Highest Score By a Debutant In Test Cricket

India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal became the 115th cricketer to score a Test century on debut in the recently concluded first Test against West Indies at the Windsor Park. Jaiswal, who is the 17th Indian batter to achieve this milestone, missed out on entering an elite list comprising highest score by a debutant in Test cricket.

Jaiswal, 21, would’ve easily made it to the list had he scored six more runs in the only innings his team batted in before securing a comprehensive victory by an innings and 141 runs.

Speaking of the overall list, India captain Rohit Sharma and veteran batter Shikhar Dhawan, one of their most successful opening pairs in ODI history, are the two Indian batters who are part of the Top 10 batters with most runs in an innings of the first Test match.

Jaiswal, who batted for as many as 387 balls, looked assured enough at one point in time to get to a maiden Test double century in his first-ever outing but it wasn’t to be on Friday.

Double Century On Debut In Test Cricket

As far as scoring a double century on Test debut is concerned, a grand total of seven batters have achieved this feat over the years. Having not happened for 18 years, the rare achievement happened a couple of times within the span of a few months in 2021.

Made possible by West Indies all-rounder Kyle Mayers and New Zealand batter Devon Conway, both the left-handed batters had become the second players from their respective team to reach to a Test double ton on debut.

It is worth noting that no other country has produced two such batters thus far. New Zealand and Bangladesh, however, have been on the received end of this record twice each.

Highest Score By a Debutant In Test Cricket

S. No.	Batter	Runs	Balls	Team	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	Tip Foster	287		England	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1903
2	Lawrence Row	214		West Indies	New Zealand	Sabina Park	1972
3	Brendon Kuruppu	201*	548	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	1987
4	Matthew Sinclair	214	447	New Zealand	West Indies	Basin Reserve	1999
5	Jacques Rudolph	222*	383	South Africa	Bangladesh	MA Aziz Stadium	2003
6	Kyle Mayers	210*	310	West Indies	Bangladesh	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	2021
7	Devon Conway	200	347	New Zealand	England	Lord’s	2021
8	Shikhar Dhawan	187	174	India	Australia	PCA IS Bindra Stadium	2013
9	Rohit Sharma	177	301	India	West Indies	Eden Gardens	2013
10	George Headley	176		West Indies	England	Kensington Oval	1930