England may be considered the father of cricket. But the number of people watching cricket is more in India. Cricket is celebrated like a festival in India. Today we are telling you about the batsmen who scored the first century in Test, ODI, and T20 on behalf of the Indian team.
Indian batsman to score a first test century
Lala Amarnath scored the first century in Test cricket for India. Lala Amarnath had scored 118 runs against England in the match played on December 17, 1933, and did wonders.
Batsman to score the first century in ODI for India
Kapil Dev scored the first century in ODIs for the Indian team. Team India started playing ODI cricket in 1974 itself. But the first century in ODIs from the Indian team came 10 years after this. Kapil Dev scored 175 runs in 138 balls in the match played against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup.
Batsman to score first T20 century for India
The Indian team started playing T20 cricket in 2005 and the first T20 century for India in international cricket came from Suresh Raina's bat. Raina scored 101 runs in the match played against South Africa in the 2010 T20 World Cup.
