List of India Test cricket centurions - wikipedia List of India Test cricket centurions A century in cricket occurs when a batsman scores 100 runs or more in an innings, 80 India players have scored centuries in Test matches. Key * denotes that the batsman remained not out. 200s denotes the number of times the players scored 200 or more during an innings. 300s denotes the number of times the players scored 300 or more during an innings. HS denotes the players highest score Maiden century and Date give the details of the player 's first century. List of centurions Lala Amarnath : India 's first Test cricket centurion. Virender Sehwag : The first Indian batsman to score a triple century. Sachin Tendulkar : He is India 's all - time leading Test century maker having scored 51. No. Player 100s 200s 300s HS Maiden century Date Amarnath, Lala Lala Amarnath 0 0 118 118 vs England at Gymkhana Ground, Bombay 000000001933 - 12 - 15 - 0000 15 December 1933 Merchant, Vijay Vijay Merchant 0 0 154 114 vs England at Old Trafford, Manchester 000000001936 - 07 - 25 - 0000 25 July 1936 Ali, Mushtaq Mushtaq Ali 0 0 112 112 vs England at Old Trafford, Manchester 000000001936 - 07 - 25 - 0000 25 July 1936 Mankad, Vinoo Vinoo Mankad 5 0 231 116 vs Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground 000000001948 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 1948 5 Hazare, Vijay Vijay Hazare 7 0 0 164 * 116 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval 000000001948 - 01 - 23 - 0000 23 January 1948 6 Phadkar, Dattu Dattu Phadkar 0 0 123 123 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval 000000001948 - 01 - 23 - 0000 23 January 1948 7 Adhikari, Hemu Hemu Adhikari 0 0 114 * 114 * vs West Indies at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 000000001948 - 11 - 10 - 0000 10 November 1948 8 Modi, Rusi Rusi Modi 0 0 112 112 vs West Indies at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 000000001948 - 12 - 09 - 0000 9 December 1948 9 Roy, Pankaj Pankaj Roy 5 0 0 173 140 vs England at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 000000001951 - 12 - 14 - 0000 14 December 1951 10 Umrigar, Polly Polly Umrigar 12 0 223 130 * vs England at Madras Cricket Club Ground 000000001952 - 02 - 06 - 0000 6 February 1952 11 Manjrekar, Vijay Vijay Manjrekar 7 0 0 189 * 133 vs England at Headingley, Leeds 000000001952 - 06 - 05 - 0000 5 June 1952 12 Shodhan, Deepak Deepak Shodhan 0 0 110 110 vs Pakistan at Eden Gardens, Calcutta 000000001952 - 12 - 12 - 0000 12 December 1952 13 Apte, Madhav Madhav Apte 0 0 163 * 163 * vs West Indies at Queen 's Park Oval, Port of Spain 000000001953 - 02 - 19 - 0000 19 February 1953 14 Kripal Singh, A.G. A.G. Kripal Singh 0 0 100 * 100 * vs New Zealand at Fateh Maidan, Hyderabad 000000001955 - 11 - 19 - 0000 19 November 1955 15 Ramchand, Gulabrai Gulabrai Ramchand 0 0 109 106 * vs New Zealand at Eden Gardens, Calcutta 000000001955 - 12 - 28 - 0000 28 December 1955 16 Borde, Chandu Chandu Borde 5 0 0 177 * 109 vs West Indies at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 000000001959 - 02 - 06 - 0000 6 February 1959 17 Baig, Abbas Ali Abbas Ali Baig 0 0 112 112 vs England at Old Trafford, Manchester 000000001959 - 07 - 23 - 0000 23 July 1959 18 Contractor, Nari Nari Contractor 0 0 108 108 vs Australia at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 000000001960 - 01 - 01 - 0000 1 January 1960 19 Jaisimha, M.L. M.L. Jaisimha 0 0 129 127 vs England at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 000000001961 - 12 - 13 - 0000 13 December 1961 20 Pataudi, M.A.K. M.A.K. Pataudi 6 0 203 * 103 vs England at Corporation Stadium, Madras 000000001962 - 01 - 10 - 0000 10 January 1962 21 Durani, Salim Salim Durani 0 0 104 104 vs West Indies at Queen 's Park Oval, Port of Spain 000000001962 - 04 - 04 - 0000 4 April 1962 22 Kunderan, Budhi Budhi Kunderan 0 0 192 192 vs England at Corporation Stadium, Madras 000000001964 - 01 - 10 - 0000 10 January 1964 23 Hanumant Singh, Hanumant Singh 0 0 105 105 vs England at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 000000001964 - 02 - 08 - 0000 8 February 1964 24 Nadkarni, Bapu Bapu Nadkarni 0 0 122 * 122 * vs England at Green Park, Kanpur 000000001964 - 02 - 15 - 0000 15 February 1964 25 Sardesai, Dilip Dilip Sardesai 5 0 212 200 * vs New Zealand at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay 000000001965 - 03 - 12 - 0000 12 March 1965 26 Engineer, Farokh Farokh Engineer 0 0 121 109 vs West Indies