Batsmen who have scored first appearance hundred against West Indies
KL Rahul scored 158 in the ongoing Kingston test against West Indies to provide the 61st occasion of a batsman scoring a first appearance hundred against West Indies. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Batsman | Team | FI | SI | Oppn | Ground | Season | |
| 1 | Tyldesley GE | Eng | 122 | DNB | Win | Lord’s | 1928 | |
| 2 | Sandham A | Eng | 152 | 51 | Win | Bridgetown | 1929 | 30 |
| 3 | Kippax AF | Aus | 146 | DNB | Win | Adelaide | 1930 | 31 |
| 4 | Bakewell AH | Eng | 107 | DNB | Win | The Oval | 1933 | |
| 5 | Hutton L | Eng | 196 | 16 | Win | Lord’s | 1939 | |
| 6 | Compton DCS | Eng | 120 | DNB | Win | Lord’s | 1939 | |
| 7 | Griffith SC | Eng | 140 | 4 | Win | Port-of-Spain | 1947 | 48 |
| 8 | Adhikari HR | Ind | 114* | 29* | Win | Delhi (Feroz) | 1948 | 49 |
| 9 | Mushtaq Ali | Ind | 54 | 106 | Win | Kolkata | 1948 | 49 |
| 10 | Washbrook C | Eng | 36 | 114 | Win | Lord’s | 1950 | |
| 11 | Watson W | Eng | 3 | 116 | Win | Kingston | 1953 | 54 |
| 12 | Cowdrey MC | Eng | 4 | 154 | Win | Edgbaston | 1957 | |
| 13 | Hanif Mohammad | Pak | 17 | 337 | Win | Bridgetown | 1957 | 58 |
| 14 | Dexter ER | Eng | 136* | DNB | Win | Bridgetown | 1959 | 60 |
| 15 | Barrington KF | Eng | 128 | DNB | Win | Bridgetown | 1959 | 60 |
| 16 | Parks JM | Eng | 43 | 101* | Win | Port-of-Spain | 1959 | 60 |
| 17 | Subba Row R | Eng | 27 | 100 | Win | Georgetown | 1959 | 60 |
| 18 | O’Neill NCL | Aus | 181 | 26 | Win | Brisbane (Gab) | 1960 | 61 |
| 19 | Murray JT | Eng | 112 | DNB | Win | The Oval | 1966 | |
| 20 | Chappell IM | Aus | 117 | 50 | Win | Brisbane (Gab) | 1968 | 69 |
| 21 | Taylor BR | NZl | 124 | 9 | Win | Auckland | 1968 | 69 |
| 22 | Hampshire JH | Eng | 107 | 5 | Win | Lord’s | 1969 | |
| 23 | Hayes FC | Eng | 16 | 106* | Win | The Oval | 1973 | |
| 24 | Cosier GJ | Aus | 109 | DNB | Win | Melbourne | 1975 | 76 |
| 25 | Steele DS | Eng | 106 | 6 | Win | Trent Bridge | 1976 | |
| 26 | Hughes KJ | Aus | 3 | 130* | Win | Brisbane (Gab) | 1979 | 00 |
| 27 | Dyson J | Aus | 28 | 127* | Win | Sydney | 1981 | 82 |
| 28 | Hilditch AMJ | Aus | 70 | 113 | Win | Melbourne | 1984 | 85 |
| 29 | Hudson AC | RSA | 163 | 0 | Win | Bridgetown | 1991 | 92 |
| 30 | Parore AC | NZl | 100 | DNB | Win | Christchurch | 1994 | 95 |
| 31 | Astle NJ | NZl | 54 | 125 | Win | Bridgetown | 1995 | 96 |
| 32 | Sinclair MS | NZl | 214 | DNB | Win | Wellington | 1999 | 00 |
| 33 | Imran Nazir | Pak | 2 | 131 | Win | Bridgetown | 1999 | 00 |
| 34 | Flower A | Zim | 113* | 5 | Win | Port-of-Spain | 1999 | 00 |
| 35 | Shahid Afridi | Pak | 107 | 0 | Win | Sharjah | 2001 | 02 |
| 36 | Sangakkara KC | Srl | 140 | DNB | Win | Galle | 2001 | 02 |
| 37 | Masakadza H | Zim | 9 | 119 | Win | Harare | 2001 | |
| 38 | Sehwag V | Ind | 147 | DNB | Win | Wankhede | 2002 | 03 |
| 39 | Styris SB | NZl | 107 | 69* | Win | Queen’s Park 2 | 2002 | |
