Australia's David Warner etched his name in to the record books after he slammed the fastest century by an opener in Test cricket, on Day One of the third Test against India at the WACA in Perth on Friday.

The left-hander got to the three-figure mark in just 69 balls, which is also the joint fourth fastest in Tests. Warner reached his century when he hit Vinay Kumar over the fence.

Warner looked in command from the outset, cutting and pulling the bowlers to all corners of the park during his 80-ball unbeaten stay at the crease.

He was struck by a bouncer from Umesh Yadav on the ear when he was on 80, but that didn't prove to be a deterrent for the New South Wales batsman as he struck 13 fours and three sixes to finish the day on an unbeaten 104.

En route to his century, the 25-year-old also became the third Australian after Adam Gilchrist and Jack Gregory to enter the list of top 10 fastest century makers in Test cricket.

Gilchrist scored a century off 57-balls to be placed second on the chart, after the legendary Vivian Richards of the West Indies, while Gregory brought his hundred in 67 balls.

Richards had scored a 56-ball ton against England during the second innings of the fifth Test of the Wisden Trophy at Antigua in April 1986.

The two Indians on the list are Kapil Dev and Mohammad Azharuddin.

While Kapil scored his hundred off 74 balls against Sri Lanka at Kanpur in December 1986, Azhar smashed the South African bowlers at Kolkata during the second Test of the three-match series to raise his century in 75 balls.

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56 deliveries - Viv Richards (West Indies) v England 1986 St John's

57 deliveries - Adam Gilchrist (Australia) v England 2006 Perth

67 deliveries - Jack Gregory (Australia) v South Africa 1921 Johannesburg

69 deliveries - Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) v Australia 2003 Georgetown

69 deliveries - David Warner (Australia) v India 2012 Perth

74 deliveries - Majid Khan (Pakistan) v New Zealand 1976 Karachi

74 deliveries - Mohd Azharuddin (India) v South Africa 1996 Kolkata