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Manav Suthar’s brilliant bowling forced cricket experts and fans to revisit Indian Test cricket history as the budding spinner broke many old records. Against Afghanistan, Suthar took 6 wickets in the first innings and one more wicket in the second innings. With 7 wickets, the spinner is among the few bowlers who have announced their arrival in Tests in style.
Over the past decade, the Indian cricket team has produced many top-class talents who displayed their skill, class and composure in this first match in white. Captain Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal are among those players, along with whom Manav Suthar is also included in the top 10 list.
List of top 10 best test debutants of this decade for Team India:
Shubman Gill
India’s current Test team captain Shubman Gill made an immediate impact on his debut match. The top-order batsman made his Test debut for the Indian cricket team during the Boxing Day Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 26, 2020.
In the first innings of the match, Gill scored 45 runs on 65 balls and 35 unbeaten runs on 36 balls. Gill’s crucial innings helped India achieve an 8-wicket win over Australia.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jaiswal made his Test debut for India against West Indies at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica on July 12, 2023. In his first innings, the left-handed batsman scored 171 runs off 387 balls and won the Player of the Match award.
According to statistics, thanks to his brilliant century, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the first Indian opener to score a century in his debut Test away from home.
Mohammad Siraj
Mohammed Siraj made his Test debut as a replacement for Mohammed Shami when India faced Australia for the second Test of the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The fast bowler took a total of 5 wickets (2/40 in the first innings and 3/37 in the second innings) which helped India win by 8 wickets.
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Sundar went to Australia as a net bowler and returned with some unforgettable records in 2021. Washington Sundar, mostly known for his spin bowling abilities, stitched a crucial 123-run partnership with Shardul Thakur for the seventh wicket.
He scored 62 out of 144 and became the third Indian to score a half-century on Test debut in Australia. He also took 4 wickets with the ball in the match.
Akshar Patel
Patel is another spinner who made his Test debut in 2021. Patel welcomed this opportunity with both hands. Akshar Patel took 7 wickets in both innings against England in Chepauk.
He took a few wickets in the second leg of the game and took 5 wickets in the first leg. He impressed with his impressive spin variation and ball control during the match against England.
Shreyas Iyer
Iyer became 16thth The Indian who scored a century in his first test. The middle-order batsman scored 105 runs off 157 balls in the first innings against New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on November 25, 2021.
He scored 65 runs in the second innings, meaning Iyer touched the 50-run mark twice in his debut Test. Due to his brilliant batting performance, he became the first Indian player to register both a century and a half-century in the same Test debut.
Prasidh Krishna
Prasidh Krishna was one of the highly rated emerging talents who made his Test debut for Team India against South Africa during the Boxing Day Test at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on December 26, 2023. The team’s vice-captain at that time, Jasprit Bumrah, handed Krishna his first cap. Krishna bowled some good spells and made his presence felt.
However, he managed only 1 wicket for 93 runs in his first innings, bowling 19 overs with an economy rate of 4.89. The seamer was not required to bowl in the second innings, as India lost to the host team by an innings. South African batsman Kyle Warren was the batsman who was out against the debutant Indian fast bowler.
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Manav Suthar was already a well-known face in domestic cricket when he made his Test debut against Afghanistan at New Chandigarh. The spinner has made a massive impact for India, taking 136 wickets in 30 first-class matches and 34 wickets in 25 List A games. In the first innings of his first Test, the 23-year-old took 6 wickets for just 33 runs in the first innings, then took another wicket in the second innings.
India easily defeated the Afghanistan cricket team and won the only Test by an innings and 300 runs.
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Akash Deep joined the team as a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah and made an immediate impact. It will never be an easy task for any bowler around the world to replace the Indian fast bowler. Akash Deep performed well in domestic cricket for Bengal before receiving the Test cap from then India head coach Rahul Dravid in the fourth Test against England at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi on February 23, 2024.
As soon as the new ball came in hand, he single-handedly destroyed England’s top order. Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Jack Crawley were dismissed by the debutant fast bowler.
Dhruv Jurel
Dhruv Jurel, son of retired Indian Army Havildar Nam Chand Jurel, who fought in the 1999 Kargil war, made his Test debut in the third Test against England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on February 15, 2024. The keeper-batsman played a crucial role in the first innings, as his 46 off 104 balls provided some stability to the Indian batting line-up.
46 might not seem like a huge innings, but it was a historic innings by a designated Indian wicketkeeper-batsman. The innings of 46 became the highest score by an Indian designated wicketkeeper on Test debut in 90 years. Jurel played a brilliant inning of 90 runs in the fourth test of the series.