Worst XI of 2024: Players who struggled the most across formats
As promising as 2024 was for a bunch of cricketers, it was a collective disaster for some.
Middle-order: Aiden Markram, Virat Kohli, Litton Das (wk)
The longest format of the game for Aiden Markram was not an issue per se. It was his white-ball form, T20Is in particular, which makes him an inclusion to this ill-famed list. His T20 World Cup 2024 campaign consisted of only two maximums. Normally an attacking player who goes about his batting with flair, a strike rate of only 119.71 across the entire year was quite underwhelming.
What started as a promising year for Virat Kohli in Tests after he scored a skillful 46 in Cape Town ended up as a calamity for the ace Indian batter. In the 17 innings after that, he could only surpass the previously-mentioned score thrice. His batting average dipped woefully low too. The three-match ODI series were the only series he was a part of. His scores read 24,14, and 20. There was not a single half-century in the 10 T20I innings Kohli played apart from his 76 in the T20 World Cup 2024 final.
Each Test series, other than the ones against India and the West Indies, had at least one knock off the bat of Litton Das which was praiseworthy. However, a lot more than 394 runs in 16 Test innings was expected from the wicketkeeper-batter. The one-day format was an absolute catastrophe for him. His tally was a miserable six in the five ODI innings. 12 of his 20 T20I innings were played at a strike rate south of 100.
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