World Test XI of the current era that can beat the Indian team at home

#8 Nathan Lyon

Lyon had a great 2017 tour of India

The spin department will be lead by one of the most successful off-spinner to have come out from Australia, the vile Nathan Lyon.

With 64 wickets in fourteen Test matches which include five five-wicket-haul and a match-winning ten-wicket haul at the Adelaide Oval in 2014, Lyon enjoys bowling to the Indians. Lyon's finest hour against India came in Australia's 2017 tour, where the vile off-spinner ran through India's famed batting-order and registered barely believable figures of 8-50 in Bengaluru.

With an ability to give more loop to the ball and with subtle changes in variations, Nathan Lyon will be the ideal pick in the World Test XI against India.

#9 Pat Cummins

Cummins made his comeback against India last year

Pat Cummins set the International arena on fire with a brilliant Test debut that saw him claim a seven-wicket match haul including a six-wicket-haul in the second innings on a green Wanderers pitch.

However, with constant injuries threatening to plague his career, Cummins was sidelined and it was only in the 2017 tour of India, where the talented fast bowler made his return after a hiatus of six years.

Cummins made an immediate impact as he nipped out four wickets in his comeback Test at Ranchi, and followed it up with another three-wicket haul in the first innings of Dharamshala Test. Cummins would serve as an ideal bowling partner along with Steyn and Starc.