Batsmen scoring 200 plus runs as their first test century – R Ravindra of New Zealand joins the elite list
R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the 44th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | SE Gregory | 201 | Australia | England | Sydney | 14.12.1894 |
| 2 | RE Foster | 287 | England | Australia | Sydney | 11.12.1903 |
| 3 | WR Hammond | 251 | England | Australia | Sydney | 14.12.1928 |
| 4 | AD Nourse | 231 | South Africa | Australia | Johannesburg | 24.12.1935 |
| 5 | E Paynter | 216* | England | Australia | Trent Bridge | 10.06.1938 |
| 6 | WJ Edrich | 219 | England | South Africa | Durban | 03.03.1939 |
| 7 | SG Barnes | 234 | Australia | England | Sydney | 13.12.1946 |
| 8 | MP Donnelly | 206 | New Zealand | England | Lord’s | 25.06.1949 |
| 9 | DJ McGlew | 255* | South Africa | New Zealand | Wellington | 06.03.1953 |
| 10 | DSE Atkinson | 219 | West Indies | Australia | Bridgetown | 14.05.1955 |
| 11 | Imtiaz Ahmed | 209 | Pakistan | New Zealand | Lahore | 26.10.1955 |
| 12 | GSA Sobers | 365* | West Indies | Pakistan | Kingston | 26.02.1958 |
| 13 | RB Kanhai | 256 | West Indies | India | Eden Gardens | 31.12.1958 |
| 14 | RB Simpson | 311 | Australia | England | Old Trafford | 23.07.1964 |
| 15 | DN Sardesai | 200* | India | New Zealand | Brabourne | 12.03.1965 |
| 16 | SM Nurse | 201 | West Indies | Australia | Bridgetown | 05.05.1965 |
| 17 | Zaheer Abbas | 274 | Pakistan | England | Edgbaston | 03.06.1971 |
| 18 | LG Rowe | 214 | West Indies | New Zealand | Kingston | 16.02.1972 |
| 19 | D Lloyd | 214* | England | India | Edgbaston | 04.07.1974 |
| 20 | SFA Bacchus | 250 | West Indies | India | Kanpur | 02.02.1979 |
| 21 | Taslim Arif | 210* | Pakistan | Australia | Faisalabad | 06.03.1980 |
| 22 | DM Jones | 210 | Australia | India | Chepauk | 18.09.1986 |
| 23 | DSB Kuruppu | 201* | Sri Lanka | New Zealand | Col-CCC | 16.04.1987 |
| 24 | Aamir Sohail | 205 | Pakistan | England | Old Trafford | 02.07.1992 |
| 25 | BC Lara | 277 | West Indies | Australia | Sydney | 02.01.1993 |
| 26 | VG Kambli | 224 | India | England | Wankhede | 19.02.1993 |
| 27 | GW Flower | 201* | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | Harare | 01.02.1995 |
| 28 | SL Campbell | 208 | West Indies | New Zealand | Bridgetown | 19.04.1996 |
| 29 | HH Gibbs | 211* | South Africa | New Zealand | AMI Stadium | 11.03.1999 |
| 30 | MS Sinclair | 214 | New Zealand | West Indies | Wellington | 26.12.1999 |
| 31 | GC Smith | 200 | South Africa | Bangladesh | East London | 18.10.2002 |
| 32 | JA Rudolph | 222* | South Africa | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 24.04.2003 |
| 33 | RWT Key | 221 | England | West Indies | Lord’s | 22.07.2004 |
| 34 | BJ Hodge | 203* | Australia | South Africa | Perth | 16.12.2005 |
| 35 | JN Gillespie | 201* | Australia | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 16.04.2006 |
| 36 | KK Nair | 303* | India | England | Chepauk | 16.12.2016 |
| 37 | MA Agarwal | 215 | India | South Africa | Vizag | 02.10.2019 |
| 38 | ZCrawley | 267 | England | Pakistan | Southampton | 21.08.2020 |
| 39 | KR Mayers | 210* | West Indies | Bangladesh | Chittagong | 03.02.2021 |
| 40 | H Shahidi | 200* | Afghanistan | Zimbabwe | Abu Dhabi | 10.03.2021 |
| 41 | DP Conway | 200 | New Zealand | England | Lord’s | 02.06.2021 |
| 42 | T Chanderpaul | 207* | West Indies | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 04.02.2023 |
| 43 | N Madushka | 205 | Sri Lanka | Ireland | Galle | 24.04.2023 |
| 44 | R Ravindra | 240 | New Zealand | South Africa | Mt Maunganui | 04.02.2024 |
R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the fourth New Zealand batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | MP Donnelly | 206 | New Zealand | England | Lord’s | 25.06.1949 |
| 2 | MS Sinclair | 214 | New Zealand | West Indies | Wellington | 26.12.1999 |
| 3 | DP Conway | 200 | New Zealand | England | Lord’s | 02.06.2021 |
| 4 | R Ravindra | 240 | New Zealand | South Africa | Mt Maunganui | 04.02.2024 |
R Ravindra of New Zealand scored 240 against South Africa at Mount Maunganui in the ongoing test between the two teams. He became the fourth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 200 plus runs as his first century in a test innings against South Africa. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | Team | Opposition | Ground | Date |
| 1 | BJ Hodge | 203* | Australia | South Africa | Perth | 16.12.2005 |
| 2 | WJ Edrich | 219 | England | South Africa | Durban | 03.03.1939 |
| 3 | MA Agarwal | 215 | India | South Africa | Vizag | 02.10.2019 |
| 4 | R Ravindra | 240 | New Zealand | South Africa | Mt Maunganui | 04.02.2024 |