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Home > Cricket > India's tour of Bangladesh 2007 > Statistics


Youngest pace bowler for India

Rajneesh Gupta | May 25, 2007

Ishant Sharma on Friday made his Test debut for India, against Bangladesh at Dhaka.

At 18 years 265 days he is the youngest pace bowler to appear in a Test for India.

Chetan Sharma was the previous youngest. The following table has the details:

Age PlayerStateTest SpanTests
18 Yrs 265 DaysIshant SharmaDelhi2007-1
18 Yrs 288 DaysChetan SharmaHaryana1984-198923
19 Yrs 46 DaysIrfan PathanBaroda2003-200625
19 Yrs 231 DaysRamakant DesaiBombay1959-196828
19 Yrs 283 DaysKapil DevHaryana1978-1994131

Note: Only the genuine pace bowlers have been considered.



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