List of Test Batsman to score a century before lunch on Day 1 of the Test Match-

Shikhar Dhawan became the first Indian to smash a hundred in the first session of a Test match.

He brought up his 7th century against Afghanistan in 87 balls and is only the 6th in the history of the game to achieve it before lunch break.

India in the first session of the Day 1 are comfortably placed at 157 for no loss.

Here are the list of Batsman to have achieved this feat.

1.Victor Trumper-103* Australia vs England at Manchester 1902
2.Charlie Macartney-112* Australia vs England at Leeds 1926
3.Don Bradman-105* Australia vs England at Leeds 1930
4.Majid Khan-108* Pakistan vs New Zealand at Karachi 1976
5.David Warner-100* Australia vs Pakistan at Sydney 2017
6.Shikhar Dhawan-104* India vs Afghanistan at Bengaluru 2018

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