These Indian batters made an incredible impact on their Test debut itself thanks to their scintillating knocks
1. Shikhar Dhawan – 187 vs Australia, 2013
The left-hander announced himself to the world with this fantastic Test knock against Australia on debut. With this knock, he also broke the record for the fastest Test century at that time. Thanks to this innings, India took the lead despite Australia scoring 408 runs in the first innings. The Indian bowlers then bowled out the Aussies for 223 runs to set up a target of mere 133 runs. The Men in Blue easily achieved it and won the match by 6 wickets.
2. Rohit Sharma – 177 vs West Indies, 2013
With the Indian top-order completely collapsing, Rohit, who was on his Test debut came to their rescue. His incredible 280-run partnership with Ravichandran Ashwin carried the Men in Blue to a mammoth total of 453. After getting bowled out for 234 runs in the first innings, the West Indian batters would again succumb to the impressive Indian bowlers as they would get bowled out for 168 in the second innings. India would easily end up winning the match by an innings and 51 runs.
3. Yashasvi Jaiswal – 171 vs West Indies, 2023
After getting bowled out for only 150 runs in the first innings, the West Indian team would be taken to the cleaners by the opening pair of Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma. The former slammed an incredible ton on debut and the opening stand of 229 runs would get India in a strong position. The Men in Blue would declare the innings at 421/5 and then would bowl out the Windies for only 130 runs to win the match by an innings and 141 runs.
4. Gundappa Viswanath – 137 vs Australia, 1969
Though Viswanath was dismissed on a duck during the first innings, he would go on to show incredible maturity and remain unbeaten on 137 runs in the second innings. This knock would carry India to a total of 312/7 before they declared and set up a target of 285 for the Aussies. The match would get drawn as Australia would finish at the score of 95/0 on the final day of the Test match.
5. Prithvi Shaw – 134 vs West Indies, 2018
The debutant opened the batting and gave India a fantastic start. His 206-run stand with Cheteshwar Pujara got the Men in Blue into a strong position before tons from Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja took India to a humongous total of 649/9 before they declared. In reply, the Windies would not get going at all and would get bowled out for 181 in the first innings and for 196 in the second innings. Thanks to their amazing bowling attack, India would win the match by an innings and 272 runs.
