The first T20I cap was presented to Ajit Agarkar on 1st December 2006, playing against South Africa at Johannesburg. The young bowling all-rounder made his debut, and India gave a spectacular performance in that match as, batting first, South Africa scored 126 runs with a loss of 9 wickets.
The 28-year-old Ajit Agarkar, in that match, took 2 crucial wickets of AB de Villiers and Herschelle Gibbs in the 15 deliveries he bowled in that match. Later, India chased the total and won by 6 wickets, and Dinesh Karthik, with his 31 not-out runs, was named Player of the Match.
Yash Thakur recently made his debut on 25th July 2026 at the Harare Sports Club in the 2nd T20 International match of the India tour to Zimbabwe 2026, as the 124th cap for India.
India Men’s T20I Debut Caps: Full Debutants List (2006–2026)
- Ajit Agarkar – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- MS Dhoni – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Harbhajan Singh – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Dinesh Karthik – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Zaheer Khan – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Dinesh Mongia – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Irfan Pathan – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Suresh Raina – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Virender Sehwag – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- S. Sreesanth – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Sachin Tendulkar – 2006 – Johannesburg – vs South Africa
- Gautam Gambhir – 2007 – Durban – vs Scotland
- RP Singh – 2007 – Durban – vs Scotland
- Robin Uthappa – 2007 – Durban – vs Scotland
- Yuvraj Singh – 2007 – Durban – vs Scotland
- Joginder Sharma – 2007 – Durban – vs England
- Rohit Sharma – 2007 – Durban – vs England
- Yusuf Pathan – 2007 – Johannesburg – vs Pakistan
- Murali Kartik – 2008 – Brabourne – vs Australia
- Praveen Kumar – 2008 – Melbourne – vs Australia
- Ishant Sharma – 2008 – Melbourne – vs Australia
- Ravindra Jadeja – 2009 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Pragyan Ojha – 2009 – Nottingham – vs Bangladesh
- Ashok Dinda – 2009 – Nagpur – vs Sri Lanka
- Ashish Nehra – 2009 – Nagpur – vs Sri Lanka
- Sudeep Tyagi – 2009 – Mohali – vs Sri Lanka
- Murali Vijay – 2010 – Gros Islet – vs Afghanistan
- Piyush Chawla – 2010 – Gros Islet – vs South Africa
- Vinay Kumar – 2010 – Gros Islet – vs Sri Lanka
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 2010 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Virat Kohli – 2010 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Naman Ojha – 2010 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Amit Mishra – 2010 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Munaf Patel – 2010 – Durban – vs South Africa
- Subramaniam Badrinath – 2011 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
- Shikhar Dhawan – 2011 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
- Parthiv Patel – 2011 – Port of Spain – vs West Indies
- Rahul Dravid – 2011 – Manchester – vs England
- Ajinkya Rahane – 2011 – Manchester – vs England
- Manoj Tiwari – 2011 – Eden Gardens – vs England
- Rahul Sharma – 2012 – Sydney – vs Australia
- Umesh Yadav – 2012 – Pallekele – vs Sri Lanka
- Lakshmipathy Balaji – 2012 – Chennai – vs New Zealand
- Parvinder Awana – 2012 – Pune – vs England
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 2012 – Bengaluru – vs Pakistan
- Mohammed Shami – 2014 – Mirpur – vs Pakistan
- Mohit Sharma – 2014 – Mirpur – vs Australia
- Ambati Rayudu – 2014 – Birmingham – vs England
- Karn Sharma – 2014 – Birmingham – vs England
- Stuart Binny – 2015 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Kedar Jadhav – 2015 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Manish Pandey – 2015 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Axar Patel – 2015 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Sandeep Sharma – 2015 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Sanju Samson – 2015 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Sreenath Aravind – 2015 – Dharamsala – vs South Africa
- Jasprit Bumrah – 2016 – Adelaide – vs Australia
- Hardik Pandya – 2016 – Adelaide – vs Australia
- Pawan Negi – 2016 – Mirpur – vs U.A.E.
