Jofra Archer has returned to the England team for the third Test against India. Archer is going to play a Test match after 4 years 4 months and 15 days. England has included him in the playing-11 for the third Test against India. Archer played his last match against India in Ahmedabad in 2021. Archer has been included in the team in place of Josh Tongue. Tongue had taken the most 11 wickets in this series so far. The Lord’s Test is to be played from tomorrow. The ECB said in a statement on Wednesday – Sussex fast bowler Jofra Archer will replace Nottinghamshire’s Josh Tongue. This will be Jofra’s first Test match after February-2021. He is going to play the 14th Test match in his career. 30-year-old Jofra Archer has been troubled by elbow and back injuries for a long time. England Cricket informed about Archer’s return through X post. On Jofra’s return, England captain Ben Stokes said – Archer’s return was awaited for a long time. The way he has recovered from his injury and made a comeback is commendable. It is a great pleasure to see him in the team. This is a proud moment for him as well. He said- Archer’s return has brought freshness to the bowling attack, especially when the bowlers are very tired after two tough Test matches. Withdrew from Birmingham Test due to family emergency
Archer was expected to play in the Birmingham Test, but this fast bowler withdrew from the second Test of the series due to a family emergency. He joined the team’s training session a day later. Archer was not part of the England team for the 5-match series. He was included in the England squad last week. Before that he had to prove his fitness by playing a county match. Archer bowled 18 overs in that match. He also took one wicket for 32 runs. Archer has been troubled by injury
Jofra Archer has been troubled by constant injury in his career. This can be gauged from the fact that he made his international debut in 2019, but played the last Test match in February 2021. England’s playing-11 for Lord’s Test Ben Stokes (captain), Jack Crowley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer and Shoaib Bashir. The third Test will be played at Lord’s from July 10 The third match of the India-England Test series will be played at Lord’s ground in London from July 10. Currently, the 5-match series is tied at 1-1. India made a comeback by winning the Birmingham Test by 336 runs. Earlier, India was defeated by England by 5 wickets in the Leeds Test. —————————– Also read this news related to Lord’s Test… Will Shubman break Bradman’s record Team India’s Test captain Shubman Gill is close to creating history in England. He has scored 585 runs by hitting 3 centuries in just 2 Tests. If he scores 390 more runs in 3 Tests, Shubman will become the player who scores the most runs in a series. In this case, he will break the 95-year-old record of Australian legend Donald Bradman. Read the full news
