Which is the best Debut 100 by an Indian

[Sooda]

Ive never heard of Shodhan until now in the OP. Heres what Cricinfo has to say... The case of Deepak Shodhan is one of the most baffling in the history of Indian cricket. An attractive left-hand batsman, he made a memorable debut against Pakistan in the fifth Test at Calcutta in 1952-53. Coming in at No 8, with the total 179 for 6, he propped up the latter half of the order so effectively that India ultimately reached 397. Shodhan was last out for 110, becoming the first player to score a hundred in the first innings of his first Test for India. He was immediately hailed as a bright new star on the Indian batting horizon and on the tour of West Indies which followed immediately he got 45 and 11 in the first Test at Port-of-Spain. Injuries however kept him out of the next three Tests and when brought back for the final Test, he was taken ill on the first day and could not bat in the first innings. In the second innings he got up from his sick bed, went in at No. 10 and scored 15 not out at a critical time when India were in some danger of losing the match. At the end of the tour Shodhan had scored 181 runs in three Tests at an average of 60 plus. Astonishingly, that remained the extent of his Test career for he was never again picked to play for the country. However, he continued to play in the Ranji Trophy until the early sixties and had a record of 1235 runs (33.37) and 59 wickets (30.32) with his left-arm medium pacers in the national competition. He had four centuries in all in a first-class career that stretched from 1946 to 1962.

[Cricketics]

Thanks for sharing that Sooda. Never heard about him. Always good to hear about some past players who never got the limelight they deserved.

[putrevus]

It has to be Dhawan, his ton was just out of this world.

[vvvslaxman]

In the last one year 5 debut centuries Fauf du plessis Abu hasan Rutherford Dhawan Rohit

[skindia]

dada and amre

[Number]

Rohit innings will be in wisden top 100 innings.

[Trichromatic]

Sehwag

[CommonMan]

Dada Sehwag Dhawan

[CommonMan]

Why dont you create a poll ?

[youngindia]

sehwag's 100 was not on a tough track.batsmen on both sides were scoring at 4 an over! SA raced to 500 easily. it was just our usual first test blues in those conditions. amre's was toughest in terms of conditions I had seen. in terms of quality and shotmaking,dhawan stands out easily.he just stamped his authority "I have arrived". seen nothing like that in a long time.

[gakgupta]

off what i have seen....dhawan's ton was special....it was against decent Ozzie attack...We won that match just because of him

[Scarves]

I'm surprised India hasn't had an ODI century on debut.