Batsmen who have scored a double century or triple century on the first appearance against specific opposition
MA Agarwal of India scored 243 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Indore on his first appearance to provide the 33rd occasion of a batsman scoring a double century or triple century on the first appearance against specific opposition. The following table lists all such 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 | Agarwal MA | Ind | 243 | FI | Ban | Indore | 2019 | 20 |
| 8 | Boycott G | Eng | 246* | FI | Ind | Headingley | 1967 | |
| 9 | Richards IVA | Win | 232 | FI | Eng | Trent Bridge | 1976 | |
| 10 | Sangakkara KC | Srl | 230 | FI | Pak | Lahore | 2001 | 02 |
| 11 | Kambli VG | Ind | 227 | FI | Zim | Delhi | 1992 | 93 |
| 12 | Bradman DG | Aus | 226 | FI | SAF | Brisbane | 1931 | 32 |
| 13 | Umrigar PR | Ind | 223 | FI | NZl | Hyd-LBS | 1955 | 56 |
| 14 | Atapattu MS | Srl | 223 | FI | Zim | Kandy | 1997 | 98 |
| 15 | Rudolph JA | SAF | 222* | FI | Ban | Chittagong | 2002 | 03 |
| 16 | Key RWT | Eng | 221 | FI | Win | Lord’s | 2004 | |
| 17 | Slater MJ | Aus | 219 | FI | Srl | Perth | 1995 | 96 |
| 18 | Agarwal MA | Ind | 215 | FI | SAF | Vishakapatnam | 2019 | 20 |
| 19 | Rowe LG | Win | 214 | FI | NZl | Kingston | 1971 | 72 |
| 20 | Blewett GS | Aus | 214 | FI | SAF | Wanderers | 1996 | 97 |
| 21 | Sinclair MS | NZl | 214 | FI | Win | Wellington | 1999 | 00 |
| 22 | Jones DM | Aus | 210 | FI | Ind | Chepauk | 1986 | 87 |
| 23 | Qasim Omar | Pak | 206 | FI | Srl | Faisalabad | 1985 | 86 |
| 24 | de Silva PA | Srl | 206 | FI | Ban | Col-PSS | 2002 | |
| 25 | Pujara CA | Ind | 206* | FI | Eng | Motera | 2012 | 13 |
| 26 | Chappell GS | Aus | 204 | FI | Ind | Sydney | 1980 | 81 |
| 27 | Trott IJL | Eng | 203 | FI | Srl | Cardiff | 2011 | |
| 28 | Hodge BJ | Aus | 203* | SI | SAF | Perth | 2005 | 06 |
| 29 | Atapattu MS | Srl | 201 | FI | Ban | Col-SSC | 2001 | 02 |
| 30 | Kuruppu DSBP | Srl | 201* | FI | NZl | Col-CCC | 1986 | 87 |
| 31 | Smith GC | SAF | 200 | FI | Ban | East London | 2002 | 03 |
| 32 | Gower DI | Eng | 200* | FI | Ind | Edgbaston | 1979 | |
| 33 | 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 |
| 6 | Agarwal MA | Ind | 243 | FI | Ban | Indore | 2019 | 20 |
It also provides the fifth occasion of a batsman performing such a feat against Bangladesh. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Team | Runs | FI | Oppn | Venue | Season | |
| 1 | Agarwal MA | Ind | 243 | FI | Ban | Indore | 2019 | 20 |
| 2 | Rudolph JA | SAF | 222* | FI | Ban | Chittagong | 2002 | 03 |
| 3 | de Silva PA | Srl | 206 | FI | Ban | Col-PSS | 2002 | |
| 4 | Atapattu MS | Srl | 201 | FI | Ban | Col-SSC | 2001 | 02 |
| 5 | Smith GC | SAF | 200 | FI | Ban | East London | 2002 | 03 |
GC Smith of South Africa and MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka and Agarwal MA are the only three batsmen to score double hundreds against two specific oppositions in the annals of test cricket. The following table lists out the performance of these three batsmen. MA Agarwal became the first Indian batsman to score 200 plus runs on first appearance against two specific oppositions.
| 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 | |
| 3 | Agarwal MA | Ind | 215 | FI | SAF | Vishakapatnam | 2019 | 20 |
| Agarwal MA | Ind | 243 | FI | Ban | Indore | 2019 | 20 |