MA Agarwal of India scored 215 against South Africa in the ongoing test at Vizag on his first appearance to provide the 32nd occasion of a batsman scoring a double century or triple century on first appearance against a specific opposition. The following table lists all the 32 occasions in the descending order of the runs scored

No	Player	Team	Runs	FI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Hayden ML	Aus	380	FI	Zim	Perth	2003	04
2	Hanif Mohammad	Pak	337	SI	Win	Bridgetown	1957	58
3	Sehwag V	Ind	309	FI	Pak	Multan	2003	04
4	Foster RE	Eng	287	FI	Aus	Sydney	1903	04
5	Smith GC	SAF	277	FI	Eng	Edgbaston	2003
6	Zaheer Abbas	Pak	274	FI	Eng	Edgbaston	1971
7	Boycott G	Eng	246*	FI	Ind	Headingley	1967
8	Richards IVA	Win	232	FI	Eng	Trent Bridge	1976
9	Sangakkara KC	Srl	230	FI	Pak	Lahore	2001	02
10	Kambli VG	Ind	227	FI	Zim	Delhi	1992	93
11	Bradman DG	Aus	226	FI	SAF	Brisbane	1931	32
12	Umrigar PR	Ind	223	FI	NZl	Hyd-LBS	1955	56
13	Atapattu MS	Srl	223	FI	Zim	Kandy	1997	98
14	Rudolph JA	SAF	222*	FI	Ban	Chittagong	2002	03
15	Key RWT	Eng	221	FI	Win	Lord’s	2004
16	Slater MJ	Aus	219	FI	Srl	Perth	1995	96
17	Agarwal MA	Ind	215	FI	SAF	Vishakapatnam	2019	20
18	Rowe LG	Win	214	FI	NZl	Kingston	1971	72
19	Blewett GS	Aus	214	FI	SAF	Wanderers	1996	97
20	Sinclair MS	NZl	214	FI	Win	Wellington	1999	00
21	Jones DM	Aus	210	FI	Ind	Chepauk	1986	87
22	Qasim Omar	Pak	206	FI	Srl	Faisalabad	1985	86
23	de Silva PA	Srl	206	FI	Ban	Col-PSS	2002
24	Pujara CA	Ind	206*	FI	Eng	Motera	2012	13
25	Chappell GS	Aus	204	FI	Ind	Sydney	1980	81
26	Trott IJL	Eng	203	FI	Srl	Cardiff	2011
27	Hodge BJ	Aus	203*	SI	SAF	Perth	2005	06
28	Atapattu MS	Srl	201	FI	Ban	Col-SSC	2001	02
29	Kuruppu DSBP	Srl	201*	FI	NZl	Col-CCC	1986	87
30	Smith GC	SAF	200	FI	Ban	East London	2002	03
31	Gower DI	Eng	200*	FI	Ind	Edgbaston	1979
32	Root JE	Eng	200*	FI	Srl	Lord’s	2014

It also provides the fifth occasion of an  Indian batsman performing such a feat. All such  occasions  are tabulated below

No	Player	Team	Runs	FI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Sehwag V	Ind	309	FI	Pak	Multan	2003	04
2	Kambli VG	Ind	227	FI	Zim	Delhi	1992	93
3	Umrigar PR	Ind	223	FI	NZl	Hyd-LBS	1955	56
4	Agarwal MA	Ind	215	FI	SAF	Vishakapatnam	2019	20
5	Pujara CA	Ind	206*	FI	Eng	Motera	2012	13

It also provides the fourth occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against South Africa. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Team	Runs	FI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Bradman DG	Aus	226	FI	SAF	Brisbane	1931	32
2	Agarwal MA	Ind	215	FI	SAF	Vishakapatnam	2019	20
3	Blewett GS	Aus	214	FI	SAF	Wanderers	1996	97
4	Hodge BJ	Aus	203*	SI	SAF	Perth	2005	06

GC Smith of South Africa and MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka are the only two batsmen to score double hundreds against two specific oppositions. The following table lists out the performance of these two batsmen

No	Player	Team	Runs	FI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	Smith GC	SAF	277	FI	Eng	Edgbaston	2003
	Smith GC	SAF	200	FI	Ban	East London	2002	03
2	Atapattu MS	Srl	223	FI	Zim	Kandy	1997	98
	Atapattu MS	Srl	201	FI	Ban	Col-SSC	2001	02