MA Agarwal of India scored 215 in the ongoing test against South Africa at Vizag to provide the 30^th occasion of a batsman scoring a double century as his first century.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SE Gregory	201	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
2	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
3	WR Hammond	251	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
4	E Paynter	216*	1	Eng	Aus	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938
5	MP Donnelly	206	2	NZl	Eng	Lord’s	25 Jun 1949
6	DJ McGlew	255*	1	SAF	NZl	Wellington	06 Mar 1953
7	Imtiaz Ahmed	209	2	Pak	NZl	Lahore	26 Oct 1955
8	GS Sobers	365*	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
9	RB Kanhai	256	1	Win	Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958
10	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
11	DN Sardesai	200*	3	Ind	NZl	Mumbai (BS)	12 Mar 1965
12	SM Nurse	201	2	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	05 May 1965
13	Zaheer Abbas	274	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971
14	LG Rowe	214	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	16 Feb 1972
15	D Lloyd	214*	2	Eng	Ind	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974
16	SFAF Bacchus	250	2	Win	Ind	Kanpur	02 Feb 1979
17	Taslim Arif	210*	2	Pak	Aus	Faisalabad	06 Mar 1980
18	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	Srl	NZl	Colombo (CCC)	16 Apr 1987
19	BC Lara	277	2	Win	Aus	Sydney	02 Jan 1993
20	VG Kambli	224	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
21	GW Flower	201*	1	Zim	Pak	Harare	31 Jan 1995
22	SL Campbell	208	2	Win	NZl	Bridgetown	19 Apr 1996
23	HH Gibbs	211*	2	SAF	NZl	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999
24	MS Sinclair	214	1	NZl	Win	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
25	GC Smith	200	1	SAF	Ban	East London	18 Oct 2002
26	JA Rudolph	222*	2	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	24 Apr 2003
27	RWT Key	221	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22 Jul 2004
28	BJ Hodge	203*	3	Aus	SAF	Perth	16 Dec 2005
29	KK Nair	303*	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
30	MA Agarwal	215	1	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019

MA Agarwal became the fourth Indian batsman to score a double century as his first century. The following table lists all the four batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DN Sardesai	200*	3	Ind	NZl	Mumbai (BS)	12 Mar 1965
2	VG Kambli	224	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
3	KK Nair	303*	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016
4	MA Agarwal	215	1	Ind	SAF	Vizag	02 Oct 2019

WR Hammond,  Zaheer Abbas, VG Kambli and RB Kanhai  are the four batsmen to score double centuries as their first two centuries.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	1	WR Hammond	251	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
	2	WR Hammond	200	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928
2	1	Zaheer Abbas	274	1	Pak	Eng	Birmingham	03 Jun 1971
	2	Zaheer Abbas	240	1	Pak	Eng	The Oval	22 Aug 1974
3	1	VG Kambli	224	2	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	19 Feb 1993
	2	VG Kambli	227	1	Ind	Zim	Delhi	13 Mar 1993
4	1	RB Kanhai	256	1	Win	v Ind	Kolkata	31 Dec 1958
	2	RB Kanhai	217	1	Win	v Pak	Lahore	26 Mar 1959

GS Sobers, RB Simpson and KK Nair are the three batsmen who have scored triple centuries as their first century. The following table list these three batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GS Sobers	365*	2	Win	Pak	Kingston	26 Feb 1958
2	RB Simpson	311	1	Aus	Eng	Manchester	23 Jul 1964
3	KK Nair	303*	2	Ind	Eng	Chennai	16 Dec 2016