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Yashasvi Jaiswal: Third Indian Opener To Score A Century On Test Debut

Yashasvi Jaiswal became the third Indian opener to score a century on Test debut, and the first Indian opener to record a hundred on Test debut outside home.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 15.07.2023
Yashasvi Jaiswal Third Indian Opener To Score A Century On Test Debut

The 21-year-old talented Indian cricketer Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a century on his Test debut during the Roseau Test against the hosts West Indies. He became the third Indian opener to score a century on Test debut, and the first Indian opener to record a hundred on Test debut outside home.

It was the second day of the first Test of the two-match Test series between West Indies and India at Roseau (Dominica) when the Test debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal completed a century in 215 balls.


Test debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 runs


The left-handed opening batter Jaiswal ultimately scored 171 runs off 387 balls with the help of 16 fours and only six. He had a 229-run opening partnership with the captain Rohit Sharma, who also hit a century (103). Their batting helped India to manage their first innings total of 421/5 decl., which was a strong reply to West Indies’ first innings total of 150 all out.  

Here we are talking about some crucial stats on Test debutant Yashasvi Jaiswal’s centurion knock


Century on Test debut: Indian openers


  • First Indian opener to score a century on Test debut outside home.

  • Third Indian opener to score a century on Test debut.


Player

Runs scored

Opposition

Venue

Year

Shikhar Dhawan

187

Australia

Mohali

2013

Prithvi Shaw

134

West Indies

Rajkot

2018

Yashasvi Jaiswal

171

West Indies

Roseau

2023

 

Century on Test debut: Away cricketers in West Indies


  • First Indian cricketer to score a century on Test debut in West Indies.

  • Third away opener to score a century on Test debut in West Indies.


Player (Team)

Runs scored

Venue

Year

Billy Griffith (England)

140

Port of Spain

1948

Andrew Hudson (South Africa)

163

Bridgetown

1992

Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)

171

Roseau

2023

 

  • Sixth away cricketer to score a hundred on Test debut in West Indies.


Player (Team)

Runs scored

Venue

Year

Billy Griffith (England)

140

Port of Spain

1948

Andrew Hudson (South Africa)

163

Bridgetown

1992

Scott Styris (New Zealand)

107

St George’s

2002

Adam Voges (Australia)

130*

Roseau

2015

Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka)

103

North Sound

2021

Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)

171

Roseau

2023

 

Century on Test debut: Indian cricketers


  • Third highest individual score by an Indian Test debutant.


Player

Runs scored

Opposition

Venue

Year

Shikhar Dhawan

187

Australia

Mohali

2013

Rohit Sharma

177

West Indies

Kolkata

2013

Yashasvi Jaiswal

171

West Indies

Roseau

2023

 

  • Seventh Indian batter to score a hundred on Test debut outside home.


Player

Runs scored

Opposition

Venue

Year

Abbas Ali Baig

112

England

Manchester

1959

Surinder Amarnath

124

New Zealand

Auckland

1976

Pravin Amre

103

South Africa

Durban

1992

Sourav Ganguly

131

England

Lord’s

1996

Virender Sehwag

105

South Africa

Bloemfontein

2001

Suresh Raina

120

Sri Lanka

Colombo (SSC)

2010

Yashasvi Jaiswal

171

West Indies

Roseau

2023

 

  • 17th Indian cricketer to score a century on Test debut.

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