World XI that can beat the Indian Test team in India

Wicketkeeper

Jonny Bairstow and Quinton de Kock are two of the best WKBs at the moment

There are a lot of options for the role of wicketkeeper, who will also bat at number 7. The modern-day game demands a gloveman, who is also capable of contributing with the bat and almost all the teams have one who is good in both the departments.

Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed and New Zealand's Bradley-John Watling are two of the most underrated wicketkeeper-bats at the moment. They are hardly given credits for their brilliance with both bat and gloves.

Sarfaraz, who likes to go after the bowling, averages 41 with the bat and has been doing a fantastic job behind the stumps for Pakistan. His runs down the order have been crucial for his team of late and that had gone on to make a difference on several occasions.

Watling, on the other hand, is completely contrasting from Sarfaraz as he likes to play a long innings for his team and has been decent behind the stumps. These two are so unlucky that they are not even close to South Africa's Quinton de Kock and England's Jonny Bairstow when it comes to WKBs.

Both Bairstow and de Kock have set the standards so high that even India's Wriddhiman Saha is not close to them in this format.

In spite of not having a proper role in the South African XI, de Kock has played many match-changing knocks in his short career and has inspired his team to victory. As a wicketkeeper, de Kock is a safe bet and does the job for the team on most occasions. He is the closest one can get to Adam Gilchrist with the bat in this format.

Bairstow has been the best wicketkeeper-batsman going around at the moment as he has amassed 1800 runs at an average of over 50 since the start of 2016. His 1470 runs in 2016 are most by any WKB in a calendar year in the history of the sport. With the gloves, he has been improved a lot in the last couple of years as he effected 70 dismissals in 2016 and added 17 more to the tally in the four matches played this year.

Going by current form, Bairstow is chosen ahead of de Kock to don the glove for the World XI team.

Players considered for this role: Sarfaraz Ahmed, BJ Watling, Jonny Bairstow and Quinton de Kock.