7. Ravindra Jadeja

2024 Stats: Matches: 12; Runs: 525; Average: 30.88; Wickets: 47; Economy: 3.40

Ravindra Jadeja is now a bit older and greyer, and his bowling has lost a little of its edge, but he remains irrepressible. When he wasn't scoring runs, he was taking wickets; when he wasn't taking wickets, he was scoring runs; and when he wasn't doing one, it was only because he was doing both.

He made a stellar appearance in India's 434-run humiliation of England in Rajkot, scoring a six-hour century and taking seven wickets. He then took 10 for 120, the second-best match stats of his career, against New Zealand in Mumbai. He closed the year with a vital 77, saving the follow-on in a tie with Australia.