Keaton Jennings on Thursday became the first English batsman to score a century in his debut innings in India when he reached his hundred against India on the first day of the fourth Test at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He is also the first English cricketer to score a century against India (home or away) in his debut innings.
Century in debut innings:
Jennings is the 19th English batsman to have scored a century in his debut match. The last English batsman to have scored a century in debut innings is Matt Prior when he hit 126 against West Indies at Lord's in 2007.
Jennings is the 19th batsman to have scored a century in his debut match. The list includes WG Grace, KS Ranjitshinji, Nawab of Pataudi Sr., Jonathan Trott, Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Graham Thrope, Peter May, etc.
Century on career debut:
He became the latest South African-born English cricketer to score a ton on their international Test debut. Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior both made centuries in their first outings while Jonathan Trott reached three figures in the second innings of his Test debut.
Jennings, whose mother is English, moved to England in 2011 after leaving school, committing himself to four years there so he could become eligible to play for the national side.
Jennings, whose father Ray played for South Africa during the apartheid era and is a former Proteas coaach, decided to switch allegiance to further his career in a similar move to Kevin Pietersen in the early 2000s. Players who were born abroad are eligible to play for England after spending four years in English county cricket, a policy that has attracted controversy in some quarters.
Jennings's father, Ray, was also the coach of Indian Premier League (IPL) side — Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
(With inputs from agencies)
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