| 40 | Smith GC | RSA | 132 | 44 | Win | Wanderers | 2003 | 04 |
| 41 | Mohammad Rafique | Ban | 111 | 29 | Win | Gros ISrlet | 2004 | |
| 42 | Key RWT | Eng | 221 | 15 | Win | Lord’s | 2004 | |
| 43 | Strauss AJ | Eng | 137 | 35 | Win | Lord’s | 2004 | |
| 44 | Hayden ML | Aus | 111 | 77 | Win | Sydney | 2005 | 06 |
| 45 | Prior MJ | Eng | 126* | 21 | Win | Lord’s | 2007 | |
| 46 | Collingwood PD | Eng | 111 | 34 | Win | Lord’s | 2007 | |
| 47 | Cook AN | Eng | 105 | 65 | Win | Lord’s | 2007 | |
| 48 | Pietersen KP | Eng | 26 | 109 | Win | Lord’s | 2007 | |
| 49 | Warnapura SM | Srl | 120 | 62 | Win | Providence | 2007 | 08 |
| 50 | Bopara RS | Eng | 104 | DNB | Win | Bridgetown | 2008 | 09 |
| 51 | Tamim Iqbal | Ban | 14 | 128* | Win | Arnos Vale | 2009 | |
| 52 | Abul Hasan | Ban | 113 | 7* | Win | Khulna | 2012 | 13 |
| 53 | Sharma RG | Ind | 177 | DNB | Win | Kolkata | 2013 | |
| 54 | Neesham JDS | NZl | 107 | 20 | Win | Kingston | 2014 | |
| 55 | van Zyl S | SAF | 101* | Win | Centurion | 2014 | 15 | |
| 56 | Balance GS | Eng | 10 | 122 | Win | North Sound | 2014 | 15 |
| 57 | Voges AC | Aus | 130* | Win | Roseay | 2015 | ||
| 58 | Karunaratne FMD | Srl | 186 | Win | Galle | 2015 | 16 | |
| 59 | Chandimal LD | Srl | 151 | Win | Galle | 2015 | 16 | |
| 60 | Khwaja UT | Aus | 144 | 56 | Win | Melbourne | 2015 | 16 |
| 61 | KL Rahul | Ind | 158 | Win | Kingston | 2016 |
KL Rahul became the fifth Indian batsman to score a first appearance hundred against West Indies after HR Adhikari, Mushtaq Ali, V Sehwag and RG Sharma. The following table lists the five batsmen who have accomplished the feat.
| No | Batsman | Team | FI | SI | Oppn | Ground | season | |
| 1 | Adhikari HR | Ind | 114* | 29* | Win | Delhi (Feroz) | 1948 | 49 |
| 2 | Mushtaq Ali | Ind | 54 | 106 | Win | Kolkata | 1948 | 49 |
| 3 | Sehwag V | Ind | 147 | DNB | Win | Wankhede | 2002 | 03 |
| 4 | Sharma RG | Ind | 177 | DNB | Win | Kolkata | 2013 | |
| 5 | KL Rahul | Ind | 158 | Win | Kingston | 2016 |
The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs on first appearance against West Indies. The list includes stalwarts/legends like A Sandham, L Hutton, Hanif Mohammad, NCL O’Neill of 1950s and 1960s
| No | Batsman | Team | FI | SI | Oppn | Ground | season | |
| 1 | Sandham A | Eng | 152 | 51 | Win | Bridgetown | 1929 | 30 |
| 2 | Hutton L | Eng | 196 | 16 | Win | Lord’s | 1939 | |
| 3 | Hanif Mohammad | Pak | 17 | 337 | Win | Bridgetown | 1957 | 58 |
| 4 | O’Neill NCL | Aus | 181 | 26 | Win | Brisbane (Gab) | 1960 | 61 |
| 5 | Hudson AC | RSA | 163 | 0 | Win | Bridgetown | 1991 | 92 |
| 6 | Sinclair MS | NZl | 214 | DNB | Win | Wellington | 1999 | 00 |
| 7 | Key RWT | Eng | 221 | 15 | Win | Lord’s | 2004 | |
| 8 | Sharma RG | Ind | 177 | DNB | Win | Kolkata | 2013 | |
| 9 | Karunaratne FMD | Srl | 186 | Win | Galle | 2015 | 16 | |
| 10 | Chandimal LD | Srl | 151 | Win | Galle | 2015 | 16 | |
| 11 | KL Rahul | Ind | 158 | Win | Kingston | 2016 |