Cricket Australia selects Rohit Sharma's replacement as captain of the 2024 Test team, ignoring Pat Cummins.

Three players from England, two each from Australia, New Zealand, and India, and one each from South Africa and Sri Lanka made up the squad.

As 2024 draws to a close, Cricket Australia selected the top players from the calendar year's Test format to create a team of the year, as is customary. Three players from England, two each from Australia, New Zealand, and India, and one each from South Africa and Sri Lanka made up the squad.

Cricket Australia chose a two-timer to be the team's captain, ignoring both India's Rohit Sharma and their own Pat Cummins. The leader was Jasprit Bumrah, who helped India defeat Australia in the Perth Test last month and was named Player of the Match for his five-wicket haul. Only twice in his career has the fast bowler captained India, the last time being in the postponed fifth Test match against England in 2022.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, the only other Indian on the list, scored three hundreds and totaled 1478 runs in 15 matches in 2024. His 36 sixes set a new calendar-year total and his run total is the most by an Indian opener in a calendar year. He had struck consecutive double hundreds in the home series against England in February. With a knock of 161 in the second innings, he contributed significantly to India's resounding victory in the first game of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, just like Bumrah.

Who else was included in Cricket Australia's 2024 Test squad?
Ben Duckett of England was selected by Cricket Australia as Jaiswal's opening partner, and Joe Root was selected at No. 3. With 1556 runs in 17 matches with six tons, the former England captain nearly surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record, making him the top run scorer in the format in 2024.

The other England player on the team is Harry Brook, the recently crowned ICC world no. Test hitter, who is ranked No. 5, while Rachin Ravindra of New Zealand is ranked No. 4. After playing a key role in New Zealand's historic series victory in India in October, the latter barely defeated colleague Kane Williamson for the position.

With wicketkeeper Alex Carey at No. 6 and Sri Lanka's run machine Kamindu Mendis at No. 6, the batting order was completed. The bowling order included South Africa's Keshav Maharaj as the only spinner and Bumrah, New Zealand's Matt Henry, and Josh Hazlewood as pacers.