'Boxing Day Test' :Mayank Agarwal marks highest score as Indian Test debutant in Australia
'Boxing Day Test' :Mayank Agarwal marks highest score as Indian Test debutant in Australia
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Indian opener Mayank Agarwal on Wednesday became the country's highest run-scorer on Test debut in Australia, when he made 76 runs on day one of the ongoing  Third  test match which is known as 'Boxing Day Test'.

Agarwal hit eight boundaries and a six during his 161 ball knock. He registered a dominant performance in opposition to a frightening bowling attack, in spite of the early dismissal of fellow opener Hanuma Vihari.

Unfortunately the 27-year-old cricketer seemed all set to keep count a century on debut, but was out in an ill-fated manner by a Pat Cummins delivery.

Agarwal attempted to settle a short, fiery delivery heading down the leg-side but he was unsuccessful to generate any proper contact,  and consequentially slight edge to wicketkeeper Tim Paine who made no slip-up.

It is noted that the cricketer surpassed Dattu Phadkar, who had earlier held the record having scored 51 runs on his debut in Sydney in opposition to an Australian side comprising of none other than renowned batsman Don Bradman.

Agarwal who is famous as  domestic run machine, holds the record of scoring the most runs in a domestic season across all formats of the game. During the 2017/18 season he scored 2162 runs in 32 innings, averaging 67.56 runs per innings.

 

 

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