In the realms of cricket, the test format has always been the one that has a chance to see the real fanatics of the game. The red-ball format does test the spectators' patience to an extent, but even with a single delivery or batting stroke, it has an enormous potential to turn the game's tables.

With the forthcoming third edition of the World Test Championship coming next year, this year's test matches have been about scalping the final two spots for the coveted ICC title. That said, here's a rewind of the best red-ball campaigners in the form of Cricket Winner Test Team of the Year 2024.

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal

2024 Stats: Matches: 15; Runs: 1394; Average: 53.62

Yashasvi Jaiswal happens to be the biggest revelation in the context of the Indian Cricket Team's batters arsenal. During England's tour of India, Jaiswal established himself as one of the best batters in the future generation of Test cricketers, as evidenced by his 161 against Australia in Perth at the end of the year.

It wasn't just the quantity of runs he scored, which were in the hundreds, with back-to-back double centuries in Vizag and Rajkot, but the unstoppable intensity with which he batted. Jaiswal has struck more sixes in the last 12 months of Test cricket than Virat Kohli had in the previous 12 years combined. He was the lone unanimous choice on this squad.