Prithvi Shaw Becomes Youngest Indian to Score a Ton on Debut

Prithivi Shaw is 18 years and 329 days when he makes Test Debut @ Rajkot Vs West Indies

Prithivi Shaw is now the youngest Indian, and fourth youngest overall to notch a Test ton on debut. While Shaw’s century came at 18y and 329d, Bangladesh’s Mohammad Ashraful got one at 17y and 61d, making him the youngest ever player to score a Test ton in his first Test.

Prithvi Shaw’s Test career had already been heralded for becoming the youngest since Sachin Tendulkar to be handed the cap as a specialist batsman since 1989. It got much, much better by Thursday afternoon in Rajkot as he brought up his 100 with a double from 99 balls. In so doing, he became the 15th Indian to score a Test century on debut and first since Rohit Sharma in 2013.

Prithivi Shaw is the 106th player to score a century on Test debut and is the first since Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien against Pakistan earlier in the year.

99 - Balls taken by Prithvi Shaw to score his century, which is the third-fastest by any batsman on Test debut.

Shikhar Dhawan's 85-ball ton against Australia in Mohali in 2012-13 is the fastest century on debut.

Dwayne Smith had reached hundred off 93 balls on his debut.

3 - Number of batsmen to score centuries on their Test debut at a younger age than Shaw. Mohammad Ashraful and Hamilton Masakadza had done it on their debut before turning 18 while Saleem Malik was six days younger than Shaw. Overall, Shaw is the 15th India player to get a ton on his Test debut.

2 - Shaw is the second-youngest India player to score a Test century, behind only Sachin Tendulkar. Overall, Shaw is the seventh youngest to get to a century in Tests.

1 - Prithvi Shaw, at 18 years and 329 days, topped the list of the youngest players to score a fifty on Test debut for India. In fact, he is the first India teenager to hit a fifty on debut. The previous youngest India batsman to score fifty-plus on Test debut was Abbas Ali Baig at 20 years, 126 days against England at Old Trafford in 1959