S Dhawan scored 107 against Bangladesh at Bangalore in the recently concluded test which was his  first  appearance  hundred against Afghanistan. This was  his  fifth first  appearance  hundred against a team in tests. Prior to this he had scored first appearance hundred against four teams – namely – Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

He has achieved an unique distinction in the annals of test cricket to  score first appearance hundred against five teams which no other batsman has  achieved in the test history. The following table lists his five first appearance hundreds

No	Opposition	Ground	Start Date	FI	SI
1	Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	187	DNB
2	New Zealand	Auckland	06 Feb 2014	0	115
3	Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015	173
4	Sri Lanka	Galle	12 Aug 2015	134	028
5	Afghanistan	Bengaluru	14 Jun 2018	107	–

The following are  the six batsmen who  have  scored  first appearance hundreds against four  specific oppositions. The performance of these six batsmen are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	1	Cook AN	Eng	60	104*	Ind	Nagpur	2005-06
	2	Cook AN	Eng	105	4	Pak	Lord’s	2006
	3	Cook AN	Eng	105	65	Win	Lord’s	2007
	4	Cook AN	Eng	173	39	Ban	Chittagong	2009-10
2	1	Hayden ML	Aus	119	28*	Ind	Wankhede	2000-01
	2	Hayden ML	Aus	41	130	Srl	Galle	2003-04
	3	Hayden ML	Aus	380	DNB	Zim	Perth	2003-04
	4	Hayden ML	Aus	111	77	WEl	Sydney	2005-06
3	1	Sangakkara KC	Srl	105*	DNB	Ind	Galle	2001-02
	2	Sangakkara KC	Srl	230	14*	Pak	Lahore	2001-02
	3	Sangakkara KC	Srl	140	DNB	Win	Galle	2001-02
	4	Sangakkara KC	Srl	128	DNB	Zim	Col-SSC	2001-02
4	1	Smith GC	RSA	200	DNB	Ban	E  London	200203
	2	Smith GC	RSA	277	85	Eng	Edgbaston	2003
	3	Smith GC	RSA	132	44	Win	Wanderers	2003-04
	4	Smith GC	RSA	121	DNB	Zim	Cape Town	2004-05
5	1	Stewart AJ	Eng	113*	43	Srl	Lord’s	1991
	2	Stewart AJ	Eng	190	DNB	Pak	Edgbaston	1992
	3	Strauss AJ	Eng	126	94	RSA	P Elizabeth	2004-05
	4	Strauss AJ	Eng	137	35	Win	Lord’s	2004
6	1	Taylor MA	Aus	136	60	Eng	Headingley	1989
	2	Taylor MA	Aus	52	101	Pak	Melbourne	1989-90
	3	Taylor MA	Aus	9	164	Srl	Brisbane	1989-90
	4	Taylor MA	Aus	170	DNB	RSA	Melbourne	1993-94