Pant's 2nd ball six on debut is India's first in 525 Tests

The 20-year-old was batting on 22 when stumps were called on Day 1 and his primary job on Sunday will be to bat along with Ashwin and the tailenders to get India close to the 400-run mark. The visitors are at 307 for six.

Pant, who got off the mark in his second ball, also became the joint quickest to open his account in Test cricket with a six. New Zealand’s Mark Craig is the only cricketer to hit a first-ball six on Test debut in 2014.