Nazmul Hossain, who made his Test debut against India in Chittagong Test yesterday, got his name entered into record books for a rather unusual reason.
Nazmul did not have any experience of first-class cricket and he played Test match straightaway - like a student doing his graduation without completing his primary education !
Nazmul thus joined the selected band of cricketers who made their first-class and Test debut in the same match.Nazmul's feat was highlighted in a number of websites and newspapers,but none gave the correct figure of cricketers,who have this peculiar record on their name.Some claimed that Nazmul was fifth player in Test history to do so, while some claimed him to be the fifth from Bangladesh.None of these claims were correct.
Nazmul is the 33rd player to have made his first-class and Test debut in the same match. The lion share of this list is held by South Africa with 21 such players, followed by 5 from England,two each from Australia and Bangladesh and one each from New Zealand, Pakistan and Zimbabwe.
Australia's JR Hodges & TK Kendell were the first two players to do so and they did in the very first Test itself.
Nazmul emulated Mashrafe Mortaza,who holds the record of making most Test appearances in this elite list.
Nazmul is the third player to make his f-c and Test debut in the same match against India. The other two are New Zealander Graham Vivian (at Calcutta in 1964-65) and Zimbabwean Ujesh Ranchod (at Delhi in 1992-93).
