Three Indian players — Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Ravichandran Ashwin are featuring in ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year. Kane Williamson has been named the captain of the team by the global body. Under Williamson, New Zealand had defeated India last year to win the World Test Championship.
Apart from three Indian cricketers, the side has a couple of players from New Zealand, three Pakistan players, one Australian, one Sri Lankan, and one player from England. Rohit Sharma came into his own as an opener in Test since he started opening in 2019. in 2021, he amassed the longest format of the game. He cracked 906 runs in the calendar year at an average of 47.68 with two centuries.
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Both of the centuries were memorable knocks in contrasting conditions against England – one at home in Chennai and the other in overcast conditions away from home at the Oval. With key assignments coming up, Rohit Sharma will be expected to play a pivotal role for India in 2022.
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Rishabh Pant further established himself as India’s first-choice wicket-keeper batter across the formats, with his continuous development especially in the longest format of the game. He scored 748 runs in 12 matches at an average of 39.36 with one memorable ton against England at Ahmedabad. He also managed to for 39 dismissals in 23 innings, with his glovework continuing to improve.
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The off-spinner R Ashwin has taken wickets at regular intervals as he managed to scalp 54 wickets in 9 matches at an average of 16.64 making a big impact in the home series against England and New Zealand. He also chipped in with 355 runs at an average of 25.35, which included a vital century against England in Chennai.
ICC Men’s Test Team of 2021: Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka), Rohit Sharma (India), Kane Williamson (c, New Zealand), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Joe Root (England), Fawad Alam (Pakistan), Rishabh Pant (India), Ravichandran Ashwin (India), Kyle Jamieson (New Zealand), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan), and Hasan Ali (Pakistan).
