KL Rahul of India joined the select band of ten batsmen who have scored a century on debut in the annals of one day games. He became the eleventh batsman to achieve such feat when he scored 100 not out against Zimbabwe at Harare in the first one-day game on 11.06.16. The following table enlists all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DL Amiss	103	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	24 Aug 1972
2	DL Haynes	148	1	Win	Aus	St John’s	22 Feb 1978
3	A Flower	115*	1	Zim	Srl	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
4	Saleem Elahi	102*	2	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	29 Sep 1995
5	MJ Guptill	122*	1	NZl	Win	Auckland	10 Jan 2009
6	CA Ingram	124	1	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	15 Oct 2010
7	RJ Nicol	108*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	20 Oct 2011
8	PJ Hughes	112	1	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	11 Jan 2013
9	MJ Lumb	106	2	Eng	Win	North Sound	28 Feb 2014
10	MS Chapman	124*	1	HKG	UAE	ICCA Dubai	16 Nov 2015
11	KL Rahul	100*	2	Ind	Zim	Harare	11 Jun 2016

KL Rahul became the third batsman to score a century on debut against Zimbabwe. The others are – CA Ingram of South Africa and RJ Nicol of New Zealand.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CA Ingram	124	1	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	15 Oct 2010
2	RJ Nicol	108*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	20 Oct 2011
3	KL Rahul	100*	2	Ind	Zim	Harare	11 Jun 2016

Zimbabwe became the second team in the annals of one day games against whom three debut centuries are scored. Sri Lanka is the other team against whom such a feat has been accomplished. The following table lists out such performances.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	A Flower	115*	1	Zim	Srl	New Plymouth	23 Feb 1992
2	Saleem Elahi	102*	2	Pak	Srl	Gujranwala	29 Sep 1995
3	PJ Hughes	112	1	Aus	Srl	Melbourne	11 Jan 2013
1	CA Ingram	124	1	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	15 Oct 2010
2	RJ Nicol	108*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	20 Oct 2011
3	KL Rahul	100*	2	Ind	Zim	Harare	11 Jun 2016