1. Sachin Tendulkar – 16 years and 205 days
In November 1989, Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest Indian cricketer to play the Test cricket. During the Karachi Test against Pakistan in November 1989, Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut at the age of just 16 years and 205 days. In that drawn Test match, Tendulkar scored 15 runs during India’s first innings.
Later, he became the legendary cricketer. The right-handed batsman was one of the greatest batsmen in international cricket history. He achieved many records and provided many successes to the Indian national cricket team.
Sachin Tendulkar played the record number of Test and ODI matches which were 200 and 463 matches respectively. He scored 15,921 Test runs and 18,426 ODI runs which are still the records in the respective formats. Tendulkar also played one T20I where he scored ten runs.
Sachin Tendulkar was also a talented bowler who picked up 46 Test wickets, 154 ODI wickets and one T20I wicket.
In his international career, Sachin Tendulkar served for India from 1989 to 2013.