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.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | C Bannerman | 165* | 1 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 |
| 2 | WG Grace | 152 | 1 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 06 Sep 1880 |
| 3 | H Graham | 107 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | 17 Jul 1893 |
| 4 | KS Ranjitsinhji | 154* | 3 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 16 Jul 1896 |
| 5 | PF Warner | 132* | 3 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 14 Feb 1899 |
| 6 | RA Duff | 104 | 3 | Eng | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1902 |
| 7 | RE Foster | 287 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 11 Dec 1903 |
| 8 | G Gunn | 119 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 13 Dec 1907 |
| 9 | MJ Hartigan | 116 | 3 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 10 Jan 1908 |
| 10 | HL Collins | 104 | 3 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 |
| 11 | WH Ponsford | 110 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 |
| 12 | A Jackson | 164 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 01 Feb 1929 |
| 13 | GA Headley | 176 | 3 | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 11 Jan 1930 |
| 14 | JE Mills | 117 | 1 | NZl | Eng | Wellington | 24 Jan 1930 |
| 15 | IAK Pataudi | 102 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 02 Dec 1932 |
| 16 | BH Valentine | 136 | 2 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 15 Dec 1933 |
| 17 | L Amarnath | 118 | 3 | Ind | Eng | Mumbai | 15 Dec 1933 |
| 18 | PA Gibb | 106 | 3 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1938 |
| 19 | SC Griffith | 140 | 1 | Eng | Win | Port of Spain | 11 Feb 1948 |
| 20 | AG Ganteaume | 112 | 2 | Win | Eng | Port of Spain | 11 Feb 1948 |
| 21 | JW Burke | 101* | 3 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 02 Feb 1951 |
| 22 | PBH May | 138 | 2 | Eng | SAF | Leeds | 26 Jul 1951 |
| 23 | RH Shodhan | 110 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Kolkata | 12 Dec 1952 |
| 24 | BH Pairaudeau | 115 | 2 | Win | Ind | Port of Spain | 21 Jan 1953 |
| 25 | OG Smith | 104 | 3 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 26 Mar 1955 |
| 26 | AG Kripal Singh | 100* | 1 | Ind | NZl | Hyd-LBS | 19 Nov 1955 |
| 27 | CC Hunte | 142 | 1 | Win | Pak | Bridgetown | 17 Jan 1958 |
| 28 | CA Milton | 104* | 2 | Eng | NZl | Leeds | 03 Jul 1958 |
| 29 | AA Baig | 112 | 4 | Ind | Eng | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 |
| 30 | Hanumant Singh | 105 | 1 | Ind | Eng | Delhi | 08 Feb 1964 |
| 31 | Khalid Ibadulla | 166 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Karachi | 24 Oct 1964 |
| 32 | BR Taylor | 105 | 1 | NZl | Ind | Kolkata | 05 Mar 1965 |
| 33 | KD Walters | 155 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 10 Dec 1965 |
| 34 | JH Hampshire | 107 | 2 | Eng | Win | Lord’s | 26 Jun 1969 |
| 35 | GR Viswanath | 137 | 3 | Ind | Aus | Kanpur | 15 Nov 1969 |
| 36 | GS Chappell | 108 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Perth | 11 Dec 1970 |
| 37 | LG Rowe | 214 | 1 | Win | NZl | Kingston | 16 Feb 1972 |
| 38 | LG Rowe | 100* | 3 | Win | NZl | Kingston | 16 Feb 1972 |
| 39 | AI Kallicharran | 100* | 1 | Win | NZl | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1972 |
| 40 | RE Redmond | 107 | 2 | NZl | Pak | Auckland | 16 Feb 1973 |
| 41 | FC Hayes | 106* | 4 | Eng | Win | The Oval | 26 Jul 1973 |
| 42 | CG Greenidge | 107 | 3 | Win | Ind | Bengaluru | 22 Nov 1974 |
| 43 | L Baichan | 105* | 4 | Win | Pak | Lahore | 15 Feb 1975 |
| 44 | GJ Cosier | 109 | 2 | Aus | Win | Melbourne | 26 Dec 1975 |
| 45 | S Amarnath | 124 | 2 | Ind | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 46 | Javed Miandad | 163 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 09 Oct 1976 |
