Rishabh Pant gets rewarded for mercurial display with the bat in Tests

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) on January 24 (Tuesday) announced the Test team of the year for 2022.

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Rishabh Pant is the only Indian to be picked for the ICC Men's Test team of 2022.

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The 25-year-old had a glorious year with the bat, amassing 680 runs from 12 innings.

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Pant registered an average of 61.81 and a strike rate of 90.90. He had two centuries and four fifties in the year.

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He smashed 21 sixes in Tests in 2022 and was decent with the gloves, producing six stumpings and taking 23 catches.

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England skipper Ben Stokes, who transformed the side with his aggressive brand of cricket, has been named captain of the Test XI.

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Usman Khawaja, Kraigg Brathwaite, Marnus Labuschagne, Babar Azam and Jonny Bairstow form the core of batting line-up.

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Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Lyon and James Anderson have been selected as bowlers.

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