India vs West Indies Tests 2018: India Win 2-0 — Prithvi Shaw 134 on Debut (Youngest Indian Debut Centurion), Jadeja Maiden Test Century, Kuldeep 5/57, Umesh 10/133 at Hyderabad

India won the two-match Test series against West Indies in October 2018 by 2-0; both Tests were completed inside three days. Prithvi Shaw was Player of the Series with 237 runs. 1st Test SCA Stadium, Rajkot (Oct 4-6): India won by innings and 272 runs — IND 649/9d; WI 181 & 196. Prithvi Shaw scored 134 on debut (154 balls, 19 fours) — his century reached in 99 balls. He became the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut at 18 years and 329 days. He shared a 206-run 2nd-wicket partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara. Virat Kohli scored 139; Rishabh Pant scored 92; Ravindra Jadeja scored 100* — his maiden Test century. West Indies were dismissed for 181 and 196 following on. Kuldeep Yadav took 5/57 in West Indies' 2nd innings — his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests. Ashwin took 4/37 in West Indies' 1st innings. Player of the Match: Shaw. 2nd Test Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad (Oct 12-14): India won by 10 wickets — WI 311 & 127; IND 367 & 75/0. Roston Chase scored 106 (West Indies' sole century of the series); Jason Holder took 5/56 in India's 1st innings. For India: Pant scored 92, Rahane scored 80, Shaw scored a rapid 70 off 53 balls. Umesh Yadav took 6/88 in West Indies' 1st innings and 4/45 in the 2nd — match figures of 10/133 — his maiden 10-wicket match haul in Tests and only the third instance of an Indian fast bowler taking 10 wickets in a home Test. Jadeja took 3/12 in West Indies' 2nd innings. Shaw (33*) and KL Rahul (33*) knocked off the 72-run target without loss. Player of the Match: Umesh. India recorded their 100th home Test victory during this series.

Prithvi Shaw's Debut Century: Youngest Indian to Score a Hundred on Debut

Prithvi Shaw's 134 on Test debut at Rajkot — his century reached in 99 balls, scoring at a strike rate above 87 throughout — was one of the most striking debut innings in Indian cricket history. At 18 years and 329 days, Shaw became the youngest Indian to score a century in their debut Test innings, surpassing the record previously held by Sachin Tendulkar. His innings was characterised by clean, decisive stroke-play, particularly through the off side, and was accompanied by a 206-run 2nd-wicket stand with Cheteshwar Pujara (who batted in typical fashion as Shaw attacked) — a partnership that became the foundation of India's 649/9 declared. West Indies were then dismissed for 181 and 196 following on, losing by an innings and 272 runs — India's heaviest innings win against West Indies in Tests at that time. Shaw followed his debut 134 with a rapid 70 from 53 balls at Hyderabad, accumulating 237 series runs to take Player of the Series.

Jadeja 100* and Kuldeep 5/57: Individual Milestones at Rajkot

Ravindra Jadeja's 100* at Rajkot — his maiden Test century, coming in the same innings as Shaw's debut hundred and Kohli's 139 — was a landmark in a career where his batting had always been seen as a secondary skill to his spin bowling. Coming in at No. 7 in India's 649/9d, Jadeja's century demonstrated the depth of India's batting order and allowed the declaration to be pushed to a total that West Indies had no realistic answer to. Kuldeep Yadav's 5/57 in West Indies' 2nd innings (when the tourists were following on) was his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket, adding to a period in which the left-arm wrist-spinner was establishing himself as a potent force in India's varied spin attack alongside Ashwin and Jadeja. The Rajkot Test featured three Indians scoring significant contributions with the bat (Shaw 134, Kohli 139, Jadeja 100*) and two Indians taking five-wicket hauls (Ashwin 4/37 in WI's 1st and Kuldeep 5/57 in WI's 2nd).