Batsmen who have scored a century on debut

Batsmen who have scored a century on debut

SS Iyer of India scored 105 against New Zealand at Kanpur in the ongoing test to provide the 112th occasion of a batsman scoring a century on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1C Bannerman165*1AusEngMelbourne15 Mar 1877
2WG Grace1521EngAusThe Oval06 Sep 1880
3H Graham1072AusEngLord’s17 Jul 1893
4KS Ranjitsinhji154*3EngAusManchester16 Jul 1896
5PF Warner132*3AusSAFJohannesburg14 Feb 1899
6RA Duff1043EngEngMelbourne01 Jan 1902
7RE Foster2872EngAusSydney11 Dec 1903
8G Gunn1191EngAusSydney13 Dec 1907
9MJ Hartigan1163AusEngAdelaide10 Jan 1908
10HL Collins1043AusEngSydney17 Dec 1920
11WH Ponsford1101AusEngSydney19 Dec 1924
12A Jackson1642AusEngAdelaide01 Feb 1929
13GA Headley1763WinEngBridgetown11 Jan 1930
14JE Mills1171NZlEngWellington24 Jan 1930
15IAK Pataudi1022EngAusSydney02 Dec 1932
16BH Valentine1362EngIndMumbai15 Dec 1933
17L Amarnath1183IndEngMumbai15 Dec 1933
18PA Gibb1063EngSAFJohannesburg24 Dec 1938
19SC Griffith1401EngWinPort of Spain11 Feb 1948
20AG Ganteaume1122WinEngPort of Spain11 Feb 1948
21JW Burke101*3AusEngAdelaide02 Feb 1951
22PBH May1382EngSAFLeeds26 Jul 1951
23RH Shodhan1102IndPakKolkata12 Dec 1952
24BH Pairaudeau1152WinIndPort of Spain21 Jan 1953
25OG Smith1043WinAusKingston26 Mar 1955
26AG Kripal Singh100*1IndNZlHyd-LBS19 Nov 1955
27CC Hunte1421WinPakBridgetown17 Jan 1958
28CA Milton104*2EngNZlLeeds03 Jul 1958
29AA Baig1124IndEngManchester23 Jul 1959
30Hanumant Singh1051IndEngDelhi08 Feb 1964
31Khalid Ibadulla1661PakAusKarachi24 Oct 1964
32BR Taylor1051NZlIndKolkata05 Mar 1965
33KD Walters1551AusEngBrisbane10 Dec 1965
34JH Hampshire1072EngWinLord’s26 Jun 1969
35GR Viswanath1373IndAusKanpur15 Nov 1969
36GS Chappell1082AusEngPerth11 Dec 1970
37LG Rowe2141WinNZlKingston16 Feb 1972
38LG Rowe100*3WinNZlKingston16 Feb 1972
39AI Kallicharran100*1WinNZlGeorgetown06 Apr 1972
40RE Redmond1072NZlPakAuckland16 Feb 1973
41FC Hayes106*4EngWinThe Oval26 Jul 1973
42CG Greenidge1073WinIndBengaluru22 Nov 1974
43L Baichan105*4WinPakLahore15 Feb 1975
44GJ Cosier1092AusWinMelbourne26 Dec 1975
45S Amarnath1242IndNZlAuckland24 Jan 1976
46Javed Miandad1631PakNZlLahore09 Oct 1976
47AB Williams1003WinAusGeorgetown31 Mar 1978
48DM Wellham1033AusEngThe Oval27 Aug 1981
49Saleem Malik100*3PakSrlKarachi05 Mar 1982
50KC Wessels1622AusEngBrisbane26 Nov 1982
51WB Phillips1591AusPakPerth11 Nov 1983
52M Azharuddin1101IndEngKolkata31 Dec 1984
53DSBP Kuruppu201*1SrlNZlCol-CCC16 Apr 1987
54MJ Greatbatch107*3NZlEngAuckland25 Feb 1988
55ME Waugh1381AusEngAdelaide25 Jan 1991
56AC Hudson1632SAFWinBridgetown18 Apr 1992
57RS Kaluwitharana132*2SrlAusCol-SSC17 Aug 1992
58DL Houghton1211ZimIndHarare18 Oct 1992
59PK Amre1032IndSAFDurban13 Nov 1992
60GP Thorpe114*3EngAusNottingham01 Jul 1993
61GS Blewett102*2AusEngAdelaide26 Jan 1995
62SC Ganguly1312IndEngLord’s20 Jun 1996
63Mohd Wasim109*4PakNZlLahore21 Nov 1996
64Ali Naqvi1151PakSAFRawalpindi06 Oct 1997
65Azhar Mahmood128*1PakSAFRawalpindi06 Oct 1997
66MS Sinclair2141NZlWinWellington26 Dec 1999
67Younis Khan1073PakSrlRawalpindi26 Feb 2000
68Aminul Islam1451BanIndDhaka10 Nov 2000
69H Masakadza1193ZimWinHarare27 Jul 2001
70TT Samaraweera103*2SrlIndCol-SSC29 Aug 2001
71Taufeeq Umar1042PakBanMultan29 Aug 2001
72Mohd  Ashraful1143BanSrlCol-SSC06 Sep 2001
73V Sehwag1051IndSAFBloemfontein03 Nov 2001
74L Vincent1041NZlAusPerth30 Nov 2001
75SB Styris1071NZlWinSt George’s28 Jun 2002
76JA Rudolph222*2SAFBanChattogram24 Apr 2003
77Yasir Hameed1702PakBanKarachi20 Aug 2003
78Yasir Hameed1054PakBanKarachi20 Aug 2003
79DR Smith105*4WinSAFCape Town02 Jan 2004
80AJ Strauss1122EngNZlLord’s20 May 2004
81MJ Clarke1511AusIndBengaluru06 Oct 2004
82AN Cook104*3EngIndNagpur01 Mar 2006
83MJ Prior126*1EngWinLord’s17 May 2007
84MJ North1171AusSAFJohannesburg26 Feb 2009
85Fawad Alam1683PakSrlCol-PSS12 Jul 2009
86IJL Trott1193EngAusThe Oval20 Aug 2009
87Umar Akmal1292PakNZlDunedin24 Nov 2009
88AB Barath1043WinAusBrisbane26 Nov 2009
89AN Petersen1001SAFIndKolkata14 Feb 2010
90SK Raina1202IndSrlCol-SSC26 Jul 2010
91KS Williamson1312NZlIndAhmedabad04 Nov 2010
92KA Edwards1103WinIndRoseau06 Jul 2011
93SE Marsh1412AusSrlPallekele08 Sep 2011
94Abul Hasan1131BanWinKhulna21 Nov 2012
95F du Plessis110*4SAFAusAdelaide22 Nov 2012
96HD Rutherford1712NZlEngDunedin06 Mar 2013
97S Dhawan1872IndAusMohali14 Mar 2013
98RG Sharma1772IndWinKolkata06 Nov 2013
99JDS Neesham137*3NZlIndWellington14 Feb 2014
100S van Zyl101*1SAFWinCenturion17 Dec 2014
101AC Voges130*2AusWinRoseau03 Jun 2015
102SC Cook1151SAFEngCenturion22 Jan 2016
103KK Jennings1121EngIndMumbai08 Dec 2016
104TA Blundell107*2NZlWinWellington01 Dec 2017
105KJ O’Brien1183IrePakDublin-M11 May 2018
106PP Shaw1341IndWinRajkot04 Oct 2018
107BT Foakes1071EngSrlGalle06 Nov 2018
108Abid Ali109*2PakSrlRawalpindi11 Dec 2019
109KR Mayers210*4WinBanChattogram03 Feb 2021
110P Nissanka1033SrlWinN Sound21 Mar 2021
111DP Conway2001NZlEngLord’s02 Jun 2021
112SS Iyer1051IndNZlKanpur25 Nov 2021

