
Tendulkar, who played his first ODI at the age of 16 years and 238 days, sits at 11th spot on this list. Kenya's Gurdeep Singh (15 years and 258 days), Canada's Nitish Kumar (15 years and 273 days) and Nepal's Rohit Paudel (15 years and 335 days) follow Sharif on the list. In ODIs, Raza is followed by Bangladesh's Mohammad Sharif, who was 15 years and 116 days old when he played his maiden ODI. Tendulkar, who played his first Test when he was 16 years and 205 days old, sits at the fifth spot. Bangladesh's Mohammad Sharif (15 years and128 days) and Pakistan's Aaqib Javed (16 years and 189 days) come next to him. As mentioned, he didn't have a long international career and managed only 23 international appearances.įollowing him on the list of youngest Test debutants is Mushtaq Mohammad, who played his first Test when he was 15 years and 124 days old. He scored 11 off 14 on his ODI debut just a few days later.

Raza scored 27 off 48 in his maiden outing against Zimbabwe and didn't get a chance to bat in the second innings as Pakistan chased down the target of 67 with ease.Īlso Read: Virat Kohli in Tests, KL Rahul as ODI captain? India's likely playing XI if two teams play simultaneously The right-handed batsman made his Test debut when he was 14 years and 227 days old while he played his first ODI six days later. Pakistan's Hasan Raza, who played seven Tests and 16 ODIs between 19, holds the record of being youngest to play international cricket. So who is the youngest player to play international cricket? Check out. He was once the second youngest to play ODI cricket but he doesn't even feature in the top 10 list now. In fact, he never held that record as a few players had played Test cricket at a younger age. The youngest Indian to play international cricket, Tendulkar doesn't hold the overall record. Unlike a number of young debutants, Tendulkar had a long career and played his retirement Test match in 2013, 24 years after he made his debut. The Master Blaster scored 15921 runs in Tests and finished his ODI career with 18426 runs. Tendulkar, who made his first-class debut in 1988/89 season, made it to the Test team after his maiden first-class season and didn't have to play U-19 cricket. Sachin Tendulkar made his international cricket debut as a 16-year-old, the age when cricketers nowadays prepare for U-19 World Cup. He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century just on 37 balls, as well as scoring 32 runs in a. Shahid Afridi, best known as Boom Boom Afridi is a most famous Pakistani cricketer. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and ODI matches. Tendulkar is the first player to score a double century in ODI cricket.

A Pakistani player holds the record of being youngest to play international cricket He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket.Currently, Archer draws 870000 Euros by playing both formats for England. The West Indian-born pacer is also declared as the 40th most marketable athlete in the world. Root plays ODIs and Test, whereas Archer also plays T20Is. Archer’s figures are more than Root’s because he plays all three formats. According to certain reports, Archer gets a staggering over £1 million (₹9.39 crore) a year. Archer’s rise has also seen him earn the same amount as Root in the red-ball format. He was entrusted with the task of bowling the Super Over skipper Eoin Morgan and he didn’t disappoint as he defended 15 runs and enabled victory for England in the 2019 ODI World Cup.Īpart from that, he starred in the Ashes and delivered one of the hostile spells of fast bowling to Steve Smith.

During such a short span of time, the fast bowler has seen it all. Archer had a breakthrough season for the team in 2019-20, which paved way for inclusion in all three formats of the game. England’s star fast bowler Jofra Archer comes second on this list.
