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. 

2. Ben Duckett

2024 Stats: Matches: 17; Runs: 1149; Average: 37.06

Ben Duckett is one such opener of the year who made an impression with his swashbuckling left-handed style. He has played an important part in implementing the well-known tactics of the aggressive BazBall style. Aside from Jaiswal, he was the only opener who scored 1,000 runs or came near.

He made two blazing and valuable centuries in the tour of India and Pakistan, which went in vain. He established himself as a senior squad member, but his slightly vague and hesitant habit of leaving without playing, but the numbers do the talking.

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. 

4. Harry Brook

2024 Stats: Matches: 12; Runs: 1100; Average: 58.49

It's been a thrill to see Harry Brook live up to fanatics' expectations this year, as his form has propelled him to the top of the International Cricket Council's Test batting rankings. He skipped the India tour for personal reasons. Still, he used the opportunity to get in condition for the upcoming season.

He displayed his calibre with four triple-digit figures, including the first triple century by an Englishman in more than three decades. The following year's series between India and Australia will determine whether he is the apt fit for the English top-order and how he can be a well-fit face for the team's future. 

5. Kamindu Mendis

2024 Stats: Matches: 9; Runs: 1049; Average: 74.93

Kamindu Mendis spent most of the year giving robust Sri Lanka from the mid to lower-order batting. He began with back-to-back innings of 102 and 92 not out against Bangladesh, and he improved further on tour in England, scoring 113, 74, and 64 in successive Tests.

He dominated a home series against New Zealand, scoring two centuries, the second of which was an undefeated 182, making him the series' highest scorer by a country mile. He had a more difficult time on tour in South Africa, but at the end of the year, his astonishing ability to bowl both right- and left-arm spin was nothing compared to the brilliance of his technically skilled batting. 

6. Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper)

2024 Stats: Matches: 9; Runs: 546; Average: 36.40

Rishabh Pant's comeback story following the catastrophic car accident is extensively publicised. His return in the 2015 IPL was a story of dedication, and his performance as a No. 3 batter on the most challenging wickets of the T20 World Cup said volumes about his tenacity.

There were still worries about his body's ability to withstand the rigours of five-day cricket, but all of that has been put to rest with his return to international cricket. The ease with which he batted against various teams this cricket season demonstrated that the cobwebs in his head had been cleared. Overall, he has appeared in excellent form, and his glovework has been impeccable throughout the season.

7. Ravindra Jadeja

2024 Stats: Matches: 12; Runs: 525; Average: 30.88; Wickets: 47; Economy: 3.40

Ravindra Jadeja is now a bit older and greyer, and his bowling has lost a little of its edge, but he remains irrepressible. When he wasn't scoring runs, he was taking wickets; when he wasn't taking wickets, he was scoring runs; and when he wasn't doing one, it was only because he was doing both.

He made a stellar appearance in India's 434-run humiliation of England in Rajkot, scoring a six-hour century and taking seven wickets. He then took 10 for 120, the second-best match stats of his career, against New Zealand in Mumbai. He closed the year with a vital 77, saving the follow-on in a tie with Australia. 

8. Ajaz Patel

2024 Stats: Matches: 5; Wickets: 23; Economy: 3.82

Ajaz Patel is one of the current spinners whose skills have caused several batters to get annoyed and not middle the deliveries, thanks to his top-notch spinmeister capabilities. About the Indian conditions, Patel has been a favourite amongst fanatics, especially with his recent performances in such situations.

Be it achieving a historic milestone by becoming only the third bowler in Test history to claim all 10 wickets in an innings against India on their home turf and being the invisible hand behind the team's clean sheet, 3-0 victory in India. Overall, it is no beamer to find him scalp a spot as a primary spinner in this year's rewind arsenal. 

9. Matt Henry

2024 Stats: Matches: 9; Wickets: 48; Economy: 3.28

After eight years as New Zealand's supporting holder of the Kiwi's pace attack, Matt Henry has earned a starring role as the team's Test attack captain. He was 33 years old and had spent the last decade developing his game in domestic competitions.

He grabbed 17 wickets at 15 runs apiece in two Tests against Australia in the spring, earning him player of the series despite New Zealand's defeat, and then 13 wickets at 12 runs each when they whitewashed India, notably five for 15 in the first Test in Bengaluru. Few men have outbowled India's quicks at home, but Henry was the face of it. 

10. Gus Atkinson

2024 Stats: Matches: 11; Wickets: 52; Economy: 3.73

Gus Atkinson has accomplished so much so rapidly that it's sceptical to believe he couldn't even make the England squad last winter when he was the spare wheel in the seam attack. He made his debut in July this year, but he already has scalped a colossal 50 Test wickets.

These numbers is helmed by a 12-wicket haul against the West Indies, a century against Sri Lanka, and a hat-trick against New Zealand, leaving little room of scope to advance in the sport. The fact that no one felt the need to notice England's absence of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad speaks much about him.

11. Jasprit Bumrah (Captain)

2024 Stats: Matches: 13; Wickets: 66; Economy: 3.02

Jasprit Bumrah, the current top pacer in the cricket world, finished the year with six for 61 against South Africa in Cape Town and six for 76 against Australia in Brisbane. Meanwhile, he took six for 45 in Vizag, defeating England. The batters continued trying to convince themselves and everyone else that, despite his unconventional motion, Bumrah was just another fast bowler, as vulnerable as any other, but has something within himself that has made him different from the pack. 

Still, no one has done anything to show it. He was the most significant campaigner who would make a difference for the side in India's home series against England, and if he keeps up this form, he will be in their away series against Australia.