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Dravid is the oldest player to make T20 debut

September 01, 2011 09:09 IST

Rahul Dravid became the oldest player to make Twenty20 International debut for a Test-playing country in the one-off T20 match between India and England.

Two players have made their debut at older age than Dravid, but they both are from Canada.

The previous record of being the oldest debutant in T20Is for a full member nation was held by West Indies' Floyd Reifer. Sachin Tendulkar held the previous Indian record at 33 years 221 days.

Oldest T20I debutants from Test playing countries

Age	Player	Teams	Venue	Season
38 Y 232 D	Rahul Dravid	Ind v Eng	Manchester	2011
37 Y 10 D	Floyd Reifer	WI v Ban	Basseterre	2009
36 Y 350 D	Sanath Jayasuriya	SL v Eng	Southampton	2006
36 Y 178 D	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak v Eng	Bristol	2006
36 Y 84 D	Mohammad Rafique	Ban v Zim	Khulna	2006-07
36 Y 80 D	Paul Nixon	Eng v Aus	Sydney	2006-07
36 Y 30 D	Marvan Atapattu	SL v NZ	Wellington	2006-07

Compiled by Rajneesh Gupta