SS Iyer of India scored 105 against New Zealand at Kanpur in the ongoing test to provide the 16th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1L Amarnath1183IndEngMumbai15 Dec 1933
2RH Shodhan1102IndPakKolkata12 Dec 1952
3AG Kripal Singh100*1IndNZlHyd-LBS19 Nov 1955
4AA Baig1124IndEngManchester23 Jul 1959
5Hanumant Singh1051IndEngDelhi08 Feb 1964
6GR Viswanath1373IndAusKanpur15 Nov 1969
7S Amarnath1242IndNZlAuckland24 Jan 1976
8M Azharuddin1101IndEngKolkata31 Dec 1984
8PK Amre1032IndSAFDurban13 Nov 1992
10SC Ganguly1312IndEngLord’s20 Jun 1996
11V Sehwag1051IndSAFBloemfontein03 Nov 2001
12SK Raina1202IndSrlCol-SSC26 Jul 2010
13S Dhawan1872IndAusMohali14 Mar 2013
14RG Sharma1772IndWinKolkata06 Nov 2013
15PP Shaw1341IndWinRajkot04 Oct 2018
16SS Iyer1051IndNZlKanpur25 Nov 2021

He also became the third Indian batsman to score a century on test debut against New Zealand. After AG Kripal Singh and S Amarnath

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1AG Kripal Singh100*1IndNZlHyd-LBS19 Nov 1955
2S Amarnath1242IndNZlAuckland24 Jan 1976
3SS Iyer1051IndNZlKanpur25 Nov 2021

He also became the 12th batsman to score a century on test debut against New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1AG Kripal Singh100*1IndNZlHyd-LBS19 Nov 1955
2CA Milton104*2EngNZlLeeds03 Jul 1958
3LG Rowe2141WinNZlKingston16 Feb 1972
4LG Rowe100*3WinNZlKingston16 Feb 1972
5AI Kallicharran100*1WinNZlGeorgetown06 Apr 1972
6S Amarnath1242IndNZlAuckland24 Jan 1976
7Javed Miandad1631PakNZlLahore09 Oct 1976
8DSBP Kuruppu201*1SrlNZlCol-CCC16 Apr 1987
9Mohd Wasim109*4PakNZlLahore21 Nov 1996
10AJ Strauss1122EngNZlLord’s20 May 2004
11Umar Akmal1292PakNZlDunedin24 Nov 2009
12SS Iyer1051IndNZlKanpur25 Nov 2021
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