IND vs WI: Is Yashasvi Jaiswal the first player to be named Player of the Match in his first-ever Test match…?

IND vs WI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, the young opening batsman of the Indian cricket team, made his Test debut for India at the age of 21 and impressed with his batting in the very first match. The composure with which he batted on the difficult Dominica pitch proved that he is as good a batsman in the longer format of cricket as he is in the T20 format.

Yashasvi’s innings of 171 runs was a major contributor to the Indian team’s victory and he was awarded the Player of the Match title for his innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal became the eighth Indian batsman to be named player of the match in his first test match. But before him, 7 Indian batsmen had achieved this feat.

8 Indian batsmen including Yashasvi Jaiswal have won the Player of the Match award in their debut test

The first batsman to win the Player of the Match award for India through his performance in a Test debut was Pravin Amre, who achieved this feat in the year 1992. On the other hand, after Praveen Amre, in the year 2006, former fast bowler RP Singh did this feat. After these two, Indian spinner R Ashwin made his Test debut for India in the year 2011 and won the Player of the Match title in this match. Shikhar Dhawan made his Test debut for India in the year 2013 and in the very first Test match, he won the title of Player of the Match by playing a century while Rohit Sharma also made his Test debut against the West Indies in the same year and scored 177 runs. Became man of the match with an innings of.

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Prithvi Shaw was the sixth batsman to win the Player of the Match award for India on Test debut, having achieved the feat in 2018. Shreyas Iyer made his Test debut for India in the year 2021 and became the player of the match on the basis of his strong batting. At the same time, after all these players i.e. in the year 2023, Yashasvi Jaiswal played a century against the West Indies and became the man of the match.
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 171 runs in this match facing 387 balls.

Batsman who won player of the match award in debut test for India

1. Pravin Amre-(1992)
2. RP Singh-(2006)
3. Ravi Ashwin-(2011)
4. Shikhar Dhawan-(2013)
5. Rohit Sharma-(2013)
6. Prithvi Shaw-(2018)
7. Shreyas Iyer-(2021)
8. Yashasvi Jaiswal-(2023)