Shikhar Dhawan becomes the highest scorer on debut for India

Mohali: Mar 16, 2013

Shikhar Dhawan has registered the highest score by an Indian on Test debut during his belligerent knock in the third Test against Australia at Mohali.

Earlier, Dhawan became the 13th Indian batsman to score a hundred on debut. He also broke the record of the fastest century by a debutant in the history of the game — breaking West Indian Dwayne Smith’s record of 93 deliveries to score the ton.

The previous highest score by an Indian on Test debut was by Gundappa Viswanath, who scored 137 against Australia at Kanpur in 1969-70. Dhawan achieved the milestone when he smashed a boundary off Nathan Lyon when on 136.

Here is a list of the Indian batsmen who scored a hundred on Test debut:

Player	Year	Score
Lala Amarnath	1933	118
Deepak Shodhan	1952	110
AG Kripal Singh	1955	100*
Abbas Ali Baig	1959	112
Hanumant Singh	1964	105
Gundappa Viswanath	1969	137
Surinder Amarnath	1976	124
Mohammad Azharuddin	1984	110
Pravin Amre	1992	103
Sourav Ganguly	1996	131
Virender Sehwag	2001	105
Suresh Raina	2010	120
**Shikhar Dhawan	2013	185*

** Match still in progress. Dhawan is still unbeaten at Mohali at the time of writing this report, and it remains to be seen how far he will go.

Dhawan has also registered sixth highest score by a debutant in Test history. He finished the day unbeaten on 185.

Here is a list of the highest scores on Test debut:

Batsman	Year	Score
Reg Foster	1903	287
Jacques Rudolph	2003	222*
Lawrence Rowe	1972	214
Mathew Sinclair	1999	214
Brendon Kuruppu	1987	201*
Shikhar Dhawan	2013	185*

When India and Australia resume proceedings at Mohali on Day Four, Dhawan has every chance of becoming the sixth man to score a double hundred on Test debut.

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