5 debutants who had a brilliant start to their career against India
Over the years, a plethora of cricketers have displayed the very first glimpse of their precocious talent against India.
3. Ajanta Mendis- 2008
Before the emergence of Rashid Khan, Kuldeep Yadav emerged on the scene, there was a certain Ajanta Mendis, who bamboozled batsmen around the world with his ‘mysterious’ leg-spin.
And, no one knows it better than India. Mendis made his debut during the 2008 Asia Cup where he turned heads by claiming 15 wickets in three games which also includes his career-best figures of 6-13 in the final against the famed Indian batting-unit.
But, as India found out, that was just a trailer. Mendis would soon make his Test debut in the home series against the Men in Blue where he would go on and bamboozle every Indian batsman barring Virender Sehwag.
Mendis claimed 8-132 in his debut Test and went on to overhaul 26 Indian wickets (average 18.38) across the three Tests, shellacking several records including Alec Bedser’s world record for most dismissals by a bowler in his maiden series.
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