Australia selected its Test Team of the Year, Bavuma captain, 4 players from India included
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Temba Bavuma had given the ICC World Test Championship title to South Africa this year itself. It was under his captaincy that the South African team defeated India 2-0 in the Test series.
Delhi: Cricket Australia (CA) has announced its Test Team of the Year before the end of the year 2025. In this team, those players from all over the world have been given place, who have consistently performed brilliantly in Test cricket throughout the year. The special thing is that the command of the team has been handed over to South African captain Temba Bavuma.
Temba Bavuma gets the responsibility of captaincy
Temba Bavuma had given the ICC World Test Championship title to South Africa this year itself. It was under his captaincy that the South African team defeated India 2-0 in the Test series. Due to this leadership ability, Cricket Australia has chosen him as the captain of the Test Team of the Year 2025.
Presence of Indian players
Four players from India have been included in this team, which shows the strength of Indian Test cricket. Four players from Australia are also part of the team, while two players each from England and South Africa have got a place.
Rahul and Head in the opening pair
Cricket Australia has expressed confidence in KL Rahul and Travis Head for opening. Rahul scored 813 runs in 19 innings of 10 Test matches played in 2025 at an average of 45.16, which included three centuries. Of these, he scored 532 runs on the challenging tour of England. At the same time, Head scored 817 runs in 21 innings at an average of 40.85. His performance in the Ashes series was also very impressive.
strong middle order
Joe Root, Shubman Gill and captain Temba Bavuma have been given place in the middle order. Root scored runs at an average of 50.31 in the year 2025, while Shubman remained in excellent form and scored 983 runs at an average of 70.21. Gill was the batsman who scored the most test runs this year. Bavuma also proved his usefulness by scoring 310 runs at an average of 51.66.
Wicketkeeping and all-round options
Australia’s Alex Carey has been selected as the wicketkeeper batsman. In the role of all-rounder, England’s Ben Stokes is the only player in the team who has the ability to change the course of the match with both bat and ball.
Fast bowling and spin attack
Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah and Scott Boland have been included in the fast bowling department of the Test Team of the Year 2025. Starc took the maximum of 55 wickets this year and proved to be very lethal against England in the Ashes series. His strike rate of 28.3 was the best among bowlers who took at least 40 wickets.
Bumrah took 31 wickets in 14 innings, while Scott Boland took 32 wickets in 12 innings. The responsibility of the spin department has been given to South Africa’s Simon Harmer, who performed brilliantly on the India tour and took 30 wickets in 8 innings.
Jadeja as 12th player
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been selected as the 12th player. Jadeja scored 764 runs in 2025 at an average of 63.66 and also took 25 wickets.
Cricket Australia’s Test Team of the Year 2025
KL Rahul, Travis Head, Joe Root, Shubman Gill, Temba Bavuma (captain), Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Ben Stokes, Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, Scott Boland and Simon Harmer.
12th player: Ravindra Jadeja
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