Mohammad Rizwan named in Wisden’s current world Test XI

[MenInG]

Wisden’s current world Test XI:

1. Rohit Sharma (India)
43 matches, 3,047 runs @ 46.87, 8 100s, HS 212


2. Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)
18 matches, 1,885 runs @ 60.80, 5 100s, HS 215


3. Joe Root (England)
101 matches, 9,278 runs @ 50.15, 23 100s, HS 254


4. Steve Smith (Australia)
77 matches, 7,540 runs @ 61.80, 27 100s, HS 239


5. Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – (c)
85 matches, 7,230 runs @ 53.95, 24 100s, HS 251


6. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) – (wk)
17 matches, 914 runs @ 41.54, 1 100, HS 115*


7. Ravindra Jadeja (India)
56 matches, 227 wickets @ 24.96, 9 five-fors, BBI: 7-48 | 2,145 runs @ 34.04, 1 100, HS 100*

8. Ravichandran Ashwin (India)
79 matches, 413 wickets @ 24.56, 30 five-fors, BBI: 7-59


9. Pat Cummins (Australia)
34 matches, 164 wickets @ 21.59, 5 five-fors, BBI: 6-23


10. James Anderson (England)
166 matches, 632 wickets @ 26.62, 31 five-fors, BBI: 7-42


11. Jasprit Bumrah (India)
24 matches, 101 wickets @ 22.79, 6 five-fors, BBI: 6-27

https://wisden.com/stories/international-cricket/wisdens-current-world-test-xi

 

[Ab Fan]

I agree. Rizwan is currently the best test batsman on form especially after the poor series of Pant.

Good team, no arguments although Marnus as opener is a little weird.

 

[Devadwal]

I agree. Rizwan is currently the best test batsman on form especially after the poor series of Pant.

Good team, no arguments although Marnus as opener is a little weird.

What are stats of Elgar and karunaratne ?

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Well done India. 3 bowlers including a fast bowler. Thoroughly deserved given their outstanding test performances.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

India: 4
Australia: 3
England: 2
New Zealand: 1
Pakistan: 1

Sad to see no Kohli there, but it’s what it is.

But yes it shows how India and Australia are the two top teams currently

 

[ChennaiFan]

Mohammad Rizwan is probably the best wicketkeeper in test cricket now. I am surprised Kyle Jamieson is not on the list.

 

[MenInG]

India: 4
Australia: 3
England: 2
New Zealand: 1
Pakistan: 1

Sad to see no Kohli there, but it’s what it is. ��

But yes it shows how India and Australia are the two top teams currently

About right.

Rizwan the only one deserving a place.

 

[shah_1]

Mohammad Rizwan is probably the best wicketkeeper in test cricket now. I am surprised Kyle Jamieson is not on the list.

He hasn't proved anything outside England and New Zealand.

 

[ChennaiFan]

He hasn't proved anything outside England and New Zealand.

That is true and it could be the reason why he was left out by Wisden. But, he played a very vital role in NZ's title win. I thought it would be recognized.

 

[Devadwal]

He hasn't proved anything outside England and New Zealand.

How many match winning innings he had played untill now? I know he scored heavily but want to know some clutch performance to count best wicketkeeper currently .

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Well deserved but not sure about Labu being an opener

 

[Guardian]

He hasn't proved anything outside England and New Zealand.

Where else has he even played so far?

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Would swap Root's and Williamson's position.

 

[Bewal Express]

Best WK in the world by an absolute mile.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

Rizwan deserves it tbh to be the best test wk batter currently in the world, with Rishabh being the second best

 

[Sam99]

I will change the batting order bit.

Rohit
Kane
Labuschagne
Smith
Root
Rizwan
Jadeja
Ashwin
Cummins
Anderson
Bumrah

 

[Devadwal]

Best WK in the world by an absolute mile.

Lol at miles. What is his test record ? Only one test century in 17 test with avarage of 41 .How many test winning clutch knock he played untill now ?Now check pant test record - 3 century in 24 test (lots of 90 scores ) with avarage of 40 . He played so many clutch knock in his short career like Gabba heroic inning which Rizwan only can dream , Sydney (2021) ,The oval , Sydney ( 2018) Ahemdabad (2021). Those innings are against top teams . I'm not even count westindies , Srilanka, Bangladesh , Zimbabwe

 

[Bewal Express]

Lol at miles. What is his test record ? Only one test century in 17 test with avarage of 41 .How many test winning clutch knock he played untill now ?Now check pant test record - 3 century in 24 test (lots of 90 scores ) with avarage of 40 . He played so many clutch knock in his short career like Gabba heroic inning which Rizwan only can dream , Sydney (2021) ,The oval , Sydney ( 2018) Ahemdabad (2021). Those innings are against top teams . I'm not even count westindies , Srilanka, Bangladesh , Zimbabwe

I didn't say batsman WK, I said WK and unless you are blinkered, that is a fact. And the fact that he is also a good batsman makes him the best WK bat in the world.

 

[Devadwal]

I didn't say batsman WK, I said WK and unless you are blinkered, that is a fact. And the fact that he is also a good batsman makes him the best WK bat in the world.

If it's about just Wk then it's has to be Saha .he is by far one of the greatest wk ever had.

 

[Bewal Express]

If it's about just Wk then it's has to be Saha .he is by far one of the greatest wk ever had.

Saha isn't playing- talk about him when he is good enough to play

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Well deserved..
Though Pant has more match winning knocks, Rizwan is better suited for tests with his compact technique..
Pant is turning to be a very painful to watch slog machine..
If he doesn't improve his game, he'll finished in next years.