| 47 | AB Williams | 100 | 3 | Win | Aus | Georgetown | 31 Mar 1978 |
| 48 | DM Wellham | 103 | 3 | Aus | Eng | The Oval | 27 Aug 1981 |
| 49 | Saleem Malik | 100* | 3 | Pak | Srl | Karachi | 05 Mar 1982 |
| 50 | KC Wessels | 162 | 2 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 26 Nov 1982 |
| 51 | WB Phillips | 159 | 1 | Aus | Pak | Perth | 11 Nov 1983 |
| 52 | M Azharuddin | 110 | 1 | Ind | Eng | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1984 |
| 53 | DSBP Kuruppu | 201* | 1 | Srl | NZl | Col-CCC | 16 Apr 1987 |
| 54 | MJ Greatbatch | 107* | 3 | NZl | Eng | Auckland | 25 Feb 1988 |
| 55 | ME Waugh | 138 | 1 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1991 |
| 56 | AC Hudson | 163 | 2 | SAF | Win | Bridgetown | 18 Apr 1992 |
| 57 | RS Kaluwitharana | 132* | 2 | Srl | Aus | Col-SSC | 17 Aug 1992 |
| 58 | DL Houghton | 121 | 1 | Zim | Ind | Harare | 18 Oct 1992 |
| 59 | PK Amre | 103 | 2 | Ind | SAF | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 |
| 60 | GP Thorpe | 114* | 3 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | 01 Jul 1993 |
| 61 | GS Blewett | 102* | 2 | Aus | Eng | Adelaide | 26 Jan 1995 |
| 62 | SC Ganguly | 131 | 2 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1996 |
| 63 | Mohd Wasim | 109* | 4 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 21 Nov 1996 |
| 64 | Ali Naqvi | 115 | 1 | Pak | SAF | Rawalpindi | 06 Oct 1997 |
| 65 | Azhar Mahmood | 128* | 1 | Pak | SAF | Rawalpindi | 06 Oct 1997 |
| 66 | MS Sinclair | 214 | 1 | NZl | Win | Wellington | 26 Dec 1999 |
| 67 | Younis Khan | 107 | 3 | Pak | Srl | Rawalpindi | 26 Feb 2000 |
| 68 | Aminul Islam | 145 | 1 | Ban | Ind | Dhaka | 10 Nov 2000 |
| 69 | H Masakadza | 119 | 3 | Zim | Win | Harare | 27 Jul 2001 |
| 70 | TT Samaraweera | 103* | 2 | Srl | Ind | Col-SSC | 29 Aug 2001 |
| 71 | Taufeeq Umar | 104 | 2 | Pak | Ban | Multan | 29 Aug 2001 |
| 72 | Mohd Ashraful | 114 | 3 | Ban | Srl | Col-SSC | 06 Sep 2001 |
| 73 | V Sehwag | 105 | 1 | Ind | SAF | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
| 74 | L Vincent | 104 | 1 | NZl | Aus | Perth | 30 Nov 2001 |
| 75 | SB Styris | 107 | 1 | NZl | Win | St George’s | 28 Jun 2002 |
| 76 | JA Rudolph | 222* | 2 | SAF | Ban | Chattogram | 24 Apr 2003 |
| 77 | Yasir Hameed | 170 | 2 | Pak | Ban | Karachi | 20 Aug 2003 |
| 78 | Yasir Hameed | 105 | 4 | Pak | Ban | Karachi | 20 Aug 2003 |
| 79 | DR Smith | 105* | 4 | Win | SAF | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2004 |
| 80 | AJ Strauss | 112 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 20 May 2004 |
| 81 | MJ Clarke | 151 | 1 | Aus | Ind | Bengaluru | 06 Oct 2004 |
| 82 | AN Cook | 104* | 3 | Eng | Ind | Nagpur | 01 Mar 2006 |
| 83 | MJ Prior | 126* | 1 | Eng | Win | Lord’s | 17 May 2007 |
| 84 | MJ North | 117 | 1 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 |
| 85 | Fawad Alam | 168 | 3 | Pak | Srl | Col-PSS | 12 Jul 2009 |
| 86 | IJL Trott | 119 | 3 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 20 Aug 2009 |
| 87 | Umar Akmal | 129 | 2 | Pak | NZl | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 88 | AB Barath | 104 | 3 | Win | Aus | Brisbane | 26 Nov 2009 |
| 89 | AN Petersen | 100 | 1 | SAF | Ind | Kolkata | 14 Feb 2010 |
| 90 | SK Raina | 120 | 2 | Ind | Srl | Col-SSC | 26 Jul 2010 |
| 91 | KS Williamson | 131 | 2 | NZl | Ind | Ahmedabad | 04 Nov 2010 |
| 92 | KA Edwards | 110 | 3 | Win | Ind | Roseau | 06 Jul 2011 |
| 93 | SE Marsh | 141 | 2 | Aus | Srl | Pallekele | 08 Sep 2011 |
| 94 | Abul Hasan | 113 | 1 | Ban | Win | Khulna | 21 Nov 2012 |
| 95 | F du Plessis | 110* | 4 | SAF | Aus | Adelaide | 22 Nov 2012 |
| 96 | HD Rutherford | 171 | 2 | NZl | Eng | Dunedin | 06 Mar 2013 |
| 97 | S Dhawan | 187 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Mohali | 14 Mar 2013 |
| 98 | RG Sharma | 177 | 2 | Ind | Win | Kolkata | 06 Nov 2013 |
