Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year 2023: Named captain of the Men's One Day International (ODI) Team of the Year 2023, Indian captain Rohit Sharma was ignored by the jury for the Test XI announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (January 23, 2024). Leading into the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year 2023, Australia dominated the World Test Championship (WTC) playing XI with multiple nominations. Speedster Pat Cummins was named leader of the ICC Test Team of the Year, which included five Australian players.
Cummins led the Baggy Greens to their first WTC title, before which the star fast bowler had led Australia to a record sixth World Cup title in the 50-over format. While captaining the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year, Cummins was also nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year. Australia had retained the Ashes last year under the leadership of Cummins. The leading fast bowler also ruled the bowling charts with 42 wickets in 11 matches.
If we talk about Indian players, Virat Kohli scored 932 runs in 17 WTC matches last season at an average above 45. Indian captain Rohit scored 758 runs in 11 matches and the experienced opener took India to the WTC final against Australia. However, batting icons Kohli and Rohit failed to be included in the star-studded WTC XI for 2023. Veteran all-rounders Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were the only two Indians to make the ICC Test Team of the Year.
Jadeja started the season with a five-wicket haul and an important half-century against Australia. The star all-rounder took four wickets and scored 48 runs in the WTC final against Australia. Senior all-rounder Ashwin is the fourth nominee for the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year, who has been included in the WTC XI for 2023. Ashwin was not selected in India's XI for the WTC final against Australia.
ICC Men's Test Team of the Year 2023: Usman Khawaja, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kane Williamson, Joe Root, Travis Head, Ravindra Jadeja, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mitchell Starc, Stuart Broad.
Source: newstrack.com”