Indian players to win the Man of the Match award on Test debut

Prithvi Shaw is the second youngest Indian to score a century in Tests. Also, he became the youngest Indian to score a Test century on debut. He won the Player of the Match award for his knock of 134. He became the sixth cricketer to be awarded as Man of the Match on Test debut.

In this post, let us have a look at the Indians who won the Man of the Match award on Test debut.

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#1 Pravin Amre (1992)

Pravin Amre made his Test debut against South Africa on 13 November 1992 at Kingsmead. He scored 103 runs which propelled the team to a total of 277. However, the match was drawn. Amre was the Man of the Match.

Although Amre didn't have a great international career, he was impressive in the domestic tournaments. He was the assistant coach of Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2018.

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#2 RP Singh (2006)

RP Singh made his Test debut against Pakistan on 21 January 2006 at Faisalabad. He picked up a 4-wicket haul by dismissing Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq in the first innings of the match. However, the match was drawn. For a 4-wicket haul, Singh won the Player of the Match award.

RP Singh was a consistent performer in the domestic circuit, but he failed to impress in the international matches. He retired from cricket on 4 September 2018.

#3 Ravichandran Ashwin (2011)

Ravichandran Ashwin made his Test debut against Windies on 6 November 2011 at Delhi. He picked up a six-wicket haul in the third innings of the match. He dismissed Kieran Powell, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Daren Sammy and Ravi Rampaul and won the Player of the Match award.

With the help of the fifties by Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, India chased the target of 276 and won the match by five wickets.

Currently ranked No.5 Test all-rounder, Ashwin has been impressive in the Test format. He has picked up 333 wickets and scored 2296 runs in 63 Tests. He won the award of ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2016.

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#4 Shikhar Dhawan (2013)

Shikhar Dhawan made his Test debut against Australia on 14 March 2013 at Mohali. He scored 187 runs which propelled the team to a total of 499 in the second innings of the match and was the Man of the Match. India chased down the target of 133 and won the game by five wickets.

Gabbar is in and out of the Test squad because of his inconsistency in the format. He is a consistent performer in the limited overs format. He was the highest scorer of Asia Cup 2018.

#5 Rohit Sharma (2013)

Rohit Sharma made his Test debut against Windies on 6 November 2013 at Kolkata. He scored 177 runs which propelled the team to a total of 453 in the second innings of the match.

For his scintillating innings on debut, he was awarded the Man of the Match award. With the help of excellent bowling performance by Mohammed Shami, India won that match by an innings and 51 runs.

Hitman is a great batsman in ODIs and T20Is but has been inconsistent in the Test format. He was the second highest scorer of Asia Cup 2018.

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#6 Prithvi Shaw (2017)

Prithvi Shaw made his Test debut against West Indies at Rajkot on 4 October 2008. He scored 134 runs and won the Player of the Match award. He along with Kohli and Jadeja, helped the team to score a mammoth total of 649.

With the help of great bowling performance by Kuldeep Yadav, India won the match by an innings and 272 runs.

Shaw was the winning captain of U-19 World Cup 2018. He is the joint youngest player with Sanju Samson to score an IPL fifty.