Indian players to win the Man of the Match award on Test debut

#3 Ravichandran Ashwin (2011)

Ravichandran Ashwin made his Test debut against Windies on 6 November 2011 at Delhi. He picked up a six-wicket haul in the third innings of the match. He dismissed Kieran Powell, Darren Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Marlon Samuels, Daren Sammy and Ravi Rampaul and won the Player of the Match award.

With the help of the fifties by Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, India chased the target of 276 and won the match by five wickets.

Currently ranked No.5 Test all-rounder, Ashwin has been impressive in the Test format. He has picked up 333 wickets and scored 2296 runs in 63 Tests. He won the award of ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2016.

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#4 Shikhar Dhawan (2013)

Shikhar Dhawan made his Test debut against Australia on 14 March 2013 at Mohali. He scored 187 runs which propelled the team to a total of 499 in the second innings of the match and was the Man of the Match. India chased down the target of 133 and won the game by five wickets.

Gabbar is in and out of the Test squad because of his inconsistency in the format. He is a consistent performer in the limited overs format. He was the highest scorer of Asia Cup 2018.