Top ten debut innings in ODIs

9. Robin Uthappa (India – 86 vs England, Indore, April 2006)

Robin Uthappa of India

During the seventh ODI of a bilateral series between India and England, the Karnataka wicket-keeper batsman made his senior debut in excellent style. First, he took a lovely catch to dismiss a rampaging Kevin Pietersen off Yuvraj’s bowling.

Despite that, England managed a fairly competitive total of 288 for India to chase, and with no MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag or Sachin Tendulkar in the line-up, Uthappa stepped up to the plate with a powerful innings of 86 – blasting 12 fours and a massive six- as he combined with skipper Rahul Dravid to add 166 for the first wicket.

He was run-out soon after, but India coasted to victory courtesy of Yuvraj’s unbeaten 69 and Raina’s half-century, and pacer Sreesanth’s six-wicket haul. Though the ‘Walking Assassin‘ missed out on a debut hundred, his 86 still remains the highest individual score in ODIs by an Indian debutant.