ICC Announces 'Test Team of the Year' for 2024, With Pat Cummins being as Captain
ICC has announced its best eleven team for the best performance in Tests in the year 2024. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma could not make it to this team. The eleven comprising 3 Indian players including Jasprit Bumrah includes 4 players from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from Australia and Sri Lanka.
ICC Men's Test Team of Year 2024: ICC has announced the best playing XI for the Test of the year 2024. 3 players from India have got a place in this team, while Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma are out of ICC's XI. England has the maximum of 4 players in this team while New Zealand has two players. One player each from Australia and Sri Lanka is included. India's young player Yashasvi Jaiswal has been selected as an opener along with Ben Duckett. Ravindra Jadeja is included in the team as a spin all-rounder. While fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been made the leader of the pace attack. Australia's Pat Cummins has been appointed as the captain of the team. The team also has great batsmen in the form of Joe Root and Kane Williamson.
The maximum number of 4 players from England are included in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year 2024. These include Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith and Joe Root. Two players from New Zealand, Kane Williamson and Matt Henry, have got a place. At the same time, captain Pat Cummins is the only Australian. Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis has also managed to make a place in this team, which is the biggest surprise.
Jasprit Bumrah took the most wickets in Test cricket in the year 2024. Bumrah took 71 wickets in 13 Test matches in the year 2024 at an average of 14.92. Bumrah was the highest wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 with 32 wickets. The year 2024 was also very good for Yashasvi Jaiswal. Yashasvi scored 1478 runs in 15 Test matches at an average of 54.74. During this, 3 centuries and 9 half-centuries came from his bat.
Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja also performed brilliantly in Test cricket last year. Jadeja scored 984 runs in 12 Test matches at an average of 42.78, which included two centuries and four half-centuries. Talking about bowling, Jadeja took 48 wickets in Tests last year at an average of 24.29.
ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2025: Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), Ben Duckett (England), Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Joe Root (England), Harry Brook (England), Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka), Jamie Smith (WK) (England), Ravindra Jadeja (India), Pat Cummins (C) (Australia), Matt Henry (New Zealand) Jasprit Bumrah (India).