at Madras Cricket Club Ground 000000001967 - 01 - 13 - 0000 13 January 1967 27 Wadekar, Ajit Ajit Wadekar 0 0 143 143 vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington 000000001968 - 02 - 29 - 0000 29 February 1968 28 Viswanath, Gundappa Gundappa Viswanath 14 0 222 137 vs Australia at Green Park, Kanpur 000000001969 - 11 - 15 - 0000 15 November 1969 29 Gavaskar, Sunil Sunil Gavaskar 34 0 236 * 116 vs West Indies at Bourda, Georgetown 000000001971 - 03 - 19 - 0000 19 March 1971 30 Solkar, Eknath Eknath Solkar 0 0 102 102 vs West Indies at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay 000000001975 - 01 - 23 - 0000 23 January 1975 31 Amarnath, Surinder Surinder Amarnath 0 0 124 124 vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland 000000001976 - 01 - 24 - 0000 24 January 1976 32 Patel, Brijesh Brijesh Patel 0 0 115 * 115 * vs West Indies at Queen 's Park Oval, Port of Spain 000000001976 - 03 - 24 - 0000 24 March 1976 33 Amarnath, Mohinder Mohinder Amarnath 11 0 0 138 100 vs Australia at WACA Ground, Perth 000000001977 - 12 - 16 - 0000 16 December 1977 34 Vengsarkar, Dilip Dilip Vengsarkar 17 0 0 166 157 * vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, Calcutta 000000001978 - 12 - 29 - 0000 29 December 1978 35 Dev, Kapil Kapil Dev 8 0 0 163 126 * vs West Indies at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 000000001979 - 01 - 24 - 0000 24 January 1979 36 Gaekwad, Anshuman Anshuman Gaekwad 0 201 102 vs West Indies at Green Park, Kanpur 000000001979 - 02 - 02 - 0000 2 February 1979 37 Sharma, Yashpal Yashpal Sharma 0 0 140 100 * vs Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 000000001979 - 10 - 13 - 0000 13 October 1979 38 Kirmani, Syed Syed Kirmani 0 0 102 101 * vs Australia at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay 000000001979 - 11 - 03 - 0000 3 November 1979 39 Patil, Sandeep Sandeep Patil 0 0 174 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval 000000001981 - 01 - 23 - 0000 23 January 1981 40 Shastri, Ravi Ravi Shastri 11 0 206 128 vs Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi 000000001983 - 01 - 30 - 0000 30 January 1983 41 Azharuddin, Mohammad Mohammad Azharuddin 22 0 0 199 110 vs England at Eden Gardens, Calcutta 000000001984 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 December 1984 42 Srikkanth, Kris Kris Srikkanth 0 0 123 116 vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground 000000001986 - 01 - 02 - 0000 2 January 1986 43 Sidhu, Navjot Singh Navjot Singh Sidhu 9 0 201 116 vs New Zealand at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 000000001988 - 11 - 12 - 0000 12 November 1988 44 Manjrekar, Sanjay Sanjay Manjrekar 0 218 108 vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown 000000001989 - 04 - 07 - 0000 7 April 1989 45 Tendulkar, Sachin Sachin Tendulkar 51 6 0 248 * 119 * vs England at Old Trafford, Manchester 000000001990 - 08 - 09 - 0000 9 August 1990 46 Amre, Pravin Pravin Amre 0 0 103 103 vs South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban 000000001992 - 11 - 13 - 0000 13 November 1992 47 Kambli, Vinod Vinod Kambli 0 227 224 vs England at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay 000000001993 - 02 - 19 - 0000 19 February 1993 48 Prabhakar, Manoj Manoj Prabhakar 0 0 120 120 vs West Indies at PCA Stadium, Mohali 000000001994 - 12 - 10 - 0000 10 December 1994 49 Ganguly, Sourav Sourav Ganguly 16 0 239 131 vs England at Lord 's, London 000000001996 - 06 - 20 - 0000 20 June 1996 50 Mongia, Nayan Nayan Mongia 0 0 152 152 vs Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi 000000001996 - 10 - 10 - 0000 10 October 1996 51 Dravid, Rahul Rahul Dravid 36 5 0 270 148 vs South Africa at The Wanderers, Johannesburg 000000001997 - 01 - 16 - 0000 16 January 1997 52 Ramesh, Sadagoppan Sadagoppan Ramesh 0 0 143 143 vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo 000000001999 - 02 - 24 - 0000 24 February 1999 53 Laxman, V.V.S. V.V.S. Laxman 17 0 281 167 vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground 000000002000 - 01 - 02 - 0000 2 January 2000 54 Das, Shiv Sunder Shiv Sunder Das 0 0 110 110 vs Zimbabwe at VCA Ground, Nagpur 000000002000 - 11 - 25 - 0000 25 November 2000 55 Sehwag, Virender Virender Sehwag 23 319 105 vs South Africa at Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein 000000002001 - 11 - 03 - 0000 3 November 2001 56 Dasgupta, Deep Deep Dasgupta 0 0 100 100 vs England at PCA Stadium, Mohali 000000002001 - 12 - 03 - 0000 