Double debutants: Know about those 7 cricketers whose first Test as captain was also the first Test of their career

7 cricketers Double debutants in Test: Do you want to know which cricketer captained his country on Test debut. At present, we have the seven most recent examples of this. Today, we are going to tell you about those cricketers who captained their country on their Test debut. Let’s know about those players.

1. Jonathan Campbell

In 2025, Zimbabwe cricket team’s regular captain Craig Ervine withdrew from the only Test against Ireland due to a family emergency. At that time, the team immediately handed over the responsibility to Jonathan Campbell.

Apart from this, his father, Alistair Campbell, also captained Zimbabwe in Test cricket. Then, on this historic day, Jonathan Campbell was also given his first Test cap. At that time, Zimbabwe Cricket also looked at his performance at the domestic level before promoting Campbell Jr. to Test captaincy.

2. Neil Brand

In 2024, the South African team toured New Zealand early in the year. They did not have many first-choice players then. At the same time, Aiden Markram and many others were playing in the SA20.

Neil Brand was then contracted for the tournament. But he could not commit to international duty then. When the tour went ahead, Brand was included in the squad and was made the captain of the team. Earlier, he had also captained South Africa A and Titans.

3. Asghar Afghan

In 2018, Afsar Zazai was the captain of Afghanistan for his first Test. But a year later, in 2019, he went to Afghanistan. He also scored a brilliant half-century in this match. Then he played his first match against the Ireland team. At that time, he captained his country to a historic Test win over Ireland.

4. William Porterfield

In 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) finally granted Test status to Ireland. Porterfield was then appointed captain of the Ireland cricket team for its first Test match in the longest format of the international game. At that time, Ireland lost the only Test played against Pakistan. In that match, Porterfield scored one and 32 runs.

5. Naimur Rehman

Bangladeshi team played its first test match in the year 2000. Since then, this team has progressed a lot. This team has defeated many teams bigger than itself. At that time, Naimur Rahman was the captain of this team. This was his first match, and Bangladesh team had to face defeat in that match. Then, the Indian team defeated them by nine wickets within four days.

6. Lee German: –

In 1999, the New Zealand team made Lee Germney the captain of their team. This was his first match. Then, this brilliant wicketkeeper batsman captained the team against India despite the presence of experienced Martin Crowe, Chris Cairns and Stephen Fleming. But then the Indian team won this match.

7. Dave Houghton

In 1992, a match was played between India and Zimbabwe. But that day, Dave Houghton was one of the 11 players from the Zimbabwe team who made their Test debut. He led his country’s team in his very first match. He scored an unbeaten 41 runs in this match. At that time, the match was a draw.

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