Prithvi Shaw becomes fourth youngest to score century on Test debut
Along the way, Shaw had also become the youngest Indian to score a half-century on Test debut. Only Sachin Tendulkar and Parthiv Patel were younger than Shaw when they got their maiden Test half-centuries, but not on debut.
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Only Bangladesh's Mohammad Ashraful (17 years and 61 days), Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza (17 years and 352 days) and Pakistan's Saleem Malik (18 years and 323 days) have scored Test centuries on debut at a younger age than Shaw.
Youngest Test centurions
| Batsman | Age | Match details |
| Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) | 17 years, 61 days | Against Sri Lanka in Colombo (SSC), September 2001 |
| Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) | 17 years, 78 days | Against India in Delhi, February 1961 |
| Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | 17 years, 107 days | Against England in Manchester, August 1990 |
| Hamilton Masakadza (Zim) | 17 years, 352 days | Against Windies in Harare, July 2001 |
| Imran Nazir (Pak) | 18 years, 154 days | Against Windies in Bridgetown, May 2000 |
| Saleem Malik (Pak) | 18 years, 323 days | Against Sri Lanka in Karachi, March 1982 |
| Prithvi Shaw (Ind) | 18 years, 329 days | Against Windies in Rajkot, October 2018 |
Youngest centurions on Test debut
| Batsman | Age | Match details |
| Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) | 17 years, 61 days | Against Sri Lanka in Colombo (SSC), September 2001 |
| Hamilton Masakadza (Zim) | 17 years, 352 days | Against Windies in Harare, July 2001 |
| Saleem Malik (Pak) | 18 years, 323 days | Against Sri Lanka in Karachi, March 1982 |
| Prithvi Shaw (Ind) | 18 years, 329 days | Against Windies in Rajkot, October 2018 |
Shaw also became the 15th Indian to hit a century on debut and surpassed the likes of Kapil Dev, Abbas Ali Baig and Madhav Apte in the list of youngest Indian Test centurions.
The last Indian to score a hundred on Test debut was Rohit Sharma, who also reached his milestone against the Windies in November 2013.
Indian centurions on Test debut (before Shaw)
| Batsman | Match details |
| Lala Amarnath – 118 | Against England in Mumbai, December 1933 |
| Deepak Shodhan – 110 | Against Pakistan in Kolkata, December 1952 |
| AG Kripal Singh – 100* | Against New Zealand in Hyderabad, November 1955 |
| Abbas Ali Baig – 112 | Against England in Manchester, July 1959 |
| Hanumant Singh – 105 | Against England in Delhi, February 1964 |
| Gundappa Viswanath – 137 | Against Australia in Kanpur, November 1969 |
| Surinder Amarnath – 124 | Against New Zealand in Auckland, January 1976 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin – 110 | Against England in Kolkata, December 1984 |
| Pravin Amre – 103 | Against South Africa in Durban, November 1992 |
| Sourav Ganguly – 131 | Against England at Lord's, June 1996 |
| Virender Sehwag – 105 | Against South Africa in Bloemfontein, November 2001 |
| Suresh Raina – 120 | Against Sri Lanka in Colombo (SSC), July 2010 |
| Shikhar Dhawan – 187 | Against Australia in Mohali, March 2013 |
| Rohit Sharma – 177 | Against Windies in Kolkata, November 2013 |