Washington Sundar played the quintessential all-rounder's role as India beat Australia in the series-deciding fourth Test at The Gabba, Brisbane. The 21-year-old, who was making his Test debut, first took four wickets (3/89, 1/80) and scored 84 (62, 22) in a winning cause. (More Cricket News)
Here's a look at some interesting facts and figures, featuring the feats achieved by legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid:
INDIAN FIFTY PLUS RUNS ON TEST DEBUT ON AWAY SOIL
There are 22 occasions of Indian batsmen scoring a fifty on their Test debut against various teams since India’s admission into Test cricket in Jun 1932. India played their first Test against England at Lord’s on 25 Jun 1932. The following table lists 22 occasions.
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Washington Sundar became the 21st batsman to score a fifty on Test debut. Sunil Gavaskar is the only batsman in this list to score fifties in both innings of a Test. He scored 65 and 67 not out against the West Indies at Port of Spain in March 1971.
No | Player | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | L Amar Singh | 51 | 4 | Eng | Lord's | 25 Jun 1932 |
2 | C Ramaswami | 60 | 3 | Eng | Manchester | 25 Jul 1936 |
3 | RS Modi | 57* | 1 | Eng | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 |
4 | MH Mankad | 63 | 3 | Eng | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 |
5 | DG Phadkar Advertisement | 51 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | 12 Dec 1947 |
6 | AA Baig | 112 | 4 | Eng | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 |
7 | SM Gavaskar | 65 | 2 | Win | Port of Spain | 06 Mar 1971 |
8 | SM Gavaskar | 67* | 4 | Win | Port of Spain | 06 Mar 1971 |
9 | SS Naik | 77 | 3 | Eng | Birmingham | 04 Jul 1974 |
10 | S Amarnath | 124 | 2 | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
11 | BS Sandhu | 71 | 2 | Pak | Hyd-Pak | 14 Jan 1983 |
12 | LS Rajput | 61 | 3 | Srl | Col-SSC | 30 Aug 1985 |
13 | PK Amre | 103 | 2 | SAF | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 |
14 | SC Ganguly | 131 | 2 | Eng | Lord's | 20 Jun 1996 |
15 | R Dravid | 95 | 2 | Eng | Lord's | 20 Jun 1996 |
16 | V Sehwag | 105 | 1 | SAF | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
17 | SK Raina | 120 | 2 | Srl | Col-SSC | 26 Jul 2010 |
18 | STR Binny | 78 | 3 | Eng | Nottingham | 09 Jul 2014 |
19 | HH Pandya | 50 | 1 | Srl | Galle | 26 Jul 2017 |
10 | GH Vihari | 56 | 2 | Eng | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |
21 | MA Agarwal | 76 | 1 | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 |
22 | Washington Sundar | 62 | 2 | Aus | Brisbane | 15 Jan 2021 |
Sundar became the 21st batsman to score a fifty on Test debut against Australia in Australia after Dattu Phadkar and Mayanka Agarwal.
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No | Player | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
5 | DG Phadkar | 51 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | 12 Dec 1947 |
21 | MA Agarwal | 76 | 1 | Aus | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2018 |
22 | Washington Sundar | 62 | 2 | Aus | Brisbane | 15 Jan 2021 |
The following table lists the six Indian batsmen who have scored a century on Test debut on away soil:
No | Player | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | AA Baig | 112 | 4 | Eng | Manchester | 23 Jul 1959 |
2 | S Amarnath | 124 | 2 | NZl | Auckland | 24 Jan 1976 |
3 | PK Amre | 103 | 2 | SAF | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 |
4 | SC Ganguly | 131 Advertisement | 2 | Eng | Lord's | 20 Jun 1996 |
5 | V Sehwag | 105 | 1 | SAF | Bloemfontein | 03 Nov 2001 |
6 | SK Raina | 120 | 2 | Srl | Col-SSC | 26 Jul 2010 |
Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket – has witnessed five Indian batsmen scoring fifties on their Test debut. The following table lists them:
No | Player | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | L Amar Singh | 51 | 4 | Eng | Lord's | 25 Jun 1932 |
2 | RS Modi | 57* | 1 | Eng | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 |
3 | MH Mankad | 63 | 3 | Eng | Lord's | 22 Jun 1946 |
4 | SC Ganguly | 131 | 2 | Eng | Lord's | 20 Jun 1996 |
5 | R Dravid Advertisement | 95 | 2 | Eng | Lord's | 20 Jun 1996 |
Sourav Ganguly {131} and Rahul Dravid {95} scored fifties against England at Lord’s in June 1996 to provide the second occasion of one batsman scoring a century and another scoring a ninety in the same innings on their Test debut. The first such occasion was witnessed during the first Test between Pakistan and Australia in October 1964 at Karachi when two Pakistan debutants – Khalid Ibadulla {166} and Abdul Kadir {95} scored a hundred and ninety.
