LONDON, May 26: Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim became the ninth youngest Test debutant when he was selected for the first Test against England at Lord’s here on Thursday.

Rahim, also a wicket-keeper but playing in this match — Bangladesh’s first Test in England — as a batsman only was also the youngest Test debutant at Lord’s.

YOUNGEST TEST DEBUTANTS:

  • 14 years 227 days — Hasan Raza, Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Faisalabad, 1996-97

  • 15 years 124 days — Mushtaq Mohammad, Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, 1958-59

  • 15 years 128 days — Mohammad Sharif, Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2000-01

  • 16 years 189 days — Aaqib Javed, Pakistan v New Zealand at Wellington, 1988-89

  • 16 years 205 days — Sachin Tendulkar, India v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90

  • 16 years 221 days — Aftab Baloch, Pakistan v New Zealand at Dhaka, 1969-70

  • 16 years 223 days — Talha Jubair, Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Colombo, 2002

  • 16 years 248 days –- Nasimul Ghani, Pakistan v West Indies at Bridgetown, 1957-58

  • 16 years 267 days — Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh v England at Lord’s, 2005

  • 16 years 320 days — Enamul Haque Jr, Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, 2003-04

    YOUNGEST TEST DEBUTANT AT LORD’S:

  • 16 years 267 days — Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladesh v England, 2005

  • 18 years 44 days — Khalid Wazir, Pakistan v England, 1954.—AFP

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