Cricket - The second most popular sport globally, has seen many incredible performances by many legendary players. The debut centuries are some of the great sporting displays that became engraved in our hearts. Not many scored a ton on their debut, but those who always did will remain glowing stars in the cricketing world. Here, in this article, we will discuss those shining stars of the cricketing world who made the sport their pet project since the very beginning of their career.
1. Sourav Ganguly
Popularly known as “Dada’’, Sourav Ganguly scored the historic debut test century (131 runs) against England at Lords. He was only 24 years at that time. His incredible ton helped India to win. His century inspired India to win against one of the arch-rivals, The English Cricket Team, who considered the Indian team as Underdogs.
2. KL Rahul
KL Rahul scored a ton against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on 11th June 2016. He is an incredible batsman who has been proving his excellence from the very beginning. He is also the first Indian Cricketer to score a debut century in a one-day innings cricket match, thus inspiring many more aspiring cricketers.
3. Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag is one of the fiercest batsmen the cricketing world has ever seen. His powerful batting display helped India win many matches. He made his debut century in Test Cricket against the South African cricket team in the first innings of the Bloemfontein test in 2001. He scored a cracking 105 in that match.
4. Shikhar Dhawan
His batting skills are as well designed and as incredible as his mustache. This fantastic Indian player scored even more than a ton against Australia, the tremendous cricketing powerhouse. He scored 187 runs in that match. That great knock will remain forever in the hearts of ardent cricket fans.
5. Rohit Sharma
Popularly known as the “Hitman’’, Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest players India has ever produced. This power-hitter scored his debut test century against the mighty West Indies in the lush green grounds of the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2013 and helped India in a remarkable comeback.
6. Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina was a constant in the Indian ODI and T20 Teams. But the breakthrough of his career came in 2010 when he scored his debut test century against the Sri Lankan cricket team at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. He scored an incredible 120 runs on that day.
7. Mohammad Azharuddin
This Indian cricketing legend scored his debut Test century against the mighty England Cricket Team in 1984 on the lush green grounds of the Eden Gardens. He also achieved another incredible feat of scoring three consecutive hundreds in three back-to-back test matches for India. His brilliant style of batting is always a soothing view for cricket-loving eyes.
8. Surinder Amarnath
Surinder Amarnath was another legend of the Indian Cricket Team. This incredible batsman was only 15 years old when he made his way into the Ranji team. He made his test debut by scoring a cracking century against the New Zealand Cricket Team in 1975. He played a superb knock of 124 runs on that day.
9. Lala Amarnath
Lala Amarnath was a member of the Cricket Team a long time ago, but true cricket lovers remember him even today. He made his test debut in 1933, where he scored 118 runs against the mighty England Cricket Team on the Bombay Gymkhana grounds. Many people still remember that powerful knock.
10. Prithvi Shaw
This young champ made his test debut for the Indian Cricket team on 4th October 2018. On that day, he played an incredible knock and did his maiden test century against the mighty West Indies cricket team. He proved that the future of the Indian cricket team is in safe hands.
