India’s Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Yashasvi Jaiswal were named in ICC Men’s Test Team Of The Year 2024 on Friday.
International Cricket Council, the global governing body for the sport, announced the 11-member team on social media with Australian pacer Pat Cummins as its skipper.
Congratulations to the incredibly talented players named in the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2024 👏 pic.twitter.com/0ROskFZUIr
— ICC (@ICC) January 24, 2025
Jaiswal and England’s Ben Duckett were listed as the openers with former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson at number three. The middle-order comprised England’s Joe Root and Harry Brook, and Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis.
England’s Jamie Smith occupied the wicketkeeper-batter spot.
The bowling attack comprises Jadeja as the sole spinner with pacers Bumrah, Cummins and New Zealand’s Matt Henry.
Bumrah took 71 wickets in 2024 at an astonishing average of 14.92, finishing as the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket for the year. Thirty two of these scalps came in the recent Border-Gavaskar series against Australia, which India lost 1-3.
Jadeja, meanwhile, scored 527 runs in 2024 at an average of 29.27 and picked up 48 wickets at an impressive average of 24.29.
Over the calendar year, Jaiswal scored a remarkable 1,478 runs at an average of 54.74, a tally second only to Root (1,556 runs in 2024 at an average of 55.57).
(With inputs from PTI)
