Jasprit Bumrah named captain, Cummins ignored in Australian media's Test Team of 2024

Star India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been named captain of the Test team of 2024 by cricket.com.au. Notably, Bumrah had a phenomenal year with the ball as he finished as the highest wicket-taker in Tests with 71 wickets from 13 matches (26 innings) at an average of 14.92 with 5 five-wicket hauls to his name.

The Indian pace spearhead has been making giant strides in international cricket with his performances as he recently became the bowler with the best bowling average with more than 200 wickets. He’s also the leading wicket-taker of the ongoing Test series against Australia with 30 scalps to his name from four matches at an average of 12.83 with three five-wicket hauls to his name.

Hence, Bumrah has been rewarded for his marvellous show with the captaincy of the



team. Apart from him, Yashasvi Jaiswal has been also picked as the opener for his tremendous exploits with the bat in the year. Jaiswal finished the year as the second-highest run-scorer of the year with 1478 runs from 15 matches (29 innings) at an average of 54.74 with nine fifties and three centuries.

Meanwhile, Australia captain Pat Cummins failed to make it to the XI. Cummins had a good year with the ball with 37 scalps from nine matches (18 innings) at an average of 24.02 with two five-wicket hauls. With the bat, he scored 306 runs with one half-century.

Apart from Cummins, only Alex Carey and Josh Hazlewood were the two Australians in the team. Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Rachin Ravindra, Harry Brook, Kamindu Mendis, Matt Henry and Keshav Maharaj also made it to the team.