Names of four players including Jasprit Bumrah declared in the shortlist

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the shortlist of four players for the Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year 2024 award. In this list, along with two players from England, one player each from India and Sri Lanka has been included. India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been nominated for this prestigious award.

Jasprit Bumrah: India’s killer bowler

In 2024, Jasprit Bumrah impressed everyone with his lethal bowling.

• Test Performance:
  • Match: 13.
  • Wickets: 71.
  • Average: 14.92.
• Great performance against Australia:
  Bumrah has taken 30 wickets in 4 Test matches in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
• Experience and Contribution:
  Bumrah is the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket this year and his bowling has put India in a strong position in many matches.

Yashasvi Jaiswal: Disappointment of missing nomination

Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was kept out of the race for the award, even though his performance was better than the players contending for the award.

• 2024 performance:
  • Match: 15.
  • Runs: 1478.
  • Average: 54.74.
  • Centuries: 3.
  • Half centuries: 9.
• Reason for dispute:
  England’s Harry Brook and Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis, who scored less than Yashasvi, were nominated.
• Brook’s performance:
  • Match: 12.
  • Run: 1100.
  • Average: 55.
  • Centuries: 4.
• Mendis’s performance:
  • Match: 9.
  • Runs: 1049.
  • Average: 74.92.
  • Centuries: 5.

Joe Root: Test Run Machine

England’s legendary batsman Joe Root is the highest run scorer in Test cricket this year.

• 2024 performance:
  • Match: 17.
  • Runs: 1556.
  • Average: 55.57.
  • Centuries: 6.
  • Half centuries: 5.
• Record:
  • This is his second best performance after 2021.
  • He scored more than 1000 Test runs in a calendar year for the fifth time.
• Century record:
  • Root’s number of Test centuries has reached 36.
  • He is jointly ranked fifth with Rahul Dravid.

Shortlist details

Players included in the shortlist and their performance: