19-Year-Old Rajasthan Royals Prodigy Confirms Status As Brightest Young Star With Fastest 150 On Test Debut

A century on Test Debut! Aren’t those the kind of dreams a kid goes to bed with? Well, we don’t know about the dreams of many others, but Lhuan Dre Pretorius has just fulfilled his! The 19-year-old Rajasthan Royals youngster has penned his name in the history books, becoming the youngest South African to get to the three-digit score on Test debut. The record was previously held by Greame Pollock, which had stood aloft for 61 years.

Lhuan-dre Pretorius went on to compile the fastest 150 by a Test debutant as he finished on 153 off 160 balls to lift the team from a precarious 23/3 on his maiden game in whites for the Proteas.

Keshav Maharaj opted to bat first in the Test against Zimbabwe at Bulayawo. The debutant came in to bat when the ball was doing all sorts of things and the score was 23/3.

The young sensation smashed a six on the third ball he faced, making his intentions clear. Within no time, the Zimbabweans knew that bad deliveries will be put to the boundary. The teen sensation brought up a sublime century, not only getting his name in history books, but also resurrecting the Proteas’ total after an early collapse had shattered them.

Numbers Game For the Rajasthan Royals Sensation

The class of player can’t be hidden for too long. Even when the player is not in form, or when he’s yet to make his debut. Lhuan dre Pretorius has been milking runs in the List A and First-class cricket, before making his debut for the Proteas. In 14 List A matches so far, the young prodigy has amassed 577 runs at an average of 44.38, with two hundreds and three fifties.

Pretorius’ First-class stats take him to another level. In seven appearances so far, the batter has managed 485 runs at an average of 60.62. And it doesn’t stop here. In those seven games, he’s went on to score three hundreds and a fifty with a top score of 120 which came in his debut game in 2024. Maybe the youngster has a habit of performing on debut!

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Lhuan-dre Pretorius: Records Broken on Test Debut

• Youngest South African to score a century on debut in any format
  At just 19 years and 93 days, Pretorius became the youngest South African male cricketer to score a century on debut across formats. No other South African had reached even a fifty at a younger age in international cricket.
• Youngest player in Test history to score 150
  Pretorius’ 153 eclipsed the previous record held by Javed Miandad (163 at 19y 119d in 1976) to become the youngest batter to score 150 in Test cricket.
• Fastest 150 by a South African in Tests (157 balls)
  He reached 150 in just 157 balls, breaking AB de Villiers’ 162-ball 150 against Australia in 2012. Among debutants in Test history, only Shikhar Dhawan was faster (131 balls).
• Youngest South African to score a century on Test debut
  Pretorius is the youngest of seven South Africans to achieve this feat, surpassing legends like Jacques Rudolph and Temba Bavuma.
• Only the 4th player to score centuries on both Test and first-class debut
  After scoring 120 on his first-class debut last December, Pretorius joined an elite club alongside Gundappa Viswanath, Dirk Wellham, and Prithvi Shaw.
• Fastest Test hundred on debut for South Africa (112 balls)
  No South African has scored a century faster on debut than Pretorius, underscoring his aggressive style and composure under pressure.

Lhuan Dre Pretorius might go on to achieve some great feats for the Proteas, if he continues in the direction he’s started in. Above everything, his technique speaks of a terrific talent who is able to take the attack to the opposition at will.

The South Africans will surely be watching him from close quarters, even after the return of players like Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma. One for the future, certainly!

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