IND v ENG: Keaton Jennings enters history books

Keaton Jennings becomes first England batsman to score century in debut innings against India.

Keaton Jennings is the 19th English batsman to have scored a century in his debut match.

Keaton Jennings on Thursday became the first English batsman to score a century in his debut innings in India when he reached his hundred against India on the first day of the fourth Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He is also the first English cricketer to score a century against India (home or away) in his debut innings.

Century in debut innings:

Player	Year	Not Out	Runs	4s	6s
WG Grace	1880		152	12
George Gunn	1907		119	20
Billy Griffith	1948		140	15
Matt Prior	2007	1	126	19
Keaton Jennings	2016		112	13

Jennings is the 19th English batsman to have scored a century in his debut match. The last English batsman to have scored a century in debut innings is Matt Prior when he hit 126 against West Indies at Lord's in 2007.

Jennings is the 19th batsman to have scored a century in his debut match. The list includes WG Grace, KS Ranjitshinji, Nawab of Pataudi Sr., Jonathan Trott, Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Graham Thrope, Peter May, etc.

Century on career debut:

Player	Year	Runs
WG Grace	1880	152
KS Ranjitsinhji	1896	154
Sir Pelham Warner	1899	132
Tip Foster	1903	287
George Gunn	1907	119
Nawab of Pataudi Sr.	1932	102
Bryan Valentine	1933	136
Paul Gibb	1938	106
Billy Griffith	1948	140
Peter May	1951	138
Arthur Milton	1958	104
John Hampshire	1969	107
Frank Hayes	1973	106
Graham Thorpe	1993	114
Andrew Strauss	2004	112
Alastair Cook	2006	104
Matt Prior	2007	126
Jonathan Trott	2009	119
Keaton Jennings	2016	112

He became the latest South African-born English cricketer to score a ton on their international Test debut. Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior both made centuries in their first outings while Jonathan Trott reached three figures in the second innings of his Test debut.

Jennings, whose mother is English, moved to England in 2011 after leaving school, committing himself to four years there so he could become eligible to play for the national side.

Jennings, whose father Ray played for South Africa during the apartheid era and is a former Proteas coaach, decided to switch allegiance to further his career in a similar move to Kevin Pietersen in the early 2000s. Players who were born abroad are eligible to play for England after spending four years in English county cricket, a policy that has attracted controversy in some quarters.

Jennings's father, Ray, was also the coach of Indian Premier League (IPL) side — Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

(With inputs from agencies)