India’s white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma and premier off-spinner R Aswhin have been amongst 4 gamers from the nation to have featured within the Cricket Australia (CA) XI of the yr.
Besides Rohit and Ashwin, the opposite two Indians within the crew have been swashbuckling keeper-batter Rishabh Pant and left-arm spinner Axar Patel.
Rohit has been picked as an opener alongside Sri Lankan Dimuth Karunaratne, adopted by Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne at quantity three.
He is adopted by England Test captain Joe Root, Pakistan’s Fawad Alam and Pant within the batting order. Having dominated white-ball cricket and his residence circumstances for years, Rohit conquered his ultimate frontier this yr by displaying he can rating large Test runs outdoors of Asia.
And a powerful 2021 that noticed him end behind solely Root for many runs may have been even higher if the fashionable right-hander had translated a number of sturdy begins into large tons of.
Rohit reached 20 or extra in 14 of his 19 accomplished innings however posted two centuries 161 in a complete of 329 to arrange a win in Chennai and a affected person 127 at The Oval, his maiden Test hundred away from residence.
Pant was named because the wicketkeeper. His numbers would look significantly higher if he’d been capable of flip scores of 97 (in Sydney), 89 not out (in Brisbane) and 91 (in Chennai) into tons of.
The means he dismantled Australia and England at first of the yr earned him comparisons with the good Adam Gilchrist, CA wrote.
The spin division options the Indian duo of Ashwin and Axar. While Ashwin was additionally the best wicket-taker in Tests this yr, Axar has cemented his spot within the crew at residence with a spectacular present in opposition to England. While Ashwin claimed 54 wickets in 9 matches this yr, Axar ended up with 27 in 5.
Labuschagne was the lone participant from the Australian nationwide facet who was included within the checklist.
Cricket Australia Test XI of 2021: Rohit Sharma, Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Marnus Labuschagne, Joe Root, Fawad Alam, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravi Ashwin, Kyle Jamieson, Axar Patel, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