- Yuzvendra Chahal – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Rishi Dhawan – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Mandeep Singh – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- KL Rahul – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Jaydev Unadkat – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Dhawal Kulkarni – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Barinder Sran – 2016 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Parvez Rasool – 2017 – Kanpur – vs England
- Rishabh Pant – 2017 – Bengaluru – vs England
- Kuldeep Yadav – 2017 – Kingston – vs West Indies
- Shreyas Iyer – 2017 – Delhi – vs New Zealand
- Mohammed Siraj – 2017 – Rajkot – vs New Zealand
- Washington Sundar – 2017 – Wankhede – vs Sri Lanka
- Shardul Thakur – 2018 – Centurion – vs South Africa
- Vijay Shankar – 2018 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Siddarth Kaul – 2018 – Dublin (Malahide) – vs Ireland
- Deepak Chahar – 2018 – Bristol – vs England
- Khaleel Ahmed – 2018 – Eden Gardens – vs West Indies
- Krunal Pandya – 2018 – Eden Gardens – vs West Indies
- Mayank Markande – 2019 – Visakhapatnam – vs Australia
- Navdeep Saini – 2019 – Lauderhill – vs West Indies
- Rahul Chahar – 2019 – Providence – vs West Indies
- Shivam Dube – 2019 – Delhi – vs Bangladesh
- T Natarajan – 2020 – Canberra – vs Australia
- Ishan Kishan – 2021 – Ahmedabad – vs England
- Suryakumar Yadav – 2021 – Ahmedabad – vs England
- Prithvi Shaw – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Varun Chakravarthy – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Ruturaj Gaikwad – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Devdutt Padikkal – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Nitish Rana – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Chetan Sakariya – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Sandeep Warrier – 2021 – Colombo (RPS) – vs Sri Lanka
- Venkatesh Iyer – 2021 – Jaipur – vs New Zealand
- Harshal Patel – 2021 – Ranchi – vs New Zealand
- Ravi Bishnoi – 2022 – Eden Gardens – vs West Indies
- Avesh Khan – 2022 – Eden Gardens – vs West Indies
- Deepak Hooda – 2022 – Lucknow – vs Sri Lanka
- Umran Malik – 2022 – Dublin (Malahide) – vs Ireland
- Arshdeep Singh – 2022 – Southampton – vs England
- Shivam Mavi – 2023 – Wankhede – vs Sri Lanka
- Shubman Gill – 2023 – Wankhede – vs Sri Lanka
- Rahul Tripathi – 2023 – Pune – vs Sri Lanka
- Mukesh Kumar – 2023 – Tarouba – vs West Indies
- Tilak Varma – 2023 – Tarouba – vs West Indies
- Yashasvi Jaiswal – 2023 – Providence – vs West Indies
- Prasidh Krishna – 2023 – Dublin (Malahide) – vs Ireland
- Rinku Singh – 2023 – Dublin (Malahide) – vs Ireland
- Sai Kishore – 2023 – Hangzhou – vs Nepal
- Jitesh Sharma – 2023 – Hangzhou – vs Nepal
- Shahbaz Ahmed – 2023 – Hangzhou – vs Bangladesh
- Abhishek Sharma – 2024 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Dhruv Jurel – 2024 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Riyan Parag – 2024 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Sai Sudharsan – 2024 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Tushar Deshpande – 2024 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Nitish Kumar Reddy – 2024 – Gwalior – vs Bangladesh
- Mayank Yadav – 2024 – Gwalior – vs Bangladesh
- Ramandeep Singh – 2024 – Centurion – vs South Africa
- Harshit Rana – 2025 – Pune – vs England
- Prince Yadav – 2026 – Belfast – vs Ireland
- Suryansh Shedge – 2026 – Belfast – vs Ireland
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi – 2026 – Manchester – vs England
- Ashok Sharma – 2026 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
- Yash Thakur – 2026 – Harare – vs Zimbabwe
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