MA Agarwal of India scored 243 against Bangladesh in the ongoing test at Indore on his first appearance. Prior to this he had scored another first appearance century – 215 against South Africa at Vizag in 2019-20. He became the 56th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score centuries on the first appearance against two oppositions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	1	Astle NJ	NZl	54	125	Win	Bridgetown	1995	96
	2	Astle NJ	NZl	10	102*	Eng	Auckland	1996	97
2	1	Atapattu MS	Srl	223	6*	Zim	Kandy	1997	98
	2	Atapattu MS	Srl	201	DNB	Ban	Col-SSC	2001	02
3	1	Barrington KF	Eng	128	DNB	Win	Bridgetown	1959	60
	2	Barrington KF	Eng	139	6	Pak	Lahore	1961	62
4	1	Blewett GS	Aus	102*	12	Eng	Adelaide	1994	95
	2	Blewett GS	Aus	214	DNB	RSA	Wanderers	1996	97
5	1	Border AR	Aus	20	105	Pak	Melbourne	1978	79
	2	Border AR	Aus	162	50	Ind	Chepauk	1979	80
6	1	Bradman DG	Aus	226	DNB	RSA	Brisbane	1931	32
	2	Bradman DG	Aus	185	DNB	Ind	Brisbane	1947	48
7	1	Chappell GS	Aus	108	DNB	Eng	Perth	1970	71
	2	Chappell GS	Aus	204	DNB	Ind	Sydney	1980	81
8	1	Clarke MJ	Aus	151	17	Ind	Bangalore	2004	05
	2	Clarke MJ	Aus	145*	DNB	Srl	Brisbane	2007	08
9	1	Cowdrey MC	Eng	4	154	Win	Edgbaston	1957
	2	Cowdrey MC	Eng	159	DNB	Pak	Edgbaston	1962
10	1	de Silva PA	Srl	122	DNB	Pak	Faisalabad	1985	86
	2	de Silva PA	Srl	206	DNB	Ban	Col-PSS	2002
11	1	Dilshan TM	Srl	104	6	Aus	Galle	2003	04
	2	Dilshan TM	Srl	92	123	NZl	Galle	2009
12	1	Dravid RS	Ind	118	44	Zim	Harare	1998	99
	2	Dravid RS	Ind	1	144	NZl	Mohali	1999	00
13	1	Flower A	Zim	112	14	Eng	Bulawayo	1996	97
	2	Flower A	Zim	113*	5	Win	Trinidad	1999	00
14	1	Gilchrist AC	Aus	152	DNB	Eng	Edgbaston	2001
	2	Gilchrist AC	Aus	113*	dnb	Zim	Perth	2003	04
15	1	Gower DI	Eng	111	11	NZl	The  Oval	1978
	2	Gower DI	Eng	200*	DNB	Ind	Edgbaston	1979
16	1	Greatbatch MJ	NZl	76	146*	Aus	Perth	1989	90
	2	Greatbatch MJ	NZl	11	107*	Eng	Auckland	1987	88
17	1	Guptill MJ	NZl	189	56*	Ban	Hamilton	2009	10
	2	Guptill MJ	NZl	109	0	Zim	Bulawayo	2011	12
18	1	Haroon Rashid	Pak	122	45*	Eng	Lahore	1977	78
	2	Haroon Rashid	Pak	153	DNB	Srl	Karachi (NS)	1981	82
19	1	Hudson AC	RSA	163	0	Win	Bridgetown	1991	92
	2	Hudson AC	RSA	135	4	Zim	Harare	1995	96
20	1	Hussain N	Eng	128	19	Ind	Edgbaston	1996	96
	2	Hussain N	Eng	113	0	Zim	Bulawayo	1996	97
21	1	Hutton L	Eng	100	dnb	Aus	Trent Bridge	1938
	2	Hutton L	Eng	196	16	Win	Lord’s	1939
22	1	Imran Nazir	Pak	2	131	Win	Bridgetown	1999	00
	2	Imran Nazir	Pak	127	DNB	NZl	Lahore	2001	02
23	1	Javed Miandad	Pak	163*	25*	NZl	Lahore	1976	77
	2	Javed Miandad	Pak	154*	6*	Ind	Faisalabad	1978	79
24	1	Jayawardena M	Srl	167	DNB	RSA	Galle	2000	01
	2	Jayawardena M	Srl	150	DNB	Ban	Col-SSC	2001	02
25	1	Lehmann DS	Aus	110	DNB	Ban	Darwin	2003
	2	Lehmann DS	Aus	63	129	Srl	Galle	2003	04
26	1	Lloyd CH	Win	118	2	Eng	Trinidad	1967	68
	2	Lloyd CH	Win	7	129	Aus	Brisbane	1968	69
27	1	Manjrekar SV	Ind	3	113*	Pak	Karachi	1989	90
	2	Manjrekar SV	Ind	104	dnb	Zim	Harare	1992	93
28	1	Marshall HJH	NZl	146	22	Aus	Christchurch	2004	05
	2	Marshall HJH	NZl	160	6	Srl	Napier	2004	05
29	1	Martyn DR	Aus	105	DNB	Eng	Edgbaston	2001
	2	Martyn DR	Aus	42	110	Srl	Galle	2003	04
30	1	McCullum BB	NZl	143	DNB	Ban	Dhaka	2004	05
	2	McCullum BB	NZl	111	dnb	Zim	Harare	2005
31	1	Mohd Wasim	Pak	0	109*	NZl	Lahore	1996	97
	2	Mohd Wasim	Pak	192	8	Zim	Harare	1997	98
32	1	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	124	DNB	Eng	Lahore	2000	01
	2	Mohd Yousuf	Pak	102*	DNB	Ban	Multan	2001	02
33	1	Moody TM	Aus	106	30	Srl	Brisbane	1989	90
	2	Moody TM	Aus	50	101	Ind	Perth	1991	92
34	1	Neesham JDS	NZl	33	137*	Ind	Wellington	2013	14
	2	Neesham JDS	NZl	107	20	Win	Kingston	2014
35	1	North MJ	Aus	117	5	RSA	Wanderers	2008	09
	2	North MJ	Aus	125*	DNB	Eng	Cardiff	2009
36	1	Oram JDP	NZl	126*	8	Aus	Brisbane	2004	05
	2	Oram JDP	NZl	119*	DNB	RSA	Hamilton	2003	04
37	1	Petersen AN	RSA	100	21	Ind	Kolkata	2009	10
	2	Petersen AN	RSA	109	1*	Srl	Cape Town	2011	12
38	1	Ponting RT	Aus	127	DNB	Eng	Headingley	1997
	2	Ponting RT	Aus	105	32	RSA	Melbourne	1997	98
39	1	Prince AG	RSA	138	DNB	Pak	Centurion	2006	07
	2	Prince AG	RSA	101	9*	Eng	Lord’s	2008
40	1	Prior MJ	Eng	126*	21	Win	Lord’s	2007
	2	Prior MJ	Eng	6	102*	Pak	Trent Bridge	2010
41	1	Pujara CA	Ind	159	DNB	NZl	Hyd-RGS	2012
	2	Pujara CA	Ind	206*	41*	Eng	Motera	2012	13
42	1	Robinson RT	Eng	175	21	Aus	Headingley	1985
	2	Robinson RT	Eng	166	DNB	Pak	Old Trafford	1987
43	1	Saeed Anwar	Pak	94	136	Srl	Col-PSS	1994	95
	2	Saeed Anwar	Pak	101	DNB	Ban	Multan (CS)	2001	02
44	1	Shahid Afridi	Pak	11	141	Ind	Chepauk	1998	99
	2	Shahid Afridi	Pak	107	0	Win	Sharjah	2001	02
45	1	Smith OG	Win	44	104	Aus	Kingston	1954	55
	2	Smith OG	Win	161	5	Eng	Edgbaston	1957
46	1	Smith RA	Eng	100*	15	Ind	Lord’s	1990
	2	Smith RA	Eng	127	DNB	Pak	Edgbaston	1992
47	1	Subba Row R	Eng	27	100	Win	Georgetown	1959	60
	2	Subba Row R	Eng	59	112	Aus	Edgbaston	1961
48	1	Taylor BR	NZl	105	0*	Ind	Kolkata	1964	65
	2	Taylor BR	NZl	124	9	Win	Auckland	1968	69
49	1	Trescothick ME	Eng	122	57	Srl	Galle	2000	01
	2	Trescothick ME	Eng	113	32	Ban	Dhaka	2003	04
50	1	Trott IJL	Eng	41	119	Aus	The Oval	2009
	2	Trott IJL	Eng	203	DNB	Srl	Cardiff	2011
51	1	Viswanath GR	Ind	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
	2	Viswanath GR	Ind	145	DNB	Pak	Faisalabad	1978	79
52	1	Warnapura SM	Srl	120	62	Win	Providence	2007	08
	2	Warnapura SM	Srl	115	DNB	Ind	Col-SSC	2008
53	1	Watson W	Eng	4	109	Aus	Lord’s	1953
	2	Watson W	Eng	3	116	Win	Kingston	1953	54
54	1	Weekes EdeC	Win	128	DNB	Ind	Delhi	1948	49
	2	Weekes EdeC	Win	197	DNB	Pak	Bridgetown	1957	58
55	1	Yallop GN	Aus	121	24	Ind	Adelaide	1977	78
	2	Yallop GN	Aus	7	102	Eng	Brisbane	1978	79
56	1	Agarwal MA	Ind	215	7	SAF	Vizag	2019	20
	2	Agarwal MA	Ind	243		Ban	Indore	2019	20

