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The list of players who have done wonders in Test cricket at a young age is long. Sachin Tendulkar's name is included in the list of youngest batsmen to score a century in this format but he is not on the top. This record is registered in the name of Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh.
Indian opener has had a blast in the ICC Test Championship. 24 year old Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored a total of 7 centuries in Tests. 26 year old captain Shubman Gill has scored 10 test centuries. This question often arises among the fans that who has scored a century at the youngest age in Test cricket. Let us know about the 5 batsmen who scored a Test century under the age of 20.
5) Imran Nazir: Imran Nazir, who made a place in the Pakistan cricket team at a young age, had a great start to his career. He scored 105 runs against West Indies in the year 2000. At that time his age was 18 years and 154 days. This match was played in Bridgetown.
4) Hamilton Masakadza: The next name in this list is that of Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza. He also scored a century in Test cricket against West Indies (innings of 119 runs). This happened in Harare in 2001, when Masakadza was just 17 years and 354 days old.
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3) Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin Tendulkar, considered the God of Cricket, made many records in his 24-year international career. He won the ICC World Cup in 2011 and scored 100 centuries in all formats. Sachin's first century came in 1990, when he played an unbeaten inning of 119 runs against England in Manchester at the age of just 17 years and 107 days.
2) Mushtaq Mohammad: Pakistan's Mushtaq Mohammad scored 101 runs at the age of 17 years and 78 days in the test match played against India in Delhi. Interestingly, this happened in 1961, when neither India nor Pakistan had yet won the World Cup.
1) Mohammad Ashraful: The youngest player to score a century in a Test match is Mohammad Ashraful of Bangladesh, who achieved this feat at the age of 17 years and 61 days. In 2001, Bangladesh played a test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo, in which Ashraful scored 114 runs.
