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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