MA Agarwal became the fifth Indian batsman to score first appearance centuries against two oppositions. The following table lists the five batsmen who have performed such a feat.  All such occasions are listed below

No	No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	1	Dravid RS	Ind	118	44	Zim	Harare	1998	99
	2	Dravid RS	Ind	1	144	NZl	Mohali	1999	00
2	1	Manjrekar SV	Ind	3	113*	Pak	Karachi	1989	90
	2	Manjrekar SV	Ind	104	dnb	Zim	Harare	1992	93
3	1	Pujara CA	Ind	159	DNB	NZl	Hyd-RGS	2012
	2	Pujara CA	Ind	206*	41*	Eng	Motera	2012	13
4	1	Viswanath GR	Ind	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
	2	Viswanath GR	Ind	145	DNB	Pak	Faisalabad	1978	79
5	1	Agarwal MA	Ind	215	7	SAF	Vizag	2019	20
	2	Agarwal MA	Ind	243		Ban	Indore	2019	20

RS Dravid, GR Viwanath and MA Agarwal are the three batsmen who represent Karnataka in Ranji Trophy.

No	No	Player	Team	FI	SI	Oppn	Venue	Season
1	1	Dravid RS	Ind	118	44	Zim	Harare	1998	99
	2	Dravid RS	Ind	1	144	NZl	Mohali	1999	00
2	1	Viswanath GR	Ind	0	137	Aus	Kanpur	1969	70
	2	Viswanath GR	Ind	145	DNB	Pak	Faisalabad	1978	79
3	1	Agarwal MA	Ind	215	7	SAF	Vizag	2019	20
	2	Agarwal MA	Ind	243		Ban	Indore	2019	20