Top 6 teams with the most number of players used in the World Test Championship thus far

2. India

At the second place comes the side that created history by beating Australia at The Gabba for the first time in more than three decades. The Indian side gave it their everything in spite of a barrage of injury concerns that affected them right throughout the Border-Gavaskar trophy. In fact, the Indian side finds themselves in second place in this list mainly because of the fact that they used as many as 20 players in the 4-match Test series against the kangaroos.

In the World Test Championship, the Indian side has used 23 players in the 13 matches that they have played thus far. For India, the highest run-scorer with the willow is Ajinkya Rahane. The stylish right-hander has played 13 innings in the World Test Championship till now and has scored close to 1,000 runs (983). Rahane has amassed 3 centuries and 5 fifties in the 22 innings that he has played in the championship. On the bowling front, Mohammed Shami has scalped the most wickets. The right-arm pacer played has featured in 10 matches and has picked up 36 wickets.

For India, only Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara have featured in every single game that India has played in the World Test Championship. India has, so far, played 13 matches in the tournament and has won 9, lost 3, and drawn 1 game. Next up for India is a grueling four-match Test series against England on home soil.