Test cricket has seen great entertainment in 2022. The ICC announced the 2022 Men’s Test Team of the Year, but with some big mistakes and obvious additions. With Ben Stokes as captain, there was no room for players like Virat Kohli or Jasprit Bumra. Meanwhile, wicketkeeper hitter Rishab Pant is the only Indian in the squad.
Kohli struggled in his 2022 Test cricket, finishing with an average of 26.5 in 11 innings. Bumra, on the other hand, has not been a regular part of Team India’s set-up since last July due to injury and fitness issues. After making a comeback in the T20I series, they also dropped out of the T20 World Cup.The Aussie series was eliminated in just two games.
Khawaja finds himself in the ashes two centuries later in the 11th game against England. Meanwhile, in the series win in Pakistan, he hit 496 his runs and averaged 165.33, hitting 2 tons. He finished the year with 1,080 runs to his name at an average of 67.50. His opening partner in XI, meanwhile, is West Indies Craig Brathwaite. The Australian, with Marnus Labuschagne in his third place followed by Babar Azam in his fourth, was the top scorer in all ICC formats last year. Johnny Bairstow is fifth and England captain Ben Stokes is the skipper in sixth.
Since taking over England’s captaincy at the beginning of the English summer, Stokes has led England to nine victories. In 2022 he scored 870 runs at an average of 36.25 laden with two tons. The all-rounder also sacked 26 wickets.
The wicketkeeper’s batter’s pants put him in 7th place and last year he hit 2 tons and he hit 4.5 centuries. In 2022, he hit 680 runs from 12 innings with a batting average of 61.81 and a batting average of 90.90. Test 2022 Apart from his six in his 21 in cricket, he made his six stumps and made his 23 catches as a wicketkeeper. In eighth place, Australian Test captain Pat Cummins leads the pace battery after leading his team to the top of the World Test Championship standings in 2022. In 2022 he took 36 wickets at an average of 21.83 in 10 games. Kagiso Rabada was seeded 9th, followed by Nathan Lyon at 9th. 10th, James Anderson 11th.
ICC Test Team of the Year: Usman Khawaja, Kraigg Brathwaite, Marnus Labuschagne, Babar Azam, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (C), Rishabh Pant (WK), Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Lyon, James Anderson