Beau Webster made a record in his debut match for Australia, only 5 players did this in 24 years
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Team India is playing a five-match Test series against Australia. In the last match of this series, both the teams made many major changes in their playing 11. India gave rest to its captain Rohit Sharma. Beau Webster has made his debut for Australia. Beau Webster has got a chance in place of Mitchell Marsh in this match. Beau Webster made a special record among all these. Only 5 players have done this against India in the last 24 years. He is the 5th oldest player to make his Test debut against India after 2000.
This player is the oldest
If we talk about the players who made their Test debut against India at the oldest age in the 21st century, the name of Mohammad Nabi is at the top in this list. Nabi made his Test debut in the year 2018 against India. At that time his age was 33 years and 214 days. Talking about Beau Webster, he made his debut against India at the age of 31 years and 33 days. Beau Webster has replaced Mitchell Marsh. Mitchell Marsh was not able to do anything special in this entire series. Due to continuous flops, it has been decided to drop him from the playing 11.
Oldest player to debut against India in Test since 2000
- 33 years 214 days – Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Bengaluru, 2018
- 32 years 282 days – Aminul Islam (Bangladesh), Dhaka, 2000
- 32 years 09 days – Akram Khan (Bangladesh), Dhaka, 2000
- 31 years 155 days – Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan), Bengaluru, 2018
- 31 years 33 days – Beau Webster (Australia), Sydney, 2024
Australia’s playing 11 against India
Sam Constas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
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