India vs New Zealand: Shreyas Iyer turns into sixteenth Indian to slam hundred on Test debut

Shreyas Iyer on Friday turned the sixteenth Indian batter to make 100 on his Test debut, becoming a member of an illustrious listing which incorporates the legendary Lala Amarnath, Gundappa Viswanath, and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly amongst others.
The elegant right-hander, who hails from Mumbai’s Worli space, achieved the feat within the ongoing first Test towards New Zealand on the second day of the match on the Green Park Stadium right here.

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Iyer scored 105 off 171 balls, putting 13 fours and a few sixes throughout his good effort. He was dismissed by Tim Southee.

He turned the second batter after Viswanath to attain 100 on his Test debut at Kanpur. The 26-year-old can be the third Indian to attain 100 on debut towards New Zealand.

Arjan Kripal Singh, who achieved the feat in 1955, and Surinder Amarnath, who scored 100 towards the Black Caps on his debut in 1976, are the opposite two Indians to have achieved the identical.
Iyer can be the third successive Mumbai participant after Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw to slam 100 on Test debut.
The illustrious listing: Lala Amarnath v England 1933, Deepak Shodhan v Pakistan 1952, Arjan Kripal Singh v New Zealand 1955, Abbas Ali Baig v England 1959, Hanumant Singh v England 1964, G Vishwanath v Australia 1969, Surinder Amarnath v New Zealand 1976, Mohd Azharuddin England 1984, Pravin Amre v South Africa 1992, Sourav Ganguly v England 1996, Virender Sehwag v South Africa 2001, Suresh Raina v Sri Lanka 2010, Shikhar Dhawan v Australia 2013, Rohit Sharma v West Indies 2013, Prithvi Shaw v West Indies 2018, Shreyas Iyer v New Zealand 2021