Youngest Debutants for India in Cricket: Tests, ODIs, and T20Is
Check the list of famous cricketers who became the youngest ever to play for India in international cricket across Tests, ODI and T20Is.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already created a lot of buzz with his batting skills in the IPL which forced the selectors to put him in the plane for Ireland tour. Now, it remains to be seen when he will be making his international debut.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi would have become the youngest debutant for India in international cricket across all formats breaking the record of Sachin Tendulkar if he was selected in the playing 11 today.
Meanwhile, let us look at the list of players who were the youngest debutants for India in Tests, ODI’s and T20s respectively.
Youngest Test Debutant for India in Tests
The youngest debutant for India in test cricket was Sachin Tendulkar, who made his international test debut on Nov 15, 1989, at the age of 16 years and 205 days against Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar Stats in Test Cricket
Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest cricketers to have played cricket. He is fondly known as the God of Cricket or Master Blaster. He holds the record for most centuries in test cricket. Sachin has 51 test centuries to his name.
Let’s look at his illustrious career in tests.
Tests Played: 200
Innings: 329
Runs Scored: 15921
Highest Score: 248* vs Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2004
Youngest Test Debutant for India in ODI
Sachin Tendulkar also holds the record of being the youngest debutant for India in One day Internationals, he made his debut for India against Pakistan on December 18, 1989. It was on the same tour when he made his test debut, just 33 days apart. He was 16 years 238 days old at the time of his ODI debut.
Sachin Tendulkar Stats in ODI
Let’s look at his illustrious career in One Day Internationals.
ODI Played: 463
Innings: 452
Runs Scored: 18426
Highest Score: 200 vs South Africa at Gwalior, 2010
Did You Know: Sachin Tendulkar is the first batsman to score a double hundred in ODI cricket.
Youngest Test Debutant for India in T20 Internationals
The youngest debutant for India in T20 International Cricket is Washington Sundar. He made his T20I debut against Sri Lanka on December 24, 2017 at the age of 18 year and 80 days.
Let’s look at his T20 stats.
Washington Sundar Stats in T20 Internationals
T20 Played: 61
Innings: 26
Runs Scored: 274
Highest Score: 50 vs New Zealand, 2023
Best Bowling: 3/3 vs Australia in 2025
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