A total of 21 cricketers have  made  their test debut at Bangalore – eight from India and thirteen from visiting team. The list includes immortals like CG Greenidge, IVA Richards and MD Marshall of West Indies, MJ Clarke and DA Lehmann of Australia. CG Greenidge who scored 93 and 107 on his test debut,  LK Germon who on test debut led New Zealand, RMH Binny – perhaps the only cricketers in the annals of test cricket to make  his test debut and also play his farwell game at the same venue – Bangalore. Yajurvindra Singh who equaled the world record of most catches in a test on his test debut, PR George on his test debut took the wicket of SR Tendulkar are the some noteworthy debutants at Bangalore.The following table lists the debutants at Bangalore.

Indian Cricketers
No	Player	Team	Oppn	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	HS Kanitkar	Ind	Win	1974-1974	1	2	0	83	65	41.50	0	1	0
2	Yajurvindra Singh	Ind	Eng	1977-1977	1	2	0	23	15	11.50	0	0	0
3	NS Yadav	Ind	Aus	1979-1979	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
4	RMH Binny	Ind	Pak	1979-1979	1	1	0	46	46	46.00	0	0	0
5	Harbhajan Singh	Ind	Aus	1998-1998	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	0	0	1
6	N Chopra	Ind	SAF	2000-2000	1	2	0	7	4	3.50	0	0	0
7	M Kaif	Ind	SAF	2000-2000	1	2	0	35	23	17.50	0	0	0
8	CA Pujara	Ind	Aus	2010-2010	1	2	0	76	72	38.00	0	1	0
Visiting Cricketers
No	Player	Team	Oppn	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	CG Greenidge	Win	Ind	1974-1974	1	2	0	200	107	100.00	1	1	0
2	IVA Richards	Win	Ind	1974-1974	1	2	0	7	4	3.50	0	0	0
3	MD Marshall	Win	Ind	1978-1978	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	0	0	1
4	Ehteshamuddin	Pak	Ind	1979-1979	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Azeem Hafeez	Pak	Ind	1983-1983	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	1
6	CM Kuggeleijn	NZl	Ind	1988-1988	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2
7	LK Germon	NZl	Ind	1995-1995	1	2	0	89	48	44.50	0	0	0
8	AC Dale	Aus	Ind	1998-1998	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	0	0	0
9	DS Lehmann	Aus	Ind	1998-1998	1	1	0	52	52	52.00	0	1	0
10	MJ Clarke	Aus	Ind	2004-2004	1	2	0	168	151	84.00	1	0	0
11	Yasir Arafat	Pak	Ind	2007-2007	1	2	0	44	44	22.00	0	0	1
12	CL White	Aus	Ind	2008-2008	1	2	1	24	18*	24.00	0	0	0
13	PR George	Aus	Ind	2010-2010	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	0	0	1

 

Match results – India vs Australia at Bangalore
Played – 05 : Won by India – 01 : Lost by India – 02 : Drawn – 02
Team	Result	Margin	Toss	Bat		Opposition	Ground	Start Date
India	Draw		lost	2nd		v Australia	Bangalore	19 Sep 1979
India	Lost	008 wkts	won	1st		v Australia	Bangalore	25 Mar 1998
India	Lost	217 runs	lost	2nd		v Australia	Bangalore	06 Oct 2004
India	Draw		lost	2nd		v Australia	Bangalore	09 Oct 2008
India	Won	007 wkts	lost	2nd		v Australia	Bangalore	09 Oct 2010