This article highlights the teams that have produced the most debutant centurions in T20I cricket.
Most T20I Debutant Centurions by Teams
| Team | Debut T20I Centurions | Batters with 100s |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2 | Ravinderpal Singh, Matthew Spoors |
| Namibia | 1 | Jean-Pierre Kotze |
| Serbia | 1 | Leslie Dunbar |
See the equivalent records for Tests and ODIs in our comprehensive analyses.
Key Insights on T20I Debutant Centurions by Teams
Historical Milestones and Performance Records
Canada are the only team with multiple batters with T20I centuries on their debuts.
Canada were also the first team to record a hundred by a debutant in T20I cricket.
Ravinderpal Singh was the first debutant to reach triple-digit figures in a T20I innings. He brought up a 101-run knock against the Cayman Islands in 2019.
Thus far, no batter from a full-member team has scored a century on their T20I debut.
Australia’s former captain, Ricky Ponting, was the closest full-member batter to near a hundred on debut, though he fell short by two runs. He scored an unbeaten 98 against New Zealand in what was the first-ever T20I match back in 2005.
In 2021, New Zealand became the first team to have five batters with a fifty-plus score on their T20I debuts. Canada and Namibia joined them in 2022 and 2024, respectively.
Individual Scoring and Wicketkeeping Records
Serbia’s Leslie Dunbar is the lone wicketkeeper-batter to smash a hundred on T20I debut. He smashed an unbeaten 104 against Bulgaria in 2019.
Dunbar’s unbeaten 104 remains the highest individual score by a batter in a losing cause on his T20I debut.
The overall highest individual score on T20I debut belongs to Canada’s Matthew Spoors, who smashed an unbeaten 108 against the Philippines in 2022.
Fastest Centuries on T20I Debut
Jean-Pierre Kotze, who was the second to achieve the feat, has struck the fastest T20I hundred by a debutant.
He needed 43 deliveries to bring up his maiden T20I ton for Namibia against Botswana in 2019.
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