"Century on debut of Yashasvi Jaiswal" - List of Indians to have scored a 100 on Test debut

Soham Mukherjee

"Century on debut of Yashasvi Jaiswal" - List of Indians to have scored a 100 on Test debut image

Scoring a century on Test debut is a remarkable accomplishment for any cricketer. Over the years, India has witnessed several remarkable performances by players who made an instant impact by registering centuries on their Test debut.

The latest to join that list is young Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has scored a century on his India debut in the ongoing first Test against West Indies at Windsor Park in Dominica.

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The youngster has translated his impressive domestic and IPL form to the international level and looks set to be a mainstay in the Indian cricket team for a long time. He scored 171 before being dismissed, becoming only the third Indian batsman to score 150 on Test debut, after Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma.

It was back in 1933, that Lala Amarnath wrote his name in the history books as the first Indian player to score a century on Test debut. His innings of 118 laid the foundation for a historic victory for India. 

Since then several great batsmen reached triple-figures on their test debut including modern-day greats Sourav Ganguly, Shikhar Dhawan, and current skipper Rohit Sharma.

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In fact, Sharma's debut century also came against West Indies back in 2013. He scored a magnificent 177 at the Eden Gardens, coming into bat no. 6, which led India to a resounding victory by an innings and 51 runs. 

TSN takes a look at the Indian players who have scored a test century on their debut. 

Who are the Indian players to score a century on their test debut?

PlayersRuns On DebutOppositionVenueDate
Lala Amarnath118EnglandMumbai15 Dec 1933
Deepak Shodan110PakistanKolkata12 Dec 1952
AG Kripal Singh100*New ZealandHyderabad (Deccan)19 Nov 1955
Abbas Ali Baig112EnglandManchester23 Jul 1959
Hanumant Singh105v EnglandDelhi8 Feb 1964
Gundappa Viswanath137AustraliaKanpur15 Nov 1969
Surinder Amarnath124New ZealandAuckland24 Jan 1976
Mohammad Azharuddin110v EnglandKolkata31 Dec 1984
Pravin Amre103South AfricaDurban13 Nov 1992
Sourav Ganguly131EnglandLord’s20 Jun 1996
Virender Sehwag105South AfricaBloemfontein3 Nov 2001
Suresh Raina120Sri LankaColombo (SSC)26 Jul 2010
Shikhar Dhawan187v AustraliaMohali14 Mar 2013
Rohit Sharma177West IndiesKolkata6 Nov 2013
Prithvi Shaw134West IndiesRajkot4 Oct 2018
Shreyas Iyer105New ZealandKanpur26 Nov 2021
Yashasvi Jaiswal*171West IndiesDominica13 Jul 2023

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Soham Mukherjee

Soham Mukherjee is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition.