India’s left-handed opener, Shikhar Dhawan started the one-off historic Test match against Afghanistan in Bengaluru on June 14 by creating a record as he became the first Indian player to score a century before lunch on 1st day of the test match.
With this, Dhawan became the sixth batsman in Test history to score a century before lunch after Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman, Majid Khan and David Warner.
Here are the stats:
| NAME | RUNS | MATCH | YEAR |
| V Trumper | 103* | Aus v Eng | 1902 |
| C Macartney | 112* | Aus v Eng | 1926 |
| D Bradman | 105* | Aus v Eng | 1930 |
| Majid Khan | 108* | Pak v NZ | 1976-77 |
| David Warner | 100* | Aus v Pak | 2016-17 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 100* | Ind v Afg | 2018 |
Moreover, Dhawan is now the second Indian to score most runs (104) before lunch on any day of a Test after Hardik Pandya’s 108 runs against Sri Lanka in Pallekele last year.
Shikhar Dhawan (PIC Twitter)
Dhawan came to open the innings for India with Murali Vijay after India’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bat first.
Earlier, Afghanistan became the 12th nation to play Test cricket.
The big day has finally arrived and Afghanistan is all set to face India in the #HistoricTest match at Bengaluru#INDvsAFG #AFGvIND #PhenomenalRise pic.twitter.com/7fCjS4xv7S
— Afghan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) June 13, 2018
Teams:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Lokesh Rahul, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Afsar Zazai(w), Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar.
