Having returned to the Test arena through the Centurion Test against South Africa in 2023 after a back surgery kept him out, Bumrah dominated the bowling charts in the longer format in 2024 by picking 71 wickets in 13 Tests, the most scalps taken by a bowler this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bumrah\u2019s 71 scalps in 2024 is also the fifth most wickets taken by an Indian bowler in a Test calendar year, a list led by Kapil Dev, who picked 75 wickets in 18 matches in 1983. Be it in South Africa and Australia, or conditions back home, Bumrah was ever impressive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, Bumrah is leading the wicket-takers charts with 30 wickets at an average of 12.83. He also completed 200 Test wickets in Australia, becoming the fastest Indian pacer to achieve this feat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Apart from the six-wicket haul against England at Visakhapatnam, Bumrah\u2019s most memorable Test performance came in a captain\u2019s display as he guided India to a mammoth 295-run win in Perth. After India were dismissed for 150 in the first innings, Bumrah wrested back control of the match with a five-wicket haul that bowled out Australia for 104.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With Australia chasing 534 in the fourth innings, Bumrah picked three wickets to get a memorable win for India. That performance won Bumrah the player of the match award and got him back to the top of the ICC Men\u2019s Test Bowling Rankings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Root, England\u2019s premier batter, made 1556 runs from 17 Tests at an average of 55.57, his second-best annual run-tally in Tests after amassing 1708 runs in 2021. It was also the fifth instance of Root scoring over 1000 Test runs in a calendar year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With six Test hundreds to go alongside five fifties, Root\u2019s impressive run saw him become the joint-fifth highest century maker in Tests (36) alongside Rahul Dravid. In addition to his batting exploits, Root impressed by picking a four-wicket haul in the Test series against India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
His teammate Brook scored 1100 runs in 12 Tests at an average of 55, comprising three fifties and four hundred-plus scores, including a maiden triple century coming in Pakistan, and became England\u2019s breakthrough batter in the format.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With six Test hundreds to go alongside five fifties, Root\u2019s impressive run saw him become the joint-fifth highest century maker in Tests (36) alongside Rahul Dravid. In addition to his batting exploits, Root impressed by picking a four-wicket haul in the Test series against India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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