2) Younis Khan (Pakistan)
Younis Khan, the veteran Pakistani flamboyant batsman despite being in and out from the ODI side, maintained his form in test cricket. In the recent test series against Australia in Abu Dhabi he hit three consecutive centuries in as many innings and silenced his critics who doubted his inclusion in the World Cup squad.
In 20 innings of 10 test matches played, he sits at second position with 1213 runs with an average of 71.35 and strike rate of 54.71.
He hit three consecutive tons 106, 103 and a double century 213 in three innings and becomes the only Pakistani batsman to score three consecutive hundreds against the Aussies.
He also has the highest number of centuries of a Pakistani batsman and the only sixth Pakistani batsman to hit centuries in both innings of same test match.
With 6 hundreds, he is also the player scoring most centuries in the year with David Warner.
3) Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
The Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews is at no. 3 and is closely following Younis Khan with just 12 runs short of total no. of runs. He scored 1201 runs in 19 innings of 11 test matches with highest average among top 10 of 92.38 and a strike rate of 49.18.
He had 3 centuries and 6 half centuries in his name in the year with 123 boundaries and 13 sixes.
He led Sri Lanka to 1-0 series win against England in the month of June scoring his career best 160 and was adjudged as Man of the Series for scoring 306 runs in 2 tests jointly with James Anderson.
