Cricket Winner Test Team of the Year

3. Joe Root

2024 Stats: Matches: 17; Runs: 1556; Average: 55.57

In a time when people are debating who would be the next Fab-4 in the world of test cricket, Joe Root has made recent headlines indicating his impressive return and still having some game in him.

After being chastised for attempting to reverse-scoop Jasprit Bumrah in India, he reacted with a bloody-minded 122 off 274 balls in their second Test. It marked the first of six centuries in which he scored against five overseas countries. In six weeks of hot and tormented heat, he scored two tonnes against Sri Lanka at Lord's and a career-high 262 against Pakistan.