India vs New Zealand: Shreyas Iyer becomes 16th Indian to score Test hundred on debut

India vs New Zealand: Shreyas Iyer raced to his maiden Test century on Friday and thus became the first Indian since Prithvi Shaw in 2018 to score a century on debut in the longest format of the game.

Shreyas Iyer had a dream start to his Test career as he smashed a brilliant hundred against New Zealand in Kanpur on Friday to become just the 16th Indian to score a century on Test debut.

Lala Amarnath, Deepak Shodhan, AG Kripal Singh, Abbas Ali Baig, Hanumant Singh, Gundappa Vishwanath, Surender Amarnath, Mohammad Azharuddin, Pravin Amre, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw are the other 15 Indian batsmen to have scored a hundred on their Test debut.