Which cricketer made his Test debut in Karachi at the age of 16?

Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan at the National Stadium, Karachi. He was 16 years and 205 days old, which made him India's youngest Test cricketer.

His debut Test:

• He scored 15 runs before being bowled by Waqar Younis, who was also making his Test debut in the same match.
• Later in the same series, at Sialkot, he was hit on the nose by a bouncer from Waqar Younis but continued batting, showing his courage.
• The debut series was drawn 0-0 (four Tests).

Sachin Tendulkar's career:

• He played 200 Test matches (a world record), scoring 15,921 runs, with 51 centuries.
• He played 463 ODIs, scoring 18,426 runs, with 49 centuries.
• He is the only player to have scored 100 international centuries.
• He scored the first double century in men's ODIs (200 not out vs South Africa at Gwalior, 2010).
• He was part of India's 2011 World Cup-winning team.
• He retired from international cricket in November 2013 after his 200th Test, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
• In 2014, he became the first sportsperson and the youngest person to receive the Bharat Ratna.
• He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2019.
• Nicknames: "Master Blaster" and "Little Master".

Other young Indian debutants:

• Parthiv Patel: India's youngest Test wicketkeeper, debuting in 2002 at the age of 17 years and 152 days.
• Piyush Chawla: debuted in Tests in 2006 at the age of 17.
• The youngest Test cricketer overall was Hasan Raza of Pakistan (said to be about 14 years and 227 days old in 1996), though his exact age has been disputed.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Kapil Dev made his Test debut in 1978 at Faisalabad, at the age of 19.
• ✗Parthiv Patel made his Test debut at 17, in England in 2002.
• ✗Piyush Chawla made his Test debut at 17, in 2006 at Mohali.