IND vs NZ Test: Shreyas Iyer washed the New Zealand bowlers in the debut match
The first match of the 2-Test series between the Indian team and New Zealand is being played in Kanpur from Thursday (25 November). Debuting in the match, Indian middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer made 5 big records. Know what is this record...
Sunil Shukla 
IND vs NZ Test: Shreyas Iyer dominated with his batting in the first match of the two-Test series between Team India and New Zealand. The Kanpur The test became memorable for this debutant Indian middle-order batsman. Capitalizing on the opportunity to debut in Test cricket, he scored a flamboyant century. He became the 16th Indian batsman to score a century in his Test debut. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 105 runs on the second day of the match.
It is interesting that the last three centuries have been scored by the batsmen of Mumbai while making their debut for India. After Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw, now Shreyas Iyer's name has also been added. Iyer has set 5 big records with this century. Let's know these 5 big records of Iyer.
1. Shreyas Iyer has become the 16th Indian to score a century in their debut Test. The last debut century was made by young batsman Prithvi Shaw. This Indian young opener had achieved this feat in 2018.
2. Shreyas Iyer has become the third Indian batsman to score a century while debuting against New Zealand. Before him, this record was achieved by Surinder Amarnath in 1976 and AG Kripal Singh in 1955.
Hundred in the debut of Indian batsmen against New Zealand
Surinder Amarnath - 124 runs (1976, Auckland)
AG Kripal Singh - 100 not out (1955, Hyderabad)
Shreyas Iyer - 105 runs (2021, Kanpur)
3. Shreyas Iyer has become the 13th Indian batsman to score a century in the first innings of the debut innings.
4. Playing his debut Test at home, Shreyas Iyer became the 10th Indian player to score a century.
5. He is the second batsman to score a century in the debut test at Kanpur ground. Before him, Gundappa Vishwanath had achieved this feat in 1969.
Iyer in Lala-Gundappa-Ganguly's club
With this, Shreyas Iyer joined the group of great players like Lala Amarnath, Gundappa Vishwanath, and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly. Iyer, who hails from the Worli area of Mumbai, scored 105 runs in 171 balls with the help of 13 fours and two sixes at Green Park Stadium. He was dismissed by Tim Southee.
Following is the list of Indian cricketers who scored a century in the first test -
1. Lala Amarnath (vs England 1933)
2. Deepak Shodhan (vs Pakistan 1952)
3. Arjan Kripal Singh (vs New Zealand 1955)
4. Abbas Ali Baig (vs England 1959)
5. Hanumant Singh (vs England 1964)
6. G Vishwanath (vs Australia 1969)
7. Surinder Amarnath (vs New Zealand 1976)
8. Mohammad Azharuddin (vs England 1984)
9. Pravin Amre (vs South Africa 1992)
10. Sourav Ganguly (vs England 1996)
11. Virender Sehwag (vs South Africa 2001)
12. Suresh Raina (vs Sri Lanka 2010)
13. Shikhar Dhawan (vs Australia 2013)
14. Rohit Sharma (vs West Indies 2013)
15. Prithvi Shaw (vs West Indies 2018)
16. Shreyas Iyer (vs New Zealand 2021)
