Bangladesh’s Nayeem Hasan becomes the youngest ever player to take five wickets on debut

Teenage off-spinner Nayeem Hasan became the youngest ever player to take five wickets on debut as Bangladesh bowled out the West Indies for 246 in the first Test in reply to the hosts' 324.

Teenage off-spinner Nayeem Hasan became the youngest ever player to take five wickets on debut as Bangladesh bowled out the West Indies for 246 in the first Test in reply to the hosts’ 324.

Nayeem, who was 17 years 355 days old at the start of the game, finished with 5-61, helping the home side take a 78-run first innings lead.

List of youngest player to take five-wicket haul on debut:

Player	Team	Opposition	Age	Figures
Nayeem Hasan	Bangladesh	West Indies	17y 355d	5/61
Pat Cummins	Australia	South Africa	18y 193d	6/79
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	Australia	18y 235d	5/52
Shahid Nazir	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	18y 318d	5/53
Mehdy Hasan	Bangladesh	England	18y 361d	6/80
Narendra Hirwani	India	West Indies	19y 85d	8/75
Narendra Hirwani	India	West Indies	19y 85d	8/61
Tim Southee	New Zealand	England	19y 102d	5/55

Skipper Shakib Al Hasan was the other successful bowler for the home side in Chittagong with 3-43. Shimron Hetmyer and Shane Dowrich both scored 63 runs for West Indies.