Team-wise best Test batter of the year 2021

It is often stated that Test Cricket is the most exciting format of the sport. This has been proven time and again, with nailing biting chases, historic wins, thrilling saves on day five and out of the box strategies. 

The World Test Championship has taken the longest format to the next level as each match becomes even more competitive and riveting to watch. With several Test matches played in 2021, the red ball format witnessed a lot of records being made and broken across the world as well as an outpour of individual performances. 

As we look back at the year gone by, here is the Team-wise Best Test batter of 2021:

1. West Indies – Kyle Mayers

It is every cricketer’s dream to have a memorable debut match. A debut worthy of recognition; one that announces you to the big stage. While all debutants try to establish this, only a few succeed. February 7th 2021, announced the arrival of a West Indies hero who took his team home on his debut – Kyle Mayers.

The Test vs Bangladesh saw the middle order batter score an unbeaten 210, with the help of 20 boundaries and seven huge sixes, making him the architect of the highest successful Test run-chase in Asia. He became a part of the elite club of batters to score a double century in the fourth innings of a Test match and just the sixth batter to score a double century on Test debut.

While this might seem like a one-time wonder knock, Kyle Mayers continued his stellar form in the following matches too. He ended 2021 being the second-highest run-getter of the Windies Test setup averaging 35.33. With a tally of 636 runs in the 10 matches, Mayers will aim to be the highest run-getter next year.