Indians who won Player of the Match award on debut

Karen Noronha

 July 15, 2023

Debut for India

Yashasvi Jaiswal made his debut for India against West Indies in the 1st Test

POTM

Yashasvi Jaiswal's 171 runs saw him also win the Player-of-the-Match award on Test debut

8 Indians

Now including him, there are a total of 8 Indians who have won POTM award on debut

Pravin Amre

PK Amre scored 103 against South Africa in Kingsmead in 1992 and won the award

RP Singh

He got the award for his figures of 4/89 & 1/75 in Faisalabad during the 2006 vs Pakistan

R Ashwin

Ashwin in 2011 won the award for his 3/81 & 6/47 figures in Delhi vs West Indies

Shikhar Dhawan

In 2013, Dhawan scored 187 runs against Australia in Mohali and won the award

Rohit Sharma

The now captain had scored 177 in Kolkata vs West Indies in 2013 to win the award

Prithvi Shaw

The batter in Rajkot scored 134 against West Indies in 2018 and won the POTM award

Shreyas Iyer

In Kanpur the batter scored 105 & 65 runs in both innings vs New Zealand in 2021 to win the award