Test cricket’s five incredible days came to an incredibly sad end. England pulled off a stunning comeback, winning by a remarkable 22 runs at Lord’s and gaining a 2-1 series lead ahead of the Manchester Test Ind vs Eng.
Some information about 3rd test : Ind vs Eng
The third Test beetween India and England was played on 10 Jul at the historic ground of Lord’s. England won the toss and elected to bat first.
India Squad :
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
England Squad :
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir
England batted first and were all out for 387 in 112.3 over. Joe Root played excellent innings of 104 of 199 balls (4s-10), England was able to make a respectable score. In that innings J Smith(wk) 51 of 56 ball (4s-6) and Braydon Carse 56 of 83 balls(4s-6 & 6s-1).
For the Indian team, Jasprit Bumrah has bowled 27 over giving 74 runs for 5 wkts with 5 maiden over and has inscribed his name on the honour board on the historic ground of Lord’s. Siraj and Nitish Kumar Ready got two wickets each and Washington Sundar got one wicket. Nitish Kumar Reddy took two wickets in the same over of 1st innings.
India’s first innings was started by Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul. Yashasvi Jaiswal could not do anything special and gave his wicket to Jofra Archer. KL Rahul played magnification innings of 100 runs of 177 balls (4s-13). Rishbh path and Ravinder Jadeja’s half centuries helped India to reach 387 score. India were all out for 387 in 119.2 overs.
Ind vs Eng 3rd test, 3rd day and 3rd session were extremely hot ground due to Indian captain S Gill and England’s openers over delay to play. The fourth day was very thrilling as total 14 wickets fell in it. Eng started it second innings and got all out for 192 in 62.1 over. In 2nd innings, Washington Sundar bowled brilliantly for India & took 4 wickets. Bumrah and Siraj got two wickets each and Reddy & Aakashdeep got one wicket each. England gave India a trget of 192 runs.
The target of 193 seemed small to India But…..
Yashasvi Jaiswal was out for a duck, giving India a rocky