Indian cricket: records and statistics, batting

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Centuries ON DEBUT

14 Indian batsmen have made a century on debut. The first 5 never scored another

G Viswanath scored 14 tons. But the jinx continued with Surinder Amarnath & Pravin Amre

Azharuddin, Ganguly, Sehwag began with tons and went on to greatness

Raina & Shikhar Dhawan debuted with tons; could add to tally

Lala & Surinder Amarnath only fatherson duo to achieve feat

Hundreds

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Opening pairs

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Sources

Times of India

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Top opening pairs in test cricket: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the world; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India, Aug 6, 2011

Fastest hundreds by openers in tests and Test cricket's eleven fastest hundreds; Graphic courtesy: [ From the archives of the Times of India]