INDIAN BOWLERS WITH THREE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS ON TEST DEBUT ON AWAY SOIL
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There are 25 occasions of an Indian bowler taking three or more wickets on Test debut on away soil. 23 bowlers have achieved this feat - Ravi Shastri and Praveen Kumar achieving the feat in both innings of a Test.
No | Player | W-R | I | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
1 | M Nissar | 5-093 | 1 | Eng | Lord's | Jun 1932 |
2 | M Jahangir Khan | 4-060 | 3 | Eng | Lord's | Jun 1932 |
3 | DG Phadkar | 3-014 | 2 | Aus | Sydney | Dec 1947 |
4 | CR Rangachari | 4-141 | 1 | Aus | Adelaide | Jan 1948 |
5 | JM Patel | 3-048 | 1 | Pak | Karachi | Feb 1955 |
6 | S Abid Ali | 6-055 | 1 | Aus Advertisement | Adelaide | Dec 1967 |
7 | RJ Shastri | 3-054 | 1 | NZl | Wellington | Feb 1981 |
8 | RJ Shastri | 3-009 | 3 | NZl | Wellington | Feb 1981 |
9 | C Sharma | 3-094 | 1 | Pak | Lahore | Oct 1984 |
10 | SLV Raju | 3-086 | 1 | NZl | Christchurch | Feb 1990 |
11 | A Kumble | 3-105 | 1 | Eng | Manchester | Aug 1990 |
12 | J Srinath | 3-059 | 2 | Aus | Brisbane | Nov 1991 |
13 | ST Banerjee | 3-047 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | Jan 1992 |
14 | BKV Prasad | 4-071 | 2 | Eng | Birmingham | Jun 1996 |
15 | A Kuruvilla | 3-082 | 1 | Win | Kingston | Mar 1997 |
16 | DS Mohanty | 4-078 | 1 | Srl | Col-SSC | Aug 1997 |
17 | RP Singh | 4-089 | 1 | Pak | Faisalabad Advertisement | Jan 2006 |
18 | A Mithun | 4-105 | 1 | Srl | Galle | Jul 2010 |
19 | P Kumar | 3-038 | 2 | Win | Kingston | Jun 2011 |
10 | P Kumar | 3-042 | 4 | Win | Kingston | Jun 2011 |
21 | JJ Bumrah | 3-039 | 3 | SAF | Cape Town | Jan 2018 |
22 | GH Vihari | 3-037 | 3 | Eng | The Oval | Sep 2018 |
23 | Mohammed Siraj | 3-037 | 3 | Aus | Melbourne | Dec 2020 |
24 | T Natarajan | 3-078 | 1 | Aus | Brisbane | Jan 2021 |
25 | Washington Sundar | 3-089 | 1 | Aus | Brisbane | Jan 2021 |
The following table lists the eight visiting bowlers who have captured three or more wickets on Test debut in Australia:
No | Player | W-R Advertisement | I | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
1 | DG Phadkar | 3-014 | 2 | Aus | Sydney | Dec 1947 |
2 | CR Rangachari | 4-141 | 1 | Aus | Adelaide | Jan 1948 |
3 | S Abid Ali | 6-055 | 1 | Aus | Adelaide | Dec 1967 |
4 | J Srinath | 3-059 | 2 | Aus | Brisbane | Nov 1991 |
5 | ST Banerjee | 3-047 | 1 | Aus | Sydney | Jan 1992 |
6 | Mohammed Siraj | 3-037 | 3 | Aus | Melbourne | Dec 2020 |
7 | T Natarajan | 3-078 | 1 | Aus | Brisbane | Jan 2021 |
8 | Washington Sundar | 3-089 | 1 | Aus | Brisbane | Jan 2021 |
Javagal Srinath, T Natarajan and Washington Sundar are the three bowlers who have captured three or more wickets on Test debut against Australia at Brisbane.
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No | Player | W-R | I | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
1 | J Srinath | 3-059 | 2 | Aus | Brisbane | Nov 1991 |
2 | T Natarajan | 3-078 | 1 | Aus | Brisbane | Jan 2021 |
3 | Washington Sundar | 3-089 | 1 | Aus | Brisbane | Jan 2021 |
INDIAN CRICKETERS SCORING FIFTY COUPLED WITH THREE OR MORE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS ON TEST DEBUT ON AWAY SOIL
Washington Sundar scored 62 and captured three wickets in this Test to become the third Indian cricketer to score a fifty and capture three or more wickets in an innings on Test debut. He is the second Indian cricketer to perform the feat against Australia after Dattu Phadkar. Phadkar had scored 51 and captured three wickets at Sydney in December 1947.
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No | Player | FI | SI | W-R | Opp | Ground | Mon/Year |
1 | DG Phadkar | 51 | - | 3-14 | Aus | Sydney | Dec 1947 |
2 | GH Vihari | 56 | - | 3-37 | Eng | The Oval | Sep 2018 |
3 | W Sundar | 62 | - | 3-89 | Aus | Brisbane | Jan 2021 |
