India, June 28 -- Lhuan-dre Pretorius marked a memorable debut for South Africa in Test cricket, bringing up a century in the Proteas' match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. It was a record-setting century by the dynamic young South African, becoming his nation's youngest ever centurion, as well as joining the list of the youngest players to score a century on Test debut at just 19 years old.

Pretorius came in with South Africa in trouble at 23/3, Tanaka Chivanga having taken all three wickets to start off the innings. The exciting southpaw batter, who was signed up by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL as a replacement, began to counter-punch and rebuild the innings. It was his 95-run partnership with another debutant in Dewald Brevis that saw bo...