Kallis, who will retire from Test cricket after this game, walked out to bat to a rousing welcome from the Durban crowd at the fall of the second South African wicket.
Indian players, led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, gave modern cricket's greatest all rounder a warm welcome to the crease.
On-field umpires Steve Davis and Rod Tucker too joined the players in saluting Kallis' achievement in the game.
Kallis is second behind recently-retired Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar in terms of most Test centuries with 44 scores of over hundred.
The 38-year-old also has 292 wickets against his name.
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