Delhi: Here we are talking about international cricket performance in all three formats. Many players performed impressively but there were some who crossed every boundary and it was not necessary that they played regularly in all three formats. Even then the performance was so effective that it will get a special mention in this year’s discussion.
Total record in all three formats: 1556 runs in 17 matches at an average of 55+ with six 100s (highest 100s in the year). The interesting thing is that this entire record is only for Test cricket and the proof of his temperament for this is that he hit only 2 sixes. It is not that he cannot play other formats and the proof is that he is in the ODI team for the Champions Trophy and India Tour in the new year. India has not played ODI since the 50 over World Cup but has continued the run-scoring trend in Test cricket and can leave behind many big records of Sachin Tendulkar in Test cricket.
Gus Atkinson (England): It would not be wrong to call him Bowler of the Year. 52 wickets in 11 matches in international cricket across all three formats is an extraordinary record and that too in his first year in Test cricket and the pressure of replacing James Anderson. Still shone, including 10 wickets, a hat-trick and a 100 in Tests. Such a tremendous package of pace and dangerous lower order batting. His record is also only of Test cricket.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (India): The most talked about name of the year in international cricket, with the record of debut test 100, two 200 in a series and most 6 in an innings, number 2 from India and number 2 for the fastest 1000 test runs in the 21st century, so a thrilling journey ahead. Where is the expectation wrong? International records in all three formats: 1771 runs in 23 matches (No. 2 in the list), 200 fours and 52 sixes (No. 2 in the list in both) and out of this, 1478 runs in 15 Tests while 293 runs in 8 T20 Internationals, 172+ strike rate. With 16 sixes. The day is not far when ODIs will also be played.
Jasprit Bumrah (India): Be it any format, the one bowler on whom no one has pointed fingers is Bumrah. In Test cricket, he took 71 wickets in 13 Tests in a year, in which he took 5 wickets 5 times and no batsman could dominate him on any pitch. Did not play any ODI in the year but took 15 wickets in 8 T20 Internationals. In this way, the total international record of the year was 86 wickets in 21 matches (highest and Hasaranga is second, 22 wickets behind after playing 9 more matches) in which he took 5 wickets 5 times (highest).
Harry Brook (England): What can we say about the game of the one who has got the title of Test Triple Centurion and the world’s best Test batsman? He is the only batsman deserving a place in the England team in all three formats. He was also the ODI captain against Australia. International record of the year in all three formats: 1575 runs in 27 matches (number 4 in the list) including 5 scores of 100 (number 2 in the list) and 152 fours and 30 sixes. This includes 1100 runs in 12 Tests, one score of 317, 4 total scores of 100, 312 runs in 5 ODIs with one 100 and 163 runs in 10 T20 Internationals.
Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka): 1860 runs (on top), two 100s, 200 fours (joint number 2) and 37 sixes in 48 international matches in all three formats in 2024 (the only one who played 40 matches). If he had such a record, that player must have been in the news throughout the year. Also the wicketkeeper. Also the player with most 19 dismissals by a wicketkeeper in 2024. Showed his ODI talent in the 2023 World Cup and hit 27 fours and 15 sixes and now with an even better game he won matches for Sri Lanka.
Records in 2024:
Test: 490 runs in 9 tests with one 100
ODI: 742 runs in 17 matches with one 100
T20: 628 runs in 22 matches with three 50s
Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan): Another wicketkeeper who was not selected by most experts in the team of the year in any format, but when it comes to the combined impact of all three formats, he proves to be a special player of the year. In total 37 matches in all three formats in 2024 (No. 2 in the list), 1420 runs, one 100, 9 fifty (No. 2 in the list), 108 fours and 35 sixes. In August, he scored top scores of 171 and 51 against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi and also became the captain of Pakistan in ODI and T20 International. Won ODI series in both Australia and South Africa.
Records in 2024:
Test: 539 runs in 7 tests with one 100
ODI: 264 runs in 9 matches with 2 fifties
T20: 617 runs in 21 matches with five 50s