Harsha Bhogle announces Test XI of 2018 with just two Indian players
Harsha Bhogle has announced the best eleven Test format players of the year 2018 picking the best performers across all Test playing nations. Indian skipper Virat Kohli and fast-bowler Jasprit Bumrah are the only two Indians who were picked by Bhogle for their performances in the calendar year.
A best playing eleven for the year 2018 was picked by Harsha Bhogle in which he picked the best performing players from all the Test playing nations and made a fiery eleven with the likes of Indian skipper Virat Kohli and New Zealand player Kane Williamson in the team. He made the team public on Cricbuzz.
Bhogle said that there were not many options for the openersâ role as the year was a very poor one in view of the opening partnerships. Kiwi player Tom Latham was his best pick with 658 runs from seven Tests at an average of 59.81. Latham also had two centuries and equal number half-centuries in those matches. The other opener that the commentator picked was Sri Lankan Dimuth Karunaratne who made 743 runs from nine matches in the year.
Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli picked themselves with outstanding performances in all playing conditions throughout the year. Then he picked now retired South African all-rounder AB De Villiers who made 638 runs in seven Test before he retired. For the role of the wicket-keeper batsman, Bhogle selected Englishman wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, who plays as a specialist batsman in England team doing the glovework only on rare occasions.
For the role of the lone
Final XI: Tom Latham, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Jos Buttler, Jason Holder, Nathan Lyon Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins and Mohammed Abbas.
