5 highest scores by Indian batsmen on ODI debut

2) Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa may not have been a regular in the Indian limited-overs set-up but he did have the pleasure of breaking Brijesh Patel’s record for highest score by an Indian ODI debut. It was the seventh ODI of the series against England in 2006, which India had already won 4-1 and Uthappa was given his ODI debut under Rahul Dravid.

Uthappa was also given the opportunity to open the batting with Rahul Dravid as India were set 289 to chase. And thanks to fifties from both openers, India went on to win the game in the final over and it was the Karnataka batsman’s 86 that gave him the record.

His innings included 12 boundaries and a six and helped set the platform for the middle-order. However, despite a promising start, he only played 45 more ODIs in the decade since and hasn’t even managed 1000 runs in the format.