List of players who hit a debut century for India in Tests

Piling up runs in Test cricket is considered the ultimate challenge compared to the other formats. For the record, the red ball used in the traditional format tends to swing a lot more compared to the white ball that is used in limited-overs cricket. The batsman needs to assess the conditions before going about his work to get the desirable results.

Moreover, the longest format puts greater physical and mental ultimatum on players compared to ODIs and T20Is. In order to survive in Test cricket, a batsman requires focus, patience and endurance. Besides that, the batsman must adapt to changing conditions over several days. As a result, dictating the terms and achieving a milestone can be really demanding.

Players with a debut century for India in Test cricket

Case in point, scoring a century in Test cricket is not that easy for a debutant. He needs to withstand long spells of concentration and should also tackle pressure situations and make decisions accordingly. India have always been a nation that has produced batsmen of high calibre. There were several batters who went on to dominate the proceedings and score a century for India on their Test debut.

Notably, Lala Amarnath was the first Indian batter to score a hundred on his Test debut. He achieved the feat against England at the Gymkhana Ground (Azad Maidan) in Mumbai in 1933. He ended up scoring a memorable 118. On the other hand, Abbas Ali Baig became the first Indian cricketer to hit an overseas century on his Test debut. He chipped in with 112 against England at Manchester in 1959.

Prithvi Shaw shot to fame after he became the youngest batsman to score a Test ton for India in 2018. He achieved the feat against West Indies cricket at the age of 18 years and 329 days old. Shikhar Dhawan scored the fastest century on his Test debut as he achieved the feat off just 93 balls against Australia in 2013. Yashasvi Jaiswal who made his Test debut against the West Indies scored a century.

Player	Runs	Opposition	Venue	Year
Lala Amarnath	118	England	Mumbai	December 1933
Deepak Shodhan	110	Pakistan	Kolkata	December 1952
AG Kripal Singh	100*	New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	November 1955
Abbas Ali Baig	112	England	Manchester	July 1959
Hanumant Singh	105	England	Delhi	February 1964
Gundappa Visvanath	137	Australia	Kanpur	November 1969
Surinder Amarnath	124	New Zealand	Auckland	January 1976
Mohammad Azharuddin	110	England	Kolkata	December 1984
Pravin Amre	103	South Africa	Durban	November 1992
Sourav Ganguly	131	England	Lord’s	June 1996
Virender Sehwag	105	South Africa	Bloemfontein	November 2001
Suresh Raina	120	Sri Lanka	Colombo	July 2010
Shikhar Dhawan	187	Australia	Mohali	March 2013
Rohit Sharma	177	West Indies	Kolkata	November 2013
Prithvi Shaw	134	West Indies	Rajkot	October 2018
Shreyas Iyer	105	New Zealand	Kanpur	November 2021
Yashasvi Jaiswal	143*	West Indies	Roseau, Dominica	July 2023