It was a dream debut for Prithvi Shaw as the Indian opener scored 134 runs against West Indies in the first Test at Rajkot and became the youngest Indian player to score a hundred on Test debut.
Overall Prithvi Shaw is the 15th Indian player to score hundred on Test debut. The 18-year-old Mumbai boy broke and set many records on his first day of international cricket.
List of the records set by Prithvi Shaw on his Test debut:
15 - Prithvi Shaw became the 15th Indian player to score hundred on Test debut. And second after Rohit Sharma to score hundred on debut for India against West Indies.
Indian players who scored hundred on Test debut -
Lala Amarnath (118) vs England at Mumbai, 1933
Deepak Shodhan (110) vs Pakistan at Kolkata, 1952
AG Kripal Singh (100*) vs New Zealand at Hyderabad, 1955
Abbas Ali Baig (112) vs England at Manchester, 1959
Hanumant Singh (105) vs England at Delhi, 1964
Gundappa Viswanath (137) vs Australia at Kanpur, 1969
Surinder Amarnath (124) vs New Zealand at Auckland, 1976
Mohammad Azharuddin (110) vs England at Kolkata, 1984
Pravin Amre (103) vs South Africa at Durban, 1992
Sourav Ganguly (131) vs England at Lord's, 1996
Virender Sehwag (105) vs South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2001
Suresh Raina (120) vs Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2010
Shikhar Dhawan (187) vs Australia at Mohali, 2013
Rohit Sharma (177) vs West Indies at Kolkata, 2013
Prithvi Shaw (134) vs West Indies at Rajkot, 2018
18y 329d - Prithvi Shaw at the age of 18 years and 329 days is the youngest Indian and the overall fourth youngest player to score hundred on Test debut.
Youngest to score hundred on Test debut -
Mohammad Ashraful (17y 61d) vs Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2001
Hamilton Masakadza (17y 352d) vs West Indies at Harare, 2001
Saleem Malik (18y 323d) vs Sri Lanka at Karachi, 1982
Prithvi Shaw (18y 329d) vs West Indies at Rajkot, 2018
Mohammad Wasim (19y 105d) vs New Zealand at Lahore, 1996
Youngest to score Test hundred for India -
Sachin Tendulkar (17y 107d) vs England at Manchester, 1990
Prithvi Shaw (18y 329d) vs West Indies at Rajkot, 2018
Kapil Dev (20y 18d) vs West Indies at Delhi, 1979
Abbas Ali Baig (20y 126d) vs England at Manchester, 1959
Madhav Apte (20y 137d) vs West Indies at Port of Spain, 1953
99 - Prithvi Shaw scored his maiden Test hundred in just 99 balls - the fifth fastest maiden Test hundred for India.
Fastest maiden Test hundred for India (By balls) -
85 - Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia at Mohali, 2013
86 - Hardik Pandya vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele, 2017
93 - MS Dhoni vs Pakistan at Faisalabad, 2006
97 - Kris Srikkanth vs Australia at Sydney, 1986
99 - Prithvi Shaw vs West Indies at Rajkot, 2018
134 - Prithvi Shaw played an awesome knock of 134 runs off just 154 balls - the fourth-highest score on Test debut for India.
Highest score on Test debut for India -
187 - Shikhar Dhawan vs Australia at Mohali, 2013
177 - Rohit Sharma vs West Indies at Kolkata, 2013
137 - Gundappa Viswanath vs Australia, 1969
134 - Prithvi Shaw vs West Indies at Rajkot, 2018
131 - Sourav Ganguly vs England at Lord's, 1996
