When he reached 87, Rahul also became the highest individual scorer on debut eclipsing Robin Uthappa's 86 against England on his ODI debut in Indore, back in 2006. Playing his first ODI, Rahul completed his coveted three-figure landmark with a huge six over deep mid-wicket off seamer Hamilton Masakadza, when there was only two runs required to win the match. Earlier, the Indian pacers made good use of the conditions to bowl out hosts Zimbabwe cheaply. The Zimbabwe innings never got going with their batsmen struggling against the Indian pace battery. Leggie Yuzvendra Chahal and batsman Karun Nair made their India debut while Lokesh Rahul was picked in an ODI eleven for the first time.

Source: Mid-Day June 11, 2016 14:30 UTC