It has been an exciting summer of Test cricket Australiamore to come as the peak continues Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 Arrives in Sydney. In the midst of this, Cricket Australia now named the Test Team of 2024 with significant representation of cricketers from outside Australia.
Players from six countries have been named in Cricket Australia’s 2024 squad
Cricket Australia has fielded cricketers from 6 cricket playing countries including England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and Australia. Interestingly, England scores the most points with 3 English kicks Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Harry Brooke Ranked in Cricket Australia’s Outstanding XI.
Sri Lanka and South Africa each get an appearance in the middle order batter Kamindu Mendis and sense of rotation Keshav Maharaj of the two nationalities respectively. Goalkeeper inclined Alex Carey and pacer Josh Hazelwood There are two Australians in the squad.
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There are two Indian stars in the Test XI
Two Indian batsmen in Cricket Australia’s opening XI Yashasvi Jaiswal and pacer jasprit bumrah. In addition, Bumrah was also chosen as the captain of the team. The 31-year-old captained the Indian team in the first Test match of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 season. Perth India won by 295 runs.
Jaiswal was the highlight of the match with a knock of 161 runs in the second innings. Australia bounced back from that Test match in the series winning the Boxing Day Test in Adelaide and Melbourne, but Jaiswal and Bumrah consistently troubled the Aussies in the series.
Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker in the series with 30 wickets to his name and a best bowling figure of 6/76. Jaiswal, on the other hand, is the second-highest run-scorer in a row Head of Travis. Young has scored a total of 359 runs in the series so far and averages 51.28.
Cricket Australia Test Squad of 2024
Pastries: Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND), Ben Duckett (Eng), Joe Root (Eng), Rachin Ravindra (NZ), Harry Brook (Eng), Kamindu Mendis (SL)
Goalkeeper: Alex Carey (AUS)
Bowler: Matt Henry (NZ), Josh Hazelwood (AUS), Jasprit Bumrah (IND), Keshav Maharaj (SA)
