Youngest international debutants: List of youngest players to play maiden international matches in Test, ODI and T20I format

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KEY TAKEAWAYS:​

• Sachin Tendulkar remains India's youngest debutant in both Tests and ODIs.
• Washington Sundar is India's youngest T20I debutant, a record Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could break against Ireland.
• Pakistan's Hasan Raza is the youngest debutant in both Test and ODI cricket among full-member nations.

List of youngest players to play maiden international matches in Test, ODI, and T20I formats​

Cricket has always been drawn to the romance of youth breaking through, and few moments capture it more vividly than a teenager walking out to make his international debut.

The arrival of a prodigy on the big stage carries the promise of future greatness, and selectors have increasingly been willing to fast-track such talents.

That conversation has fresh relevance in India, with 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi poised to make his international bow against Ireland on June 26. Should he take the field at Stormont, he would become India's youngest international debutant in any format by a significant margin, eclipsing Washington Sundar's existing mark.

Here, we look at the youngest debutants for India across all three formats, alongside the youngest among full-member nations in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.

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Youngest Test debutants among full-member nations​

Pakistan's Hasan Raza is the youngest Test debutant in history, taking the field against Zimbabwe in 1996 at 14 years and 227 days, though his age has long been disputed. Pakistan dominates the list, with Tendulkar the lone Indian in the top five.

Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Date
Hasan Raza	14y 227d	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Oct 24, 1996
Mushtaq Mohammad	15y 124d	Pakistan	West Indies	Mar 26, 1959
Mohammad Sharif	15y 128d	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Apr 19, 2001
Aaqib Javed	16y 189d	Pakistan	New Zealand	Feb 10, 1989
SR Tendulkar	16y 205d	India	Pakistan	Nov 15, 1989

Youngest ODI debutants among full-member nations​

Hasan Raza again leads the way in the 50-over format, debuting at 14 years and 233 days. Bangladesh's Mohammad Sharif and Tendulkar are the other notable names from the Test-playing nations near the top of the list.

Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Date
Hasan Raza	14y 233d	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Oct 30, 1996
Mohammad Sharif	15y 116d	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Apr 7, 2001
Aaqib Javed	16y 127d	Pakistan	West Indies	Dec 10, 1988
Shahid Afridi	16y 215d	Pakistan	Kenya	Oct 2, 1996
SR Tendulkar	16y 238d	India	Pakistan	Dec 18, 1989

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Youngest T20I debutants among full-member nations​

Ireland's Joshua Little is the youngest T20I debutant from a full-member nation, having made his bow at 16 years and 309 days in 2016. Pakistan's Mohammad Amir has held his country's record since 2009, the longest-standing among the Test nations.

Player	Age	Team	Opposition	Date
Joshua Little	16y 309d	Ireland	Hong Kong	Sep 5, 2016
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	16y 314d	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe	Feb 5, 2018
Mohammad Amir	17y 55d	Pakistan	England	Jun 7, 2009
Afif Hossain	18y 146d	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Feb 15, 2018
Kwena Maphaka	18y 137d	South Africa	West Indies	Aug 23, 2024

If Sooryavanshi debuts at 15 against Ireland, he would comfortably become the youngest T20I debutant from any full-member nation, taking a record currently held by the same opposition he is set to face.

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Youngest Indian debutants in each format​

Sachin Tendulkar's name dominates India's youngest-debutant records, holding the mark in both Tests and ODIs after his iconic emergence in 1989 at just 16. Washington Sundar is the youngest in the T20I format, a record now under serious threat.

Format	Player	Age	Opposition	Date
Test	SR Tendulkar	16y 205d	Pakistan	Nov 15, 1989
ODI	SR Tendulkar	16y 238d	Pakistan	Dec 18, 1989
T20I	Washington Sundar	18y 80d	Sri Lanka	Dec 24, 2017

Sooryavanshi, at 15, would shatter Sundar's T20I record. He already holds the distinction of being the youngest player in all T20 cricket, having debuted for Bihar in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2024 at age 13 years and 241 days.

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