Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan on Thursday entered the exclusive club after hammering an 87-ball century in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in the first session of their debut match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
In the first session, on the first day of the only Test against Afghanistan, Dhawan scored a century and in the process became the first ever Indian cricketer and the sixth overall player to achieve this feat in the longest format of the game.
Absolutely dominant! 💪@SDhawan25 becomes just the sixth player to score a century before lunch on the opening day of a Test! 🙌 #INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/FZJfR0OhVK
— ICC (@ICC) June 14, 2018
Victor Trumper, Manchester 1902
Charlie Macartney, Leeds 1926
Don Bradman, Leeds 1930
Majid Khan, Karachi 1976
David Warner, Sydney 2017
Shikhar Dhawan, Bengaluru 2018🙌🙌#INDvAFG pic.twitter.com/0kJNYQy1cH
— ICC (@ICC) June 14, 2018
Earlier in the day, after winning the toss, standby India skipper Ajinkya Rahane opted to bat first.
Dhawan and Murali Vijay opened Indian innings and gave India a decent start by stitching up 158 runs in 27 overs.
Shikhar Dhawan scored 107 runs off 96 balls with a strike rate of 111.46. During his centurion innings, Dhawan struck 19 fours and three sixes.
Victor Trumper, Charlie Macartney, Don Bradman, Majid Khan and David Warner are the other five players who have achieved the feat before Dhawan.
The left-hand batsman also holds the record for scoring the fastest century ever on a Test debut. In 2013 Dhawan scored a ton off 85 balls against Australia in Mohali in his debut match.