| 99 | JDS Neesham | 137* | 3 | NZl | Ind | Wellington | 14 Feb 2014 |
| 100 | S van Zyl | 101* | 1 | SAF | Win | Centurion | 17 Dec 2014 |
| 101 | AC Voges | 130* | 2 | Aus | Win | Roseau | 03 Jun 2015 |
| 102 | SC Cook | 115 | 1 | SAF | Eng | Centurion | 22 Jan 2016 |
| 103 | KK Jennings | 112 | 1 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 104 | TA Blundell | 107* | 2 | NZl | Win | Wellington | 01 Dec 2017 |
| 105 | KJ O’Brien | 118 | 3 | Ire | Pak | Dublin-M | 11 May 2018 |
| 106 | PP Shaw | 134 | 1 | Ind | Win | Rajkot | 04 Oct 2018 |
| 107 | BT Foakes | 107 | 1 | Eng | Srl | Galle | 06 Nov 2018 |
| 108 | Abid Ali | 109* | 2 | Pak | Srl | Rawalpindi | 11 Dec 2019 |
| 109 | KR Mayers | 210* | 4 | Win | Ban | Chattogram | 03 Feb 2021 |
| 110 | P Nissanka | 103 | 3 | Srl | Win | N Sound | 21 Mar 2021 |
| 111 | DP Conway | 200 | 1 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | 02 Jun 2021 |
| 112 | SS Iyer | 105 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Kanpur | 25 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.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | L Amarnath | 118 | 3 | Ind | Eng | Mumbai | 15 Dec 1933 |
| 2 | RH Shodhan | 110 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Kolkata | 12 Dec 1952 |
| 3 | AG Kripal Singh | 100* | 1 | Ind | NZl | Hyd-LBS | 19 Nov 1955 |
| 4 | AA Baig | 112 | 4 | Ind | Eng | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 |
| 5 | Hanumant Singh | 105 | 1 | Ind | Eng | Delhi | 08 Feb 1964 |
| 6 | GR Viswanath | 137 | 3 | Ind | Aus | Kanpur | 15 Nov 1969 |
| 7 | S Amarnath | 124 | 2 | Ind | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 8 | M Azharuddin | 110 | 1 | Ind | Eng | Kolkata | 31 Dec 1984 |
| 8 | PK Amre | 103 | 2 | Ind | SAF | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 |
| 10 | SC Ganguly | 131 | 2 | Ind | Eng | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1996 |
| 11 | V Sehwag | 105 | 1 | Ind | SAF | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
| 12 | SK Raina | 120 | 2 | Ind | Srl | Col-SSC | 26 Jul 2010 |
| 13 | S Dhawan | 187 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Mohali | 14 Mar 2013 |
| 14 | RG Sharma | 177 | 2 | Ind | Win | Kolkata | 06 Nov 2013 |
| 15 | PP Shaw | 134 | 1 | Ind | Win | Rajkot | 04 Oct 2018 |
| 16 | SS Iyer | 105 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Kanpur | 25 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
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AG Kripal Singh | 100* | 1 | Ind | NZl | Hyd-LBS | 19 Nov 1955 |
| 2 | S Amarnath | 124 | 2 | Ind | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 3 | SS Iyer | 105 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Kanpur | 25 Nov 2021 |
He also became the 12th batsman to score a century on test debut against New Zealand. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AG Kripal Singh | 100* | 1 | Ind | NZl | Hyd-LBS | 19 Nov 1955 |
| 2 | CA Milton | 104* | 2 | Eng | NZl | Leeds | 03 Jul 1958 |
| 3 | LG Rowe | 214 | 1 | Win | NZl | Kingston | 16 Feb 1972 |
| 4 | LG Rowe | 100* | 3 | Win | NZl | Kingston | 16 Feb 1972 |
| 5 | AI Kallicharran | 100* | 1 | Win | NZl | Georgetown | 06 Apr 1972 |
| 6 | S Amarnath | 124 | 2 | Ind | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
| 7 | Javed Miandad | 163 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 09 Oct 1976 |
| 8 | DSBP Kuruppu | 201* | 1 | Srl | NZl | Col-CCC | 16 Apr 1987 |
| 9 | Mohd Wasim | 109* | 4 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 21 Nov 1996 |
| 10 | AJ Strauss | 112 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 20 May 2004 |
| 11 | Umar Akmal | 129 | 2 | Pak | NZl | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 12 | SS Iyer | 105 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Kanpur | 25 Nov 2021 |