List of Indian cricketers to make test debut in 2024

As many as seven Indian cricketers made their test debut in 2024.

The year 2024 has been a roller-coaster ride for the Indian cricket team in test cricket. Starting the year with an emphatic away test match win in Cape Town, India maintained their impressive form with home test series victories against England and Bangladesh.

However, India’s fortunes then took a drastic dip as they suffered a 0-3 whitewash in a home test series against New Zealand. The humiliating loss not only hampered India’s World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 final qualifying chances, but also brought an end to their remarkable streak of 18 consecutive home test series wins.

With old guards Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane moving out of the test setup and Mohammed Shami sidelined due to a year-long injury, the Indian cricket team have tried several new faces to find in the longest format of the game this year.

In this article, we will take a look at the Indian cricketers who made their test debut in 2024.

List of Indian cricketers to make test debut in 2024:

1. Rajat Patidar

Rajat Patidar was called into the Indian test team as a replacement for Virat Kohli for the home test series against England.

Making his debut in the second test, Patidar scored 32 and 9 in the two innings. The right-hander failed to stamp his authority in the middle-order in the series, scoring just 63 runs in six innings with an average of 10.5.

Patidar has not played for India after the England series.

2. Dhruv Jurel

Dhruv Jurel made his test debut for the Indian cricket team during the third test of England’s tour of India 2024 in Rajkot. Starting his career in an impressive manner, Jurel scored 46 on his debut.

Jurel’s standout performance came during the fourth test of the series in Ranchi, where he amassed 90 runs in the first innings followed by an unbeaten innings of 39 to guide India to victory.

Jurel has scored 201 runs in his test career of five innings so far with an outstanding average of 50.25.

3. Sarfaraz Khan

Making his test debut alongside Dhruv Jurel, Sarfaraz Khan started his international journey against England in 2024 in Rajkot.

Showcasing his impressive stroke-making capability, Sarfaraz impressed with a quickfire knock of 62, followed by an unbeaten 68 in his debut game, living up to his reputation as one of the best Indian cricketers in domestic cricket in the last few years.

Sarfaraz’s maiden test century came during the first test of New Zealand’s tour of India in Bengaluru where he led India’s second innings fightback, scoring 150 off 195, but his knock went in vain as India lost the match by eight wickets.

4. Akash Deep

Akash Deep received his maiden test call-up to the Indian cricket team for the last three tests of the home test series against England. Akash made his debut in the fourth test of the series and impressed immediately, taking big wickets of Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope in the first innings.

Akash has taken 10 wickets in eight innings so far in his test career. He is also part of India’s squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

5. Devdutt Padikkal

Young Karnataka batsman Devdutt Padikkal made his test debut in the fifth match of England’s tour of India 2024. The stylish left-hander impressed with a high-quality knock of 65 off 103 balls in his first innings.

Padikkal played the second test of his career in Perth, where he bagged a duck in the first innings.

6. Nitish Kumar Reddy

Emerging Indian all-rounder Nitish Reddy made his test debut against Australia in the first test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

2024 has been a remarkable year for Nitish Kumar Reddy, as his impressive performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL) led to his T20I debut against Bangladesh earlier this year.

Nitish scored 90 runs in three T20I games against Bangladesh at a blistering strike of 180 and also picked up three wickets.

7. Harshit Rana

Harshit Rana also made his test debut against Australia in the first test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Perth.

Rana was impressive in the IPL 2024, taking 19 wickets in 13 games. He played a crucial role in the Kolkata Knight Riders’ title-winning campaign and took 2/24 in the final.

(List and stats updated till 22nd November, 2024)

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