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Pathan second youngest to open India's bowling

Last updated on: December 12, 2003 17:09 IST

Irfan Pathan became one of the younger players to play in a Test for India when he made his debut against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. Only 12 players younger than Pathan have played for India in a Test.

More significantly, the Baroda bowler is the youngest player after Chetan Sharma to open the bowling for India in a Test.

Youngest players to open bowling for India

Yrs	Days	Player	Vs	Tst	Venue	Season
18	288	C Sharma	Pak	1st	Lahore	1984-85
19	46	IK Pathan	Aus	2nd	Adelaide	2003-04
19	91	M Amarnath	Aus	5th	Madras MAC	1969-70
19	173	HT Dani	Pak	3rd	Bombay BS	1952-53
19	232	RB Desai	WI	5th	Delhi	1958-59
19	283	N Kapil Dev	Pak	1st	Faisalabad	1978-79
19	302	A Nehra	SL	1st	Colombo SSC	1998-99
20	74	Harvinder Singh	Aus	1st	Madras	1997-98
20	307	AB Agarkar	Zim	1st	Harare	1998-99
21	128	S Guha	Eng	1st	Headingley	1967
21	143	VB Ranjane	WI	2nd	Kanpur	1958-59
21	182	RJ Shastri	WI	4th	Bombay WS	1983-84
21	204	L Amar Singh	Eng	1st	Lord's	1932
21	242	M Prabhakar	Eng	2nd	Delhi	1984-85
21	243	ED Solkar	Aus	2nd	Kanpur	1969-70
21	329	Mahomed Nissar	Eng	1st	Lord's	1932
21	361	Surendranath	WI	3rd	Calcutta	1958-59

Youngest Indian Test players

Yrs	Days	Player	Vs	Tst	Venue	Season
16	205	SR Tendulkar	Pak	1st	Karachi	1989-90
17	118	L Sivaramakrishnan	WI	5th	St. John's	1982-83
17	152	PA Patel	Eng	2nd	Trent Bridge	2002
17	193	Maninder Singh	Pak	2nd	Karachi	1982-83
17	265	VL Mehra	NZ	2nd	Bombay BS	1955-56
17	265	Harbhajan Singh	Aus	3rd	Bangalore	1997-98
18	13	AG Milkha Singh	Aus	4th	Madras (Corp.)	1959-60
18	249	BS Chandrasekhar	Eng	2nd	Bombay BS	1963-64
18	270	RJ Shastri	NZ	1st	Wellington	1980-81
18	288	C Sharma	Pak	1st	Lahore	1984-85
18	312	S Venkataraghavan	NZ	1st	Madras (Corp.)	1964-65
19	19	Mushtaq Ali	Eng	2nd	Calcutta	1933-34
19	46	IK Pathan	Aus	2nd	Adelaide	2003-04
19	85	ND Hirwani	WI	4th	Madras MAC	1987-88
19	91	P Bhandari	Pak	5th	Karachi	1954-55
19	91	M Amarnath	Aus	5th	Madras MAC	1969-70
19	92	M Kaif	SA	2nd	Bangalore	1999-00
19	171	AK Sengupta	WI	4th	Madras (Corp.)	1958-59
19	173	HT Dani	Pak	3rd	Bombay BS	1952-53
19	231	RB Desai	WI	5th	Delhi	1958-59
19	262	CS Nayudu	Eng	2nd	Calcutta	1933-34
19	283	N Kapil Dev	Pak	1st	Faisalabad	1978-79
19	293	DB Vengsarkar	NZ	1st	Auckland	1975-76
19	296	A Kumble	Eng	2nd	Old Trafford	1990
19	301	A Nehra	SL	1st	Colombo SSC	1998-99
20	23	NS Sidhu	WI	3rd	Ahmedabad	1983-84
20	39	ML Apte	Pak	3rd	Bombay BS	1952-53
20	73	Harvinder Singh	Aus	1st	Madras MAC	1997-98
20	90	V Razdan	Pak	2nd	Faisalabad	1989-90
20	91	BK Kunderan	Aus	3rd	Bombay BS	1959-60
20	95	VL Manjrekar	Eng	3rd	Calcutta	1951-52
20	97	BS Bedi	WI	2nd	Calcutta	1966-67
20	107	ML Jaisimha	Eng	2nd	Lord's	1959
20	126	AA Baig	Eng	4th	Old Trafford	1959
20	127	A Ratra	WI	2nd	Port-of-Spain	2001-02
20	191	MM Sood	Aus	4th	Madras (Corp.)	1959-60
20	208	SLV Raju	NZ	1st	Christchurch	1989-90
20	276	GR Viswanath	Aus	2nd	Kanpur	1969-70
20	307	AB Agarkar	Zim	1st	Harare	1998-99
20	325	A Gandotra	NZ	3rd	Hyderabad	1969-70
20	342	Nawab of Pataudi Jr.	Eng	3rd	Delhi	1961-62

Rajneesh Gupta