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

#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.