roy | 173 | ||
| 10 | Nagpur-VCA | NZl | Oct 1969 | ||||
| 11 | Bangalore | Win | Nov 1974 | AI Kallicharran | 124 | ||
| 11 | Bangalore | Win | Nov 1974 | CG Greenidge | 107 | ||
| 11 | Bangalore | Win | Nov 1974 | CH Lloyd | 163* | ||
| 12 | Mum-WS | Win | Jan 1975 | RC Fredericks | 104 | ED Solkar | 102 |
| 12 | Mum-WS | Win | Jan 1975 | *CH Lloyd | 242* | ||
| 13 | Jullundar | Pak | Sep 1983 | Wasim Raja | 125 | AD Gaekwad | 201 |
| 14 | Motera | Win | Nov 1983 | ||||
| 15 | Cuttack | Srl | Jan 1987 | DB Vengsarkar | 166 | ||
| 16 | Jaipur | Pak | Feb 1987 | M Azharuddin | 110 | ||
| 16 | Jaipur | Pak | Feb 1987 | Ramiz Raja | 114 | RJ Shastri | 125 |
| 17 | Chandigarh-S16 | Srl | Nov 1990 | ||||
| 18 | Lucknow-KDS | Srl | Jan 1994 | NS Sidhu | 124 | ||
| 18 | Lucknow-KDS | Srl | Jan 1994 | SR Tendulkar | 142 | ||
| 19 | Mohali | Win | Dec 1994 | JC Adams | 174* | M Prabhakar | 120 |
| 20 | Nagpur-Jamta | Aus | Nov 2008 | SM Katich | 102 | SR Tendulkar | 109 |
| 21 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | TG McIntosh | 102 | Harbhajan Singh | 111* |
| 21 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | BB McCullum | 225 | ||
| 22 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | *V Kohli | 211 | ||
| 22 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | AM Rahane | 188 |
The following table lists the double centuries scored by Indian batsmen. There are four batsmen who have scored double centuries – PR Umrigar, MH Mankad, AD Gaekwad and V Kohli. V Kohli’s double century came while he was leading the team.
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | Centurion-Home | Score |
| 1 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | PR Umrigar | 223 |
| 2 | Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | MH Mankad | 231 |
| 3 | Jullundar | Pak | Sep 1983 | AD Gaekwad | 201 |
| 4 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | *V Kohli | 211 |
CH Lloyd of Win and BB McCullum of NZl are the two visiting batsmen to score double centuries. CH Lloyd’s double century came when he was leading the team
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | Centurion-Vis | Score |
| 1 | Mum-WS | Win | Jan 1975 | *CH Lloyd | 242* |
| 2 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | BB McCullum | 225 |
CH Lloyd and V Kohli have the distinction of scoring double centuries as Visiting captain and home team captain respectively and their feats are listed below
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | *Centurion | Score |
| 1 | Mum-WS | Win | Jan 1975 | *CH Lloyd | 242* |
| 2 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | *V Kohli | 211 |
India has hosted NZl at its new test centres on five occasions – at Hyd-LBS, Madras-CS, Nagpur-VCA, Hyd-RGS and Indore. The following table lists the centurions for the Visiting team and also the home team. It is noted that at Nagpur-VCA there were no centurions – both from the Vesting team as well as the home team
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | Centurion-Vis | Score | Centurion-Home | Score |
| 1 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | JW Guy | 102 | PR Umrigar | 223 |
| 1 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | B Sutcliffe | 137* | VL Manjrekar | 118 |
| 1 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | AG Kripal Singh | 100 | ||
| 2 | Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | MH Mankad | 231 | ||
| 2 | Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | P Roy | 173 | ||
| 3 | Nagpur-VCA | NZl | Oct 1969 | ||||
| 4 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | TG McIntosh | 102 | Harbhajan Singh | 111* |
| 4 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | BB McCullum | 225 | ||
| 5 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | *V Kohli | 211 | ||
| 5 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | AM Rahane | 188 |
The following table furnishes the list where there were no centurions from the home team and also centurions from the home team. Nine grounds had no centurions while the other 13 grounds have witnessed 21 centuries scored on them.
