Two Pakistanis in Harsha Bhogle's Test team of 2021

Renowned Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle has unveiled his Test team of 2021 and has included two Pakistan players.

While speaking in a video on Cricbuzz’s official YouTube channel, Bhogle named middle-order batter Fawad Alam and pacer Shaheen Afridi.

"This is not the collection of best players in the world," Bhogle stated while reminding that the team is based on the performances in 2021.

Bhogle slotted Fawad Alam at No.5 in his line-up. While narrating his glorious year where Fawad scored 571 runs at an average of 57.10, Bhogle said: “He [Alam] kept making runs in domestic for a long time, but his side didn’t pick, and he sort of became a cult figure in his country, had a very peculiar stance, you looked at him and said, ‘right how he is going to score runs?’. He made three hundreds in this year, and it was a joy watching Fawad Alam bat.”

"It's a key position in Test match cricket but he has earned it," he added.

Meanwhile, Afridi was the second-highest wicket-taker this year with 47 wickets at an average of 17.06.

“Shaheen Shah Afridi is in fantastic form; the left-armer swings the ball, he is got very decent pace,” Bhogle said while praising the Pakistan speedster.

Harsha Bhogle's Test Team on 2021

Rohit Sharma (IND), Dimuth Karunaratne (SL), Marnus Labuschagne (AUS), Joe Root (ENG), Fawad Alam (PAK), Rishabh Pant (IND), Jason Holder (WI), Ravichandran Ashwin (IND), Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK), Anrich Nortje (SA) and Kyle Jamieson (NZ).