Cricket Australia (CA) has announced its Test squad for 2024. Indian national cricket team fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been named as captain of the team, which includes only two players from the Indian team.
Cricket Australia have named Yashasvi Jaiswal as the opener in their team based on the contributions he has made in Tests. The India national cricket team amassed 1478 runs at 54.74 in the 15 matches he played to go for three centuries and a best of 214. He finished the year as India’s leading run-getter in Tests.
He will be accompanied at the summit by England national cricket team opener Ben Duckett. The left-hander had another fantastic year with the bat, as in 17 matches, he hit 1149 runs at 37.06 to go with two centuries and a highest score of 153, which he slammed in India.
Joe Root, the leading Test winner in 2024, will finish third in the Australian Test Cricket Team of the Year. He slammed 1556 runs at 55.57 in the 17 matches he played to go with 6 tons with a best of 262 coming in Pakistan. Apart from this, he also took 11 wickets.
Rasheen Ravindra, Harry Brook and Kamindu Mendis make up the middle-order in this year’s Australian Test cricket team
New Zealand national cricket team player Rasheen Ravindra has been named fourth in the Test Team of the Year by Cricket Australia. The Kiwi batsman scored 984 runs at 42.78 to make two centuries, with one coming for India as he helped his team whitewash India at home.
Harry Brook and Camindu Mendis, who have also been nominated for the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award, will form the middle order in the squad. The English batsman scored 1100 runs at 55.00 to make four centuries, one of which was a triple century. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan batsman amassed 1049 runs at 74.92 to make 5 centuries.
Alex Carey was named the team’s goalkeeper for his heroics with both bat and glove. He scored 440 runs at 33.84 to go with three fifties and also made 46 dismissals, of which 42 were caught and 4 were stumped.
Jasprit Bumrah leads the team’s bowling attack, Matt Henry and Josh Hazlewood are the other players in the team.
Due to his amazing bowling, Jasprit Bumrah was appointed as the captain of the team. The India national cricket team’s premier fast bowler has picked 71 wickets in Tests in 2024, the most by any bowler of the year. He also selected five pitchers in the 13 games he played.
Jasprit Bumrah was also the captain of the India national cricket team in the Perth Test against the Australia national cricket team. Jasprit Bumrah showed amazing skills as a captain and led his team to victory in the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Matt Henry and Josh Hazlewood are the other two players in the team. They were both great with the ball and helped their teams win matches. The Kiwi picked up 48 wickets at 18.58 in 9 matches while Hazlewood took 35 wickets at 13.60 in 15 matches.
Along with the pacers, Keshav Maharaj was selected as the spinner in the team. The South Africa National Cricket Team player picked 35 wickets at 19.20 and helped his team reach the final of the ICC World Test Championship.
Australian Test Cricket Team 2024, Jasprit Bumrah to captain
Yashavi Jaiswal, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Rasheen Ravindra, Harry Brook, Kamindu Mendis, Alex Carey (WK), Matt Henry, Jasprit Bumrah (C), Josh Hazlewood, Keshav Maharaj.
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