ICC Men’s Test Team Of The Year 2022 unveiled, Rishabh Pant is the lone Indian to feature
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday has announced ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2022. England’s Ben Stokes has been named the captain of the side.
The side includes four Australian players (Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon). James Anderson and Jonny Bairstow are the two other Englishmen in the squad. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant is the only Indian in the team.
List of ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year
- Usman Khawaja – Australia
- Kraigg Brathwaite – West Indies
- Marnus Labuschagne – Australia
- Babar Azam – Pakistan
- Jonny Bairstow – England
- Ben Stokes (c) – England
- Rishabh Pant (wk) – India
- Pat Cummins – Australia
- Kagiso Rabada – South Africa
- Nathan Lyon – Australia
- James Anderson – England
Rishabh Pant is the lone Indian to feature in the team
Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is the only Indian cricketer to feature in the ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2022. Pant had a phenomenal year with the bat in 2022 as he scored 680 runs in seven matches at an average of 61.81 and a strike rate of 90.90.
He registered two centuries and four half-centuries last year, including one against England in the one-off Test in July. Across seven test matches, he smashed 21 sixes and produced six stumpings, besides taking 23 catches.
Meanwhile, Pant’s season was cut short after he met with a horrific car accident on December 30. He was travelling to Roorkee from Delhi when his Mercedes GLE crashed with a divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway, leaving him seriously injured.
Pant has been ruled out of cricketing action for at least the next 6-7 months. Hence, flamboyant Pant’s absence will be felt by the Indian Team Management in the upcoming Borger-Gavaskar Trophy, which will decide their fortune in the ICC Test Championship race.
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