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Mukesh Kumar has been living his dream on India's tour to West Indies as he has been impressive on his Test and ODI debuts, the pace bowler was also picked for the T20I leg and made his debut for the team in the shortest format as well.

He along with Tilak Varma was handed over the debut caps which he received from his teammate Yuzvendra Chahal ahead of the first T20I of the five-match series at Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Tarouba.

 

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On his debut, Mukesh achieved a unique feat, becoming only the second Indian player after T Natarajan. The pace bowler registered his name in the history books as he became only the second Indian player to make his Test, ODI, and T20I debuts on the same tour.

Mukesh on Thursday, became the 103rd player for India to debut in the shortest format. Earlier, Natarajan, who went to Australia as a net bowler for India in the 2020-21 Border Gavaskar Trophy made his debut in all three formats now Mukesh has done the same.

Having impressed the selectors with his performances in domestic cricket and in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, Mukesh managed to get his maiden call for the Indian team.

He went on to make his Test debut on July 20, 2023, in the second Test at Port of Spain, a game that ended in a draw after rain washed out the last two days, giving the hosts a 1-0 win in the two-match series.

After a promising outing in the red ball format, he earned his ODI debut cap on July 27 in the first game of the three-match series at Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Alongside Mukesh, Tilak Varma also made his debut for India in the T20I series opener, with young Yashasvi Jaiswal failing to get a spot in the playing XI.

Jaiswal had earlier made his Test debut on the tour as India won the red-ball series 1-0, before claiming a 2-1 comeback win in the ODI series.

 

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Considering the long five-match series, Jaiswal is also expected to make his T20I debut for the Men in Blue as skipper Hardik Pandya hinted he wanted to test the youngsters ahead of the T20 World Cup next year.