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India vs South Africa Test Series : Nagpur Test : Indian batsmen who have scored fifties on their Test debut
S Badrinath with his 56 on his test debut against South Africa in the first test at Nagpur earned the distinction of becoming the 34th Indian batsman to score a fifty on debut. The complete list is furnished below
| No | Batsmen | FI | SI | Opp | Ground | Mon/Yr |
| 1 | L Amar Singh | - | 51 | Eng | Lord's | Jun 1932 |
| 2 | L Amarnath | - | 118 | Eng | Mumbai | Dec 1933 |
| 3 | Dilawar Hussain | 59 | 57 | Eng | Kolkata | Jan 1934 |
| 4 | Yuvraj of Patiala | - | 60 | Eng | Chennai | Feb 1934 |
| 5 | C Ramaswami | - | 60 | Eng | Manchester | Jul 1936 |
| 6 | MH Mankad | - | 63 | Eng | Lord's | Jun 1946 |
| 7 | RS Modi | 57* | - | Eng | Lord's | Jun 1946 |
| 8 | DG Phadkar | 51 | - | Aus | Sydney | Dec 1947 |
| 9 | KC Ibrahim | 85 | - | Win | Delhi | Nov 1948 |
| 10 | CD Gopinath | 50* | - | Eng | Mumbai (BS) | Dec 1951 |
| 11 | RH Shodhan | 110 | - | Pak | Kolkata | Dec 1952 |
| 12 | AG Kripal Singh | 100* | - | NZl | Hyd-LBS | Nov 1955 |
| 13 | RG Nadkarni | 68* | - | NZl | Delhi | Dec 1955 |
| 14 | AA Baig | - | 112 | Eng | Manchester | Jul 1959 |
| 15 | Hanumant Singh | 105 | - | Eng | Delhi | Feb 1964 |
| 16 | GR Viswanath | - | 137 | Aus | Kanpur | Nov 1969 |
| 17 | SM Gavaskar | 65 | 67* | Win | Port of Spain | Mar 1971 |
| 18 | SS Naik | - | 77 | Eng | Birmingham | Jul 1974 |
| 18 | HS Kanitkar | 65 | - | Win | Bangalore | Nov 1974 |
| 20 | PH Sharma | 54 | - | Win | Delhi | Dec 1974 |
| 21 | S Amarnath | 124 | - | NZl | Auckland | Jan 1976 |
| 22 | P Roy | - | 60* | Eng | Chennai | Jan 1982 |
| 23 | J Arun Lal | 63 | - | Srl | Chennai | Sep 1982 |
| 24 | BS Sandhu | 71 | - | Pak | Hyd-Pak | Jan 1983 |
| 25 | M Azharuddin | 110 | - | Eng | Kolkata | Dec 1984 |
| 26 | LS Rajput | - | 61 | Srl | Col-SSC | Aug 1985 |
| 27 | WV Raman | - | 83 | Win | Chennai | Jan 1988 |
| 28 | PK Amre | 103 | - | SAF | Durban | Nov 1992 |
| 29 | R Dravid | 95 | - | Eng | Lord's | Jun 1996 |
| 30 | SC Ganguly | 131 | - | Eng | Lord's | Jun 1996 |
| 31 | VVS Laxman | - | 51 | SAF | Ahmedabad | Nov 1996 |
| 32 | DJ Gandhi | - | 75 | NZl | Mohali | Oct 1999 |
| 33 | V Sehwag | 105 | - | SAF | Bloemfontein | Nov 2001 |
| 34 | S Badrinath | 56 | - | SAF | Nagpur | Feb 2010 |
S Badrinath with his 56 became the fourth Indian batsman to register a fifty on test debut against South Africa after PK Amre. VVS Laxman and V Sehwag
| No | Batsmen | FI | SI | Opp | Ground | Mon/Yr |
| 1 | PK Amre | 103 | - | SAF | Durban | Nov 1992 |
| 2 | VVS Laxman | - | 51 | SAF | Ahmedabad | Nov 1996 |
| 3 | V Sehwag | 105 | - | SAF | Bloemfontein | Nov 2001 |
| 4 | S Badrinath | 56 | - | SAF | Nagpur | Feb 2010 |