Five youngest debutants in Indian cricket:

1. Sachin Tendulkar – aged 16 years and 238 days against Pakistan in 1989
2. Parthiv Patel – aged 17 years and 153 days against England in 2002
3. Laxmi Shukla – aged 17 years and 237 days against Sri Lanka in 1999
4. Maninder Singh – aged 17 years and 257 days against Pakistan in 1982
5. Ravi Shastri – aged 18 years and 229 days against New Zealand in 1981

It’s worth noting that there have been other cricketers who made their debut at a young age for India, but these are the five youngest on record.