KR Mayers of West Indies scored 210 not on his test debut against Bangladesh at Chattogram in the just concluded test and earned the distinction of becoming the sixth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a double century on test debut.

He became the second West Indies batsman to perform such a feat after LG Rowe. LG Rowe had scored 214 against New Zealand at Kingston in Feb 1972.

KR Mayers became the first batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a double century on test debut in the fourth innings of a test.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	RE Foster	287	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1903
2	LG Rowe	214	1	Win	NZl	Kingston	Feb 1972
3	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	Srl	NZl	Col-CCC	Apr 1987
4	MS Sinclair	214	1	NZl	Win	Wellington	Dec 1999
5	JA Rudolph	222*	2	SAF	Ban	Chattogram	Apr 2003
6	KR Mayers	210*	4	Win	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 2021

KR Mayers became the eighth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century on test debut in the fourth innings of a test.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	AA Baig	112	4	Ind	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1959
2	FC Hayes	106*	4	Eng	Win	The Oval	Jul 1973
3	L Baichan	105*	4	Win	Pak	Lahore	Feb 1975
4	Mohd Wasim	109*	4	Pak	NZl	Lahore	Nov 1996
5	Yasir Hameed	105	4	Pak	Ban	Karachi	Aug 2003
6	DR Smith	105*	4	Win	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2004
7	F du Plessis	110*	4	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	Nov 2012
8	KR Mayers	210*	4	Win	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 2021

KR Mayers’ 210 not out represents the highest score by a debutant in the fourth innings of a test match. The previous best was Abbas Ali Baig’s 112 in the test between India and England at Manchester in Jul 1959

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	KR Mayers	210*	4	Win	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 2021
2	AA Baig	112	4	Ind	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1959

KR Mayers became the third West Indies batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century on test debut in the fourth innings of a test.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	L Baichan	105*	4	Win	Pak	Lahore	Feb 1975
2	DR Smith	105*	4	Win	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2004
3	KR Mayers	210*	4	Win	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 2021

It is interesting to note that all these three West Indies batsmen have scored centuries on their test debut in the fourth innings of a test on away soil

KR Mayers became the sixth batman in the annals of test cricket to score double century in the fourth innings of a test. The following table lists all these six batsmen.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Year
1	GA Headley	223	4	Win	Eng	Kingston	Apr 1930
2	WJ Edrich	219	4	Eng	SAF	Durban	Mar 1939
3	SM Gavaskar	221	4	Ind	Eng	The Oval	Aug 1979
4	CG Greenidge	214*	4	Win	Eng	Lord’s	Jun 1984
5	NJ Astle	222	4	NZl	Eng	Christchurch	Mar 2002
6	KR Mayers	210*	4	Win	Ban	Chattogram	Feb 2021