04 Oct : News Express 24 :-
Rajkot, India vs West Indies: The first day of the series against the West Indies, India’s Prithvi Shaw, who has scored runs in domestic cricket, was named in the senior team of the Indian team after England’s revival. He made this opportunity to score a century in the first innings. While watching the flip-flop, he thought that the West Indies bowlers would be more ready to bowl but West Indian spinner Devendra Bishoo dismissed him.
First test: Debutant #PrithviShaw slams 100 in the first innings against West Indies. India are 174 for 1 pic.twitter.com/8AxjS5f8WR
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2018
Tea has been taken here at Rajkot with #TeamIndia 232/3 (Shaw 134, Pujara 86)
Updates – https://t.co/RfrOR7MGDV #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/Dqtt3t0O2w
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 4, 2018
Bishoo sent him back to the second ball of the 51st over after catching himself. The earth made 134 runs at an average of 87.01 with 15 fours and 15 fours. Due to being dismissed for 134, the world did not break the record of Gundappa Viswanath, 49 years ago. Vishwanath had scored 137 in Australia’s debut match. This record did not break the world with just four runs.
Debutant @PrithviShaw’s flawless 💯
Watch this special inning as the 18-year-old from Mumbai becomes the second youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut.
▶️https://t.co/D4GAPgyrsv #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/3rfWhXFdeZ
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 4, 2018
With the help of 134 runs on the earth, former captain Sourav Ganguly’s record was broken 22 years ago. Ganguly made his Test debut against England in 1996. He scored 131 runs. Earth breaks this record. Earth is fourth in the list of most individual Indian batsmen in the debut match. In the rankings, Shikhar Dhawan (187), Rohit Sharma (177) and Gundappa Vishwanath (137) are in the forefront.