West Indies: There is no dearth of talent in Indian cricket. Due to which many Indian players decide to leave Indian cricket and play cricket for other countries. Similarly, West Indies may not be a strong team at the international level but they have a lot of talent in their domestic cricket who are not able to represent their country at the international level due to the ongoing rift in the board.

In such a situation, today we are going to tell you about such a West Indies player who left his country and decided to play international cricket for England and is now playing international cricket for England.

Jofra Archer played Under 19 cricket for West Indies

Jofra Archer, born in Barbados, West Indies, represented West Indies in the Under 19 World Cup held in 2014. Jofra Archer got a chance to play three matches in the Under 19 World Cup, but after the Under 19 World Cup, he got injured and after that when he recovered from his injury and returned to the cricket field, he was not getting a chance to play even with the Barbados team.

Jofra Archer played for England because he didn't get a chance in West Indies

Jofra Archer decided to play county cricket in England from the year 2017. Jofra Archer chose Sussex as his county club. After playing 3 seasons in county cricket for Sussex, Jofra Archer was made eligible to play international cricket for England a month before the 2019 Cricket World Cup. After which Jofra Archer also played the 2019 World Cup for England and also played an important role in winning it.

This is what Jofra Archer's international career has been like so far

29-year-old fast bowler Jofra Archer has played 13 Tests, 21 ODIs and 25 T20 matches for England at the international level so far. Jofra Archer has taken 42 wickets in Test cricket, 42 in ODI cricket and 31 in T20 cricket at the international level. Jofra Archer played his last match at the international level in the semi-finals against Team India in the T20 World Cup 2024.