World XI that can beat Team India at home in Tests
This team may put an end to India's sheer domination at home.
Jofra Archer
Jofra Archer has had an eventful year after being fast-tracked into the England team. He was the Brits’ leading wicket-taker in the World Cup and then made it to the Ashes squad. After missing the first Test, he made his debut at the Lord’s.
In that game, he smacked Steve Smith around the neck that led to the latter’s concussion. Archer didn’t spare Marnus Labuschagne, Smith’s substitute, either. In the Headingley Test, the Barbados-born picked up a six-wicket haul and then notched another six-fer at the Kennington Oval.
He ended with 22 wickets in the series. Archer’s USP is to bowl bouncers without much effort and he directs them at the batsmen’s body. Leave alone lively pitches, Archer has the ability to ruffle feathers on decks, which don’t have much to offer to the fast bowlers. Though he hasn’t had a similar impact later in New Zealand and South Africa, Archer is very young and will soon improve his bowling.
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