Bumrah beat competition from Joe Root, Harry Brook and Kamindu Mendis.
India Test vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah has been crowned as the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year 2024. He had competition from fellow nominees like Joe Root and Harry Brook of England, and Kamindu Mendis of Sri Lanka.
Bumrah was the world's best bowler in 2024, succeeding at home and abroad and playing an important role in keeping India in contention in the ICC World Test Championship standings.
The right-arm fast bowler played an important role in India's series victories over England and Bangladesh at home, and he also performed admirably away in South Africa and Australia.
Bumrah was by far the leading Test wicket-taker in 2024, with 71, considerably ahead of England's Gus Atkinson (52 in 11).
He bowled an eye-watering 357 overs in the format while maintaining a fantastic average of 2.96, breaking the trend in a fast-paced era of Test cricket. His average for the year was a ridiculous 14.92, and he finished 2024 with an annual strike rate of only 30.1.
Bumrah's 71-wicket total makes him only the fourth Indian bowler to take over 70 Test wickets in a calendar year, after Ravichandran Ashwin, Anil Kumble, and Kapil Dev.
Throughout Test history, none of the 17 bowlers who have taken 70+ wickets in a calendar year did it with an average as low as Bumrah's.
Bumrah began the year helping India win the Cape Town Test against South Africa, where he picked 8 wickets across two innings. He then demolished England at home with 19 wickets in 4 Tests as India won by a 1-4 margin.
His best performance, however, came on the Australia tour for the BGT 2024-25. He finished with an incredible 32 wickets from five Tests and was named Player of the Series. During the series, Bumrah also completed 200 Test wickets, becoming the 12th Indian bowler to do so.
Bumrah is also the only bowler in tests to take 200 wickets and have an average of less than 20 (19.4).
(ICC inputs)