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | Centurion-Home | Score | |
| 1 | Kolkata | Eng | Jan 1934 | |||
| 2 | Chennai | Eng | Feb 1934 | |||
| 4 | Kanpur | Eng | Jan 1952 | |||
| 5 | Lucknow-Uni | Pak | Oct 1952 | |||
| 6 | Nagpur-VCA | NZl | Oct 1969 | |||
| 7 | Bangalore | Win | Nov 1974 | |||
| 8 | Motera | Win | Nov 1983 | |||
| 9 | Chandigarh-S16 | Srl | Nov 1990 | |||
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | No | Centurion-Home | Score |
| 1 | Mum-Gym | Eng | Dec 1933 | 1 | L Amaranath | 118 |
| 2 | Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | 2 | HR Adhikari | 114* |
| 3 | Mum-BS | Win | Dec 1948 | 3 | RS Modi | 112 |
| Mum-BS | Win | Dec 1948 | 4 | VS Hazare | 134* | |
| 4 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | 5 | AG Kripal Singh | 100 |
| Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | 6 | PR Umrigar | 223 | |
| Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | 7 | VL Manjrekar | 118 | |
| 5 | Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | 8 | MH Mankad | 231 |
| Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | 9 | P Roy | 173 | |
| 6 | Mum-WS | Win | Jan 1975 | 10 | ED Solkar | 102 |
| Jullundar | Pak | Sep 1983 | 11 | AD Gaekwad | 201 | |
| 7 | Cuttack | Srl | Jan 1987 | 12 | DB Vengsarkar | 166 |
| 8 | Jaipur | Pak | Feb 1987 | 13 | M Azharuddin | 110 |
| Jaipur | Pak | Feb 1987 | 14 | RJ Shastru | 125 | |
| 9 | Lucknow-KDS | Srl | Jan 1994 | 15 | NS Sidhu | 124 |
| Lucknow-KDS | Srl | Jan 1994 | 16 | SR Tendulkar | 142 | |
| 10 | Mohali | Win | Dec 1994 | 17 | M Prabhakar | 120 |
| 11 | Nagpur-Jamta | Aus | Nov 2008 | 18 | SR Tendulkar | 109 |
| 12 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | 19 | Harbhajan Singh | 111* |
| 13 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | 20 | *V Kohli | 211 |
| Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | 21 | AM Rahane | 188 |
The following table furnishes the list where there were no centurions from the visiting team and also centurions from the visiting team. Nine grounds had no centurions while the other 12 grounds have witnessed 22 centuries scored on them.
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | Centurion-Visiting | Score | |
| 1 | Kolkata | Eng | Jan 1934 | |||
| 2 | Kanpur | Eng | Jan 1952 | |||
| 3 | Madras-CS | NZl | Jan 1956 | |||
| 4 | Nagpur-VCA | NZl | Oct 1969 | |||
| 5 | Motera | Win | Nov 1983 | |||
| 6 | Cuttack | Srl | Jan 1987 | |||
| 7 | Chandigarh-S16 | Srl | Nov 1990 | |||
| 8 | Lucknow-KDS | Srl | Jan 1994 | |||
| 9 | Indore | NZl | Oct 2016 | |||
| No | Ground | Oppn | Mon/Year | No | Centurion -Vis Bat | Score |
| 1 | Mum-Gym | Eng | Dec 1933 | 1 | BH Valentine | 136 |
| 2 | Chennai | Eng | Feb 1934 | 2 | CF Walters | 102 |
| 3 | Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | 3 | CL Walcott | 152 |
| Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | 4 | ED Weekes | 128 | |
| Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | 5 | GE Gomez | 101 | |
| Delhi | Win | Nov 1948 | 6 | RJ Chrisitiani | 107 | |
| 4 | Mum-BS | Win | Dec 1948 | 7 | AF Rae | 104 |
| Mum-BS | Win | Dec 1948 | 8 | ED Weekes | 194 | |
| 5 | Lucknow-Uni | Pak | Oct 1952 | 9 | Nazar Mohammad | 124* |
| 6 | Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | 10 | B Sutcliffe | 137* |
| Hyd-LBS | NZl | Nov 1955 | 11 | JW Guy | 102 | |
| 7 | Bangalore | Win | Nov 1974 | 12 | AI Kallicharran | 124 |
| Bangalore | Win | Nov 1974 | 13 | CG Greenidge | 107 | |
| Bangalore | Win | Nov 1974 | 14 | CH Lloyd | 163* | |
| 8 | Mum-WS | Win | Jan 1975 | 15 | *CH Lloyd | 242* |
| Mum-WS | Win | Jan 1975 | 16 | RC Fredericks | 104 | |
| 9 | Jullundar | Pak | Sep 1983 | 17 | Wasim Raja | 125 |
| 10 | Jaipur | Pak | Feb 1987 | 18 | Rameez Raja | 114 |
| 11 | Mohali | Win | Dec 1994 | 19 | JC Adams | 174* |
| 12 | Nagpur-Jamta | Aus | Nov 2008 | 20 | SM Katich | 102 |
| 13 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | 21 | BB McCullum | 225 |
| 13 | Hyd-RGS | NZl | Nov 2010 | 22 | TG McIntosh | 102 |