9. Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)
Rahim was the lone warrior for the South East Asian country. He performed for a team which was totally inconsistent throughout the year. Rahim scored two centuries in the calendar year with impressive average. Top 10 batsmen in test cricket
| Matches. 8 | Innings. 16 | Runs. 766 | Highest. 159 | Average. 54.71 | Strike Rate. 47.81 |
8. David Warner (Australia)
Warner pilled up the runs for Australia with same aggressive play in tests. The southpaw didn’t leave any stones unturned to contribute for his team. On 3 January 2017, while playing against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he became only the fifth cricketer to score a century before lunch on the first day of a Test match, after Victor Trumper, Charlie Macartney, Don Bradman and Majid Khan. Of the five, he was the first to do so in Australia. In Australia’s second innings, with the team in need of quick runs, Warner clobbered a half century in a rapid 23 deliveries, making it the second fastest Test fifty of all time and the fastest by an Australian In the format.
On 6 September 2017, while playing against Bangladesh at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong,he became the sixth Australian player to score back-to-back test hundreds in Asia after Allan Border, Bob Simpson, Damien Martyn, Mike Hussey and Michael Clarke. Top 10 batsmen in test cricket
| Matches. 9 | Innings. 18 | Runs. 786 | Average. 46.23 | Strike Rate. 68.22 |
