As you know cricket is a game of uncertainty. Many talented players get the chance to represent their country, and every player who makes debut in the international arena, be a test match, One Day International, or T20; dreams of performing well in his/her debut match and wants to play for the country for along time.
In today’s blog, I am going to write about 6 Indian cricket players, who in recent times while playing in their debut match performed so well that they won the MAN OF THE MATCH (MOM) award.
1 Praveen Amre- He made his debut against South Africa in a Test match. He is the first Indian cricketer who won the Man of the Match award in his debut match. While playing his first Test match against South Africa at Durban he played a brilliant inning of 103 runs, which helped Team India to draw the match.
2 Rudra Pratap Singh– He made his Test debut against Pakistan. He is a left-handed fast bowler who was famous for his swing bowling. He left his stamp in the very first match when he claimed four wickets in Pakistan’s first innings and 1 wicket in the second innings. In the end, this match ended in a draw.-
3 Ravichandran Ashwin– He is a very successful Indian spinner, and is still the main spinner in the Indian Test team. He made his debut against West Indies in the year 2011. In his first test, during first innings, he took three wickets and six wickets in the second innings, and thus helped Team India to win this Test match by 5 wickets. Apart from the Man of the Match award in this Test, he went on to win the Man of the Series award in this Test series against West Indies.
4 Shikhar Dhawan– He is left handed batsman, who plays as an opening batsman. He made his Test debut against Australia in 2013. In his first Test he scored 100 runs in just 87 balls and went on to score 187 runs in just 174 balls. Team India won this Test match by six wickets, and he was awarded the MOM award.
5 Rohit Sharma– He has become famous as Hit Man, he is right handed opening batsman. Rohit made his Test debut against West Indies in the year 2013. He scored 177 runs with the help of 23 fours and a six. His innings helped Team India to win the match by 51 runs, which won him, MOM.
6 Prithvi Shaw– He is known as a little master, and is an opening batsman. In his debut match against West Indies. He came into Team India through junior ranks. In his first Test match, he scored 154 runs in 134 balls, in a very smashing way. After Virendra Sehwag he is the only batsman who wants to hit four from the very first ball. His innings of 154 runs won him the MOM award.
These are a few cricketers, who won the MOM award in their debut Test match.
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Anil Malik
Mumbai, India
4th March 2022.