It's been an exciting summer of Test cricket Australiawith more to come as a culmination of what is ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Arrives in Sydney. And in the middle of that, Cricket Australia It has now been named the 2024 Test Team of the Year with a significant representation from cricketers outside Australia.
Players from six countries have been named in the 2024 Australian cricket team
Cricket Australia has given a place to cricketers from 6 cricket playing countries including England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India And Australia. Interestingly, England have had the most spots with three English players Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Harry Brock He appears in Cricket Australia's featured lineup.
Sri Lanka and South Africa each get one appearance as a middle-order mix Camindo Mendes And the sensation revolves Keshav Maharaj From the two countries respectively. Wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey And a pacemaker Josh Hazlewood They are the two Australians who earned a place in the team.
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Two Indian stars feature in the XI Test
The two Indians who feature in Cricket Australia's XI open the batting Yashavi Jaiswal And a pacemaker Jasprit Bumrah. In addition, Bumrah has also been appointed as the team captain. The 31-year-old captained the Indian team in the first Test match of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Perth Which India won by 295 runs.
Jaiswal was the highlight of the match, playing a knock of 161 in the second innings. Australia have come back since that Test match in the series and won the day-night showdown in Adelaide and the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, but Jaiswal and Bumrah have consistently troubled the Australians in the series.
Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker of the series with 30 wickets to his name and a best bowling figure of 6/76. On the other hand, Jaiswal is the second highest run-scorer in the series Travis Head. The youngster has scored a total of 359 runs in the series so far with a batting average of 51.28.
Australian Test Cricket Team 2024
Speculators: Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), Ben Duckett (England), Joe Root (England), Rasheen Ravindra (New Zealand), Harry Brook (England), Kamindu Mendis (SL)
Wicket keeper: Alex Carey (Australia)
shooters: Matt Henry (New Zealand), Josh Hazlewood (Australia), Jasprit Bumrah (India), Keshav Maharaj (SA).