 

[Devadwal]

Saha isn't playing- talk about him when he is good enough to play

He is playing today

 

[Thanos]

Good team. Rizwan has really performed well recently.
I just hope his obsession of playing every ball to leg side in T20 doesn't affect his batting in longer format.

 

[Bewal Express]

He is playing today

He is a stand in. And even if he was playing Riz is still the best WK in international cricket today.

 

[PakPremi]

He is a stand in. And even if he was playing Riz is still the best WK in international cricket today.

And bat better than Saha too.

 

[Junaids]

Kyle Jameson says hi.

One player from the World Test Champions in the team, but four of the Indians they defeated 3 times in 3 matches.

Who are the Muppets making this list?

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

Kyle Jameson says hi.

One player from the World Test Champions in the team, but four of the Indians they defeated 3 times in 3 matches.

Who are the Muppets making this list?

Someone who is looking for a job in IPL

What a clownish XI by Wisden.

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

It is very, very annoying to see all these websites, including ICC, select batsmen that bat outside of their position for these team of the tournaments. For the T20 WC team of the tournament, ICC put Babar Azam in number 3, even though he never batted at 3, and his low strike rate would not work at number 3. similarly, it's stupid to have Labushgane at opener, Kane Williamson at 5. Yes, I understand that there are currently a lot of top-class number 3 and 4 batsmen, but the reality is only one number 3 and only one number 4 batsman can be selected. Here are the fixes I made to this current Test 11;



1. Rohit Sharma
2. Dimuth Karunratne
3. Marnus Labuschagne
4. Kane Williamson (c)
5. Ben Stokes
6. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. Pat Cummins
10. James Anderson
11. Jasprit Bumrah


If you want to put Steve Smith instead of Williamson, then Karunaratne is the captain.

 

[ahmadharis1]

Should have been Karunaratne opening instead of Marnus, swap Kane and Root

 

[Ashmal]

Well deserved Rizwan....best WK bat in the world

 

[Walawalkar]

Kyle Jameson says hi.

One player from the World Test Champions in the team, but four of the Indians they defeated 3 times in 3 matches.

Who are the Muppets making this list?

Players selected in this team based on their Individual performances and not based on how their team performed...How hard it is to understand...Agreed on Kyle Jamieson part though.. deserved place in the team..even Karunaratne

 

[Walawalkar]

Someone who is looking for a job in IPL

What a clownish XI by Wisden.

According to you which Indian player don't deserve place in this Wisden XI and with whom you want to replace that particular player

 

[shamaan]

He hasn't proved anything outside England and New Zealand.

Rizwan averages 44 against Australia and 50 in Pakistan.

 

[shamaan]

Rizwan is the best wicket keeper batesman in the world.Rizwan can get in the team just based upon his keeping.

 

[Napa]

Kyle Jameson says hi.

One player from the World Test Champions in the team, but four of the Indians they defeated 3 times in 3 matches.

Who are the Muppets making this list?

The "World Test Champions" are currently being thrashed by India's C team.

 

[Vocare Ad Regnum]

Kyle Jameson says hi.

One player from the World Test Champions in the team, but four of the Indians they defeated 3 times in 3 matches.

Who are the Muppets making this list?

Aus annihilated New Zealand 3 out of three times - so they have more players than NZ.

India in turn annihilated Aus so four Indians are selected.

 

[James]

On one hand I was surprised to see only one New Zealander given their recent record, but an argument could also be made that the NZ "brand" is of a strong collective unit that becomes greater than the sum of its parts.

 

[docteurmanish]

Confusing thread
I would take Pant over anybody else . His batting has won test series in Australia , England and I haven’t seen anybody as impactful as him in test cricket since gilchrist .

 

[James]

Confusing thread
I would take Pant over anybody else . His batting has won test series in Australia , England and I haven’t seen anybody as impactful as him in test cricket since gilchrist .

Pant is a high impact player, and extremely exciting, but there are questions marks over his reliability and adaptability.

 

[Robert]

Mohammad Rizwan is probably the best wicketkeeper in test cricket now. I am surprised Kyle Jamieson is not on the list.

Drop Anderson and bring in Jamieson.

 

[Robert]

Confusing thread
I would take Pant over anybody else . His batting has won test series in Australia , England and I haven’t seen anybody as impactful as him in test cricket since gilchrist .

When did he win a test series in England?

 

[shah_1]

Rizwan has been exposed in WI by holder.

Keep bowling into the stump, he tends to get across way too much and misses the ball. Missed a straight delivery today.

 

[MenInG]

Struggled today vs spin but so did everyone else.

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Jamieson and Hasan ali should be in there with Shaheen making a strong case as well.

 

[MenInG]

Rizwan really needs to stamp his authority in terms of batting.

 

[Xoib]

Should never bat higher then 6 in tests.

Fawad and Salman agha are not that important that Babar and rizwan have to move out of their positions.

We will get away with a 1-1 in this series but our tactical game has been truly shocking.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Rizwan really needs to stamp his authority in terms of batting.

Next innings bro. Let's see if he can hit a 100...

 

[shamaan]

Needs to bat down the order at 5/6 were he can try and attack.

 

[Ab Fan]

He will play vital knocks here and there but consistency will be an issue which is understandable for keeper batsman unless you are a Gilchrist, Sangakkara, Flower, de Villiers or Pant.

Rizwan is BJ Watling of this era.

 

[pakistani pride]

Next innings bro. Let's see if he can hit a 100...

Nope. Too much T20 cricket in him now. Really needs to get his focus back.

He still can contribute but needs to get the basics right.

 

[Xoib]

Pak should stop treating him like a full batsman he should be slotted @6 or 7 only.