S Dhawan’s 150 not out at the end of the first day of the only test against Bangladesh at Fatulllah provide the 50^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	VM Merchant	154	2	v England	Delhi	02 Nov 1951
2	MH Mankad	184	3	v England	Lord’s	19 Jun 1952
3	ML Apte	163*	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953
4	P Roy	150	3	v West Indies	Kingston	28 Mar 1953
5	MH Mankad	223	1	v New Zealand	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 1955
6	MH Mankad	231	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
7	P Roy	173	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	06 Jan 1956
8	BK Kunderan	192	1	v England	Chennai	10 Jan 1964
9	DN Sardesai	200*	3	v New Zealand	Mumbai (BS)	12 Mar 1965
10	SM Gavaskar	220	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Apr 1971
11	SM Gavaskar	156	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976
12	SM Gavaskar	205	1	v West Indies	Mumbai	01 Dec 1978
13	SM Gavaskar	182*	3	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978
14	SM Gavaskar	221	4	v England	The Oval	30 Aug 1979
15	SM Gavaskar	166	2	v Pakistan	Chennai	15 Jan 1980
16	SM Gavaskar	172	2	v England	Bangalore	09 Dec 1981
17	SM Gavaskar	155	2	v Sri Lanka	Chennai	17 Sep 1982
18	AD Gaekwad	201	2	v Pakistan	Jalandhar	24 Sep 1983
19	SM Gavaskar	166*	2	v Australia	Adelaide	13 Dec 1985
20	SM Gavaskar	172	1	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1986
21	SM Gavaskar	176	2	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	17 Dec 1986
22	RJ Shastri	187	1	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 1990
23	RJ Shastri	206	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 1992
24	NR Mongia	152	2	v Australia	Delhi	10 Oct 1996
25	NS Sidhu	201	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	14 Mar 1997
26	VVS Laxman	167	3	v Australia	Sydney	02 Jan 2000
27	V Sehwag	195	1	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
28	V Sehwag	309	1	v Pakistan	Multan	28 Mar 2004
29	V Sehwag	155	2	v Australia	Chennai	14 Oct 2004
30	V Sehwag	164	2	v South Africa	Kanpur	20 Nov 2004
31	V Sehwag	173	2	v Pakistan	Mohali	08 Mar 2005
32	V Sehwag	201	2	v Pakistan	Bangalore	24 Mar 2005
33	V Sehwag	254	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006
34	W Jaffer	212	3	v West Indies	St John’s	02 Jun 2006
35	V Sehwag	180	1	v West Indies	Gros Islet	10 Jun 2006
36	W Jaffer	202	1	v Pakistan	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
37	V Sehwag	151	3	v Australia	Adelaide	24 Jan 2008
38	V Sehwag	319	2	v South Africa	Chennai	26 Mar 2008
39	V Sehwag	201*	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	31 Jul 2008
40	G Gambhir	206	1	v Australia	Delhi	29 Oct 2008
41	G Gambhir	179	1	v England	Mohali	19 Dec 2008
42	G Gambhir	167	3	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Apr 2009
43	G Gambhir	167	1	v Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24 Nov 2009
44	V Sehwag	293	2	v Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	02 Dec 2009
45	V Sehwag	165	2	v South Africa	Kolkata	14 Feb 2010
46	V Sehwag	173	1	v New Zealand	Ahmedabad	04 Nov 2010
47	M Vijay	167	2	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	02 Mar 2013
48	S Dhawan	187	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
49	M Vijay	153	2	v Australia	Mohali	14 Mar 2013
50	S Dhawan	150*	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	10 Jun 2015