MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut against Australia in the ongoing test at Melbourne to provide the 90^th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a fifty against Australia on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Jupp	63	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	CA Absolom	52	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
3	WG Grace	152	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	06 Sep 1880
4	W Bates	58	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
5	WH Scotton	50*	3	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
6	G Bean	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
7	Hon.FS Jackson	91	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
8	A Ward	55	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	14 Aug 1893
9	JT Brown	53	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
10	KS Ranjitsinhji	62	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
11	KS Ranjitsinhji	154*	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
12	GH Hirst	62	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
13	GL Jessop	51	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	15 Jun 1899
14	LC Braund	58	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1901
15	LJ Tancred	97	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
16	AW Nourse	72	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	11 Oct 1902
17	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
18	RH Spooner	52	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	24 Jul 1905
19	G Gunn	119	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
20	G Gunn	74	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
21	J Hardstaff snr	63	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
22	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
23	JH King	60	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	14 Jun 1909
24	J Sharp	61	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	01 Jul 1909
25	JW Hearne	76	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
26	FR Foster	56	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
27	EH Hendren	56	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
28	G Brown	57	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	02 Jul 1921
29	AP Freeman	50*	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
30	WW Whysall	75	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
31	GOB Allen	57	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	27 Jun 1930
32	GC Grant	53*	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
33	LS Birkett	64	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
34	GC Grant	71*	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
35	Nawab of Pataudi snr	102	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
36	A Wood	53	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
37	DG Phadkar	51	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
38	KJ Funston	65	4	SAF	Aus	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952
39	OG Smith	104	3	Win	Aus	Kingston	26 Mar 1955
40	PE Richardson	81	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956
41	PE Richardson	73	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	07 Jun 1956
42	DA Sharpe	56	1	Pak	Aus	Dhaka	13 Nov 1959
43	Khalid Ibadulla	166	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
44	Abdul Kadir	95	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
45	AW White	57*	1	Win	Aus	Kingston	03 Mar 1965
46	BA Davis	54	1	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965
47	BA Davis	58	3	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	26 Mar 1965
48	RM Prideaux	64	2	Eng	Aus	Leeds	25 Jul 1968
49	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
50	GR Viswanath	137	3	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
51	BW Luckhurst	74	2	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
52	AW Greig	57	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
53	AW Greig	62	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	08 Jun 1972
54	B Wood	90	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
55	DS Steele	50	1	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	31 Jul 1975
56	Haroon Rasheed	57	2	Pak	Aus	Sydney	14 Jan 1977
57	DL Haynes	61	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	03 Mar 1978
58	AE Greenidge	56	1	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
59	S Shivnarine	53	1	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
60	AB Williams	100	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
61	S Shivnarine	63	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	31 Mar 1978
62	PJW Allott	52*	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	13 Aug 1981
63	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Colombo SSC)	17 Aug 1992
64	GP Thorpe	114*	3	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	01 Jul 1993
65	BA Young	53	3	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993
66	CD McMillan	54	2	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
67	DRE Joseph	50	2	Win	Aus	Port of Spain	05 Mar 1999
68	TR Gripper	60	3	Zim	Aus	Harare	14 Oct 1999
69	L Vincent	104	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
70	L Vincent	54	3	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
71	AJ Hall	70	1	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002
72	GC Smith	68	3	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	08 Mar 2002
73	DS Smith	62	3	Win	Aus	Georgetown	10 Apr 2003
74	CD Cumming	74	1	NZl	Aus	Christchurch	10 Mar 2005
75	KP Pietersen	57	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 2005
76	KP Pietersen	64*	4	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 2005
77	JP Duminy	50*	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
78	JA Morkel	58	2	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	19 Mar 2009
79	IJL Trott	119	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
80	AB Barath	104	3	Win	Aus	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009
81	CA Pujara	72	4	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	09 Oct 2010
82	F du Plessis	78	2	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
83	F du Plessis	110*	4	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
84	S Dhawan	187	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
85	SO Dowrich	70	3	Win	Aus	Roseau	03 Jun 2015
86	CR Brathwaite	59	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
87	HM Nicholls	59	3	NZl	Aus	Wellington	12 Feb 2016
88	Fakhar Zaman	94	1	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
89	Fakhar Zaman	66	3	Pak	Aus	Abu Dhabi	16 Oct 2018
90	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut against Australia in the ongoing test at Melbourne to provide the 37^th occasion of a visiting batsman scoring a fifty against Australia in Australia on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Jupp	63	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	CA Absolom	52	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
3	W Bates	58	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
4	WH Scotton	50*	3	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
5	G Bean	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
6	JT Brown	53	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
7	GH Hirst	62	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1897
8	LC Braund	58	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1901
9	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
10	G Gunn	119	1	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
11	G Gunn	74	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
12	J Hardstaff snr	63	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
13	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
14	JW Hearne	76	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
15	FR Foster	56	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
16	EH Hendren	56	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
17	AP Freeman	50*	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
18	WW Whysall	75	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	16 Jan 1925
19	GC Grant	53*	1	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
20	LS Birkett	64	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
21	GC Grant	71*	3	Win	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1930
22	Nawab of Pataudi snr	102	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
23	DG Phadkar	51	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	12 Dec 1947
24	KJ Funston	65	4	SAF	Aus	Brisbane	05 Dec 1952
25	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
26	BW Luckhurst	74	2	Eng	Aus	Brisbane	27 Nov 1970
27	Haroon Rasheed	57	2	Pak	Aus	Sydney	14 Jan 1977
28	BA Young	53	3	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	03 Dec 1993
29	CD McMillan	54	2	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	07 Nov 1997
30	L Vincent	104	1	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
31	L Vincent	54	3	NZl	Aus	Perth	30 Nov 2001
32	JP Duminy	50*	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
33	AB Barath	104	3	Win	Aus	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009
34	F du Plessis	78	2	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
35	F du Plessis	110*	4	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012
36	CR Brathwaite	59	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
37	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal of India scored 76 on his test debut against Australia in the ongoing test at Melbourne to provide the ninth occasion of a Visiting batsman scoring a fifty against Australia on test debut at Melbourne.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	H Jupp	63	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	CA Absolom	52	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
3	W Bates	58	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
4	WH Scotton	50*	3	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
5	G Bean	50	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1892
6	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
7	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
8	CR Brathwaite	59	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
9	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018

MA Agarwal’s 76 in this test is the joint second highest score by a visiting batsman on a test debut against Australia at Melbourne. RC Fredericks of West Indies  had scored 76 at Melbourne in the boxing test on 26 Dec 1968. MA Agarwal’s 76 has come exactly 50 years later. England’s JB Hobbs had made 83 in Jan 1908 which is the highest individual score on test debut by a visiting batsman against Australia  at Melbourne.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Hobbs	83	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1908
2	RC Fredericks	76	1	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 1968
3	MA Agarwal	76	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2018