Updated On: 08 July, 2025 02:47 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Jofra Archer has not made a Test appearance in more than four years, but has played a match for Sussex before linking up with the national squad in Birmingham. England recently suffered a loss in the Birmingham clash by a huge margin of 336 runs. With this, the five-match Test series between India and England is currently tied at 1-1

Jofra Archer (Pic: File Pic)
Former England pacer James Anderson feels that Jofra Archer will make his appearance in the playing XI for the third Test match against India.
"You could keep trying to build his overs up and play him later in the series, but it could be too late by then. I think he will play. He played one game for Sussex; he was around the team at Edgbaston and bowled a bit. I just feel like you`ve got to play him. It`s too crucial a game not to," Anderson told ICC.
Archer has not made a Test appearance in more than four years, but has played a match for Sussex before linking up with the national squad in Birmingham.