Prithvi Shaw, at 18 years and 329 days of age, became the second youngest Indian to score a ton on Test debut against West Indies in Rajkot, Thursday.
FEAT STATS
Runs: 134
Balls: 154
4s: 19
Reached 50: 56 balls
Reached 100: 99 balls
# Shaw is the 15th Indian batsman to score a century in debut Test and the second youngest Indian to score a Test century after Sachin Tendulkar (17 years, 107 days)
# He is 7th youngest player in the world to score a Test hundred on debut
# He was the youngest player to score a hundred on Duleep Trophy debut in 2017, beating Tendulkar’s record. Earlier in the same year, Shaw had also scored a hundred on his Ranji Trophy debut.
# Shaw was captain of the Indian U-19 team which won the World Cup in New Zealand in 2018