New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Brian Bennett started his Test captaincy debut in style as the 22-year-old slammed a hundred to put Zimbabwe on top on day 2 of the first Test against Afghanistan on Friday, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Bennett was named as the captain of Zimbabwe after Richard Ngarva was ruled out of the ongoing two-match Test series against Afghanistan.

With an overnight score of 71 (128), Bennett started the second day from where he had left. The right-hander needed another 50 deliveries on Friday morning to reach his milestone with a boundary off Ziaur Rahman Sharifi in the 104th over. It was his third Test hundred for Zimbabwe.

At 22 years and 360 days, Bennett also became the second-youngest Zimbabwe captain to score a Test...