YBK Jaiswal of India scored 171 against West Indies in the just concluded first test at Rouseau to provide the 115^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century on his debut in the annals of test cricket. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a century on debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	L Amarnath	118	–	03	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933
2	RH Shodhan	110	–	02	Ind	Pak	Eden Gardens	12 Dec 1952
3	AG Kripal Singh	100*	–	01	Ind	NZl	Hyd-LBS	19 Nov 1955
4	AA Baig	112	–	04	Ind	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1959
5	Hanumant Singh	105	–	01	Ind	Eng	Delhi	08 Feb 1964
6	GR Viswanath	137	–	03	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969
7	S Amarnath	124	–	02	Ind	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 1976
8	M Azharuddin	110	322	01	Ind	Eng	Eden Gardens	31 Dec 1984
9	PK Amre	103	299	02	Ind	SAF	Durban	13 Nov 1992
10	SC Ganguly	131	301	02	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	20 Jun 1996
11	V Sehwag	105	173	01	Ind	SAF	Bloemfontein	03 Nov 2001
12	SK Raina	120	228	02	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
13	S Dhawan	187	174	02	Ind	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
14	RG Sharma	177	301	02	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	06 Nov 2013
15	PP Shaw	134	154	01	Ind	Win	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
16	SS Iyer	105	171	01	Ind	NZl	Kanpur	25 Nov 2021
17	YBK Jaiswal	171	387	02	Ind	Win	Roseau	12 Jul 2023

It also provides the 17^th occasion of an batsman scoring a century on debut against West Indies All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SC Griffith	140	–	01	Eng	Win	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948
2	JH Hampshire	107	258	02	Eng	Win	Lord’s	26 Jun 1969
3	FC Hayes	106*	234	04	Eng	Win	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
4	GJ Cosier	109	186	02	Aus	Win	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975
5	AC Hudson	163	384	02	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
6	MS Sinclair	214	447	01	NZl	Win	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
7	H Masakadza	119	316	03	Zim	Win	Harare	27 Jul 2001
8	SB Styris	107	178	01	NZl	Win	St George’s	28 Jun 2002
9	MJ Prior	126*	128	01	Eng	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2007
10	Abul Hasan	113	123	01	Ban	Win	Khulna	21 Nov 2012
11	RG Sharma	177	301	02	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	06 Nov 2013
12	S van Zyl	101*	130	01	SAF	Win	Centurion	17 Dec 2014
13	AC Voges	130*	247	02	Aus	Win	Roseau	03 Jun 2015
14	TA Blundell	107*	180	02	NZl	Win	Wellington	01 Dec 2017
15	PP Shaw	134	154	01	Ind	Win	Rajkot	04 Oct 2018
16	P Nissanka	103	252	03	Srl	Win	North Sound	21 Mar 2021
17	YBK Jaiswal	171	387	02	Ind	Win	Roseau	12 Jul 2023

The following table lists the 25 batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs on their test debut in the annals of test cricket.

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	KS Ranjitsinhji	154*	3	Eng	Aus	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
4	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
5	A Jackson	164	2	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
6	GA Headley	176	3	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	11 Jan 1930
7	Khalid Ibadulla	166	1	Pak	Aus	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
8	KD Walters	155	1	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	10 Dec 1965
9	LG Rowe	214	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
10	Javed Miandad	163	1	Pak	NZl	Lahore	09 Oct 1976
11	KC Wessels	162	2	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982
12	WB Phillips	159	1	Aus	Pak	Perth	11 Nov 1983
13	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	Srl	NZl	Col-CCC	16 Apr 1987
14	AC Hudson	163	2	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
15	MS Sinclair	214	1	NZl	Win	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
16	JA Rudolph	222*	2	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003
17	Yasir Hameed	170	2	Pak	Ban	Karachi	20 Aug 2003
18	MJ Clarke	151	1	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
19	Fawad Alam	168	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	12 Jul 2009
20	HD Rutherford	171	2	NZl	Eng	Dunedin	06 Mar 2013
21	S Dhawan	187	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
22	RG Sharma	177	2	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	06 Nov 2013
23	KR Mayers	210*	4	Win	Ban	Chattogram	03 Feb 2021
24	DP Conway	200	1	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	02 Jun 2021
25	YBK Jaiswal	171	2	Ind	Win	Roseau	12 Jul 2023

YBK Jaiswal became the third Indian batsmen to score 150 plus runs on test debut. The following table lists the three Indian batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan	187	2	Ind	Aus	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
2	RG Sharma	177	2	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	06 Nov 2013
5	YBK Jaiswal	171	2	Ind	Win	Roseau	12 Jul 2023

YBK Jaiswal became the fourth batsmen to score 150 plus runs on test debut against West Indies. The following table lists the four batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Hudson	163	2	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
2	MS Sinclair	214	1	NZl	Win	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
3	RG Sharma	177	2	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	06 Nov 2013
4	YBK Jaiswal	171	2	Ind	Win	Roseau	12 Jul 2023

It is interesting to note that India is the only team to have two batsmen scoring 170 plus runs as debut centurions against West Indies.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	177	2	Ind	Win	Eden Gardens	06 Nov 2013
2	YBK Jaiswal	171	2	Ind	Win	Roseau	12 Jul 2023

YBK Jaiswal faced 387 deliveries while compiling his debut century – 171 against West Indies at Roseau in the just concluded test. He now occupies the third place in the list of batsmen who compiled their debut century facing most number of deliveries. The following table lists the batsmen who have compiled their debut centuries facing 375 plus deliveries.

No	Player	Runs	BF	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	548	01	Srl	NZl	Col-CCC	16 Apr 1987
2	MS Sinclair	214	447	01	NZl	Win	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
3	YBK Jaiswal	171	387	02	Ind	Win	Roseau	12 Jul 2023
4	AC Hudson	163	384	02	SAF	Win	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
5	JA Rudolph	222*	383	02	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003
6	Nawab of Pataudi snr	102	380	02	Eng	Aus	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
7	Aminul Islam	145	380	01	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
8	F du Plessis	110*	376	04	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	22 Nov 2012