3 December 2001 57 Bangar, Sanjay Sanjay Bangar 0 0 100 * 100 * vs Zimbabwe at VCA Ground, Nagpur 000000002002 - 02 - 21 - 0000 21 February 2002 58 Ratra, Ajay Ajay Ratra 0 0 115 * 115 * vs West Indies at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John 's 000000002002 - 05 - 10 - 0000 10 May 2002 59 Agarkar, Ajit Ajit Agarkar 0 0 109 * 109 * vs England at Lord 's, London 000000002002 - 07 - 25 - 0000 25 July 2002 60 Singh, Yuvraj Yuvraj Singh 0 0 169 112 vs Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 000000002004 - 04 - 05 - 0000 5 April 2004 61 Gambhir, Gautam Gautam Gambhir 9 0 206 139 vs Bangladesh at M.A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 000000002004 - 12 - 17 - 0000 17 December 2004 62 Dhoni, Mahendra Singh Mahendra Singh Dhoni 6 0 224 148 vs Pakistan at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad 000000002006 - 01 - 21 - 0000 21 January 2006 63 Jaffer, Wasim Wasim Jaffer 5 0 212 100 vs England at VCA Ground, Nagpur 000000002006 - 03 - 01 - 0000 1 March 2006 64 Kaif, Mohammad Mohammad Kaif 0 0 148 * 148 * vs West Indies at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet 000000002006 - 06 - 10 - 0000 10 June 2006 65 Karthik, Dinesh Dinesh Karthik 0 0 129 129 vs Bangladesh at Sher - e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka 000000002007 - 05 - 25 - 0000 25 May 2007 66 Kumble, Anil Anil Kumble 0 0 110 * 110 * vs England at The Oval, London 000000002007 - 08 - 09 - 0000 9 August 2007 67 Pathan, Irfan Irfan Pathan 0 0 102 102 vs Pakistan at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 000000002007 - 12 - 08 - 0000 8 December 2007 68 Raina, Suresh Suresh Raina 0 0 120 120 vs Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo 000000002010 - 07 - 26 - 0000 26 July 2010 69 Vijay, Murali Murali Vijay 8 0 0 167 139 vs Australia at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 000000002010 - 10 - 09 - 0000 9 October 2010 70 Harbhajan Singh, Harbhajan Singh 0 0 115 115 vs New Zealand at Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad 000000002010 - 11 - 04 - 0000 4 November 2010 71 Ashwin, Ravichandran Ravichandran Ashwin 0 0 124 103 vs West Indies at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 000000002011 - 11 - 22 - 0000 22 November 2011 72 Kohli, Virat Virat Kohli 16 0 235 116 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval 000000002012 - 01 - 24 - 0000 24 January 2012 73 Pujara, Cheteshwar Cheteshwar Pujara 10 0 206 * 159 vs New Zealand at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad 000000002012 - 08 - 23 - 0000 23 August 2012 74 Dhawan, Shikhar Shikhar Dhawan 0 0 187 187 vs Australia at PCA Stadium, Mohali 000000002013 - 03 - 14 - 0000 14 March 2013 75 Sharma, Rohit Rohit Sharma 0 0 177 177 vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata 000000002013 - 11 - 06 - 0000 6 November 2013 76 Rahane, Ajinkya Ajinkya Rahane 7 0 0 188 118 vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington 000000002014 - 02 - 14 - 0000 14 February 2014 77 Rahul, Lokesh Lokesh Rahul 0 0 199 110 vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground 000000002015 - 01 - 06 - 0000 6 January 2015 78 Saha, Wriddhiman Wriddhiman Saha 0 0 104 104 vs West Indies at Gros Islet 000000002016 - 08 - 09 - 0000 9 August 2016 79 Jayant Yadav 0 0 104 104 vs England at Wankhede Stadium 11 December 2016 80 Karun Nair 0 303 * 303 * vs England at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 19 December 2016 81 Hardik Pandya 0 108 108 vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele 13 August 2017 References Jump up ^ `` Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / India test century scorers ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Jump up ^ `` Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / India test century innings by innings list ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Lists of cricket centurions Test Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe ODI Australia Bangladesh England India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies UAE Zimbabwe T20I T20I centurions Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_India_Test_cricket_centurions&oldid=795465832 '' Categories : Lists of Indian cricketers Indian cricket lists Cricket centurions Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 August 2017, at 11 : 56. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who scored the first test century for india
Answer: Lala Amarnath