India vs Afghanistan Test Match Day 1 – Shikhar Dhawan Creates History, Becomes First Indian To Score A Ton Before Lunch

India vs Afghanistan one-off Test: Afghanistan became the 12th nation to play Test cricket

By: Karan Nanda |
June 14, 2018 1:10 pm

India’s left-handed opener, Shikhar Dhawan started the one-off historic Test match against Afghanistan in Bengaluru on June 14 by creating a record as he became the first Indian player to score a century before lunch on 1st day of the test match.

With this, Dhawan became the sixth batsman in Test history to score a century before lunch after Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman, Majid Khan and David Warner.

Here are the stats:

NAME	RUNS	MATCH	YEAR
V Trumper	103*	Aus v Eng	1902
C Macartney	112*	Aus v Eng	1926
D Bradman	105*	Aus v Eng	1930
Majid Khan	108*	Pak v NZ	1976-77
David Warner	100*	Aus v Pak	2016-17
Shikhar Dhawan	100*	Ind v Afg	2018

Moreover, Dhawan is now the second Indian to score most runs (104) before lunch on any day of a Test after Hardik Pandya’s 108 runs against Sri Lanka in Pallekele last year.

Shikhar Dhawan (PIC Twitter)

Dhawan came to open the innings for India with Murali Vijay after India’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bat first.

Earlier, Afghanistan became the 12th nation to play Test cricket.

The big day has finally arrived and Afghanistan is all set to face India in the #HistoricTest match at Bengaluru#INDvsAFG #AFGvIND #PhenomenalRise pic.twitter.com/7fCjS4xv7S

— Afghan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) June 13, 2018

Teams:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Lokesh Rahul, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.

Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Afsar Zazai(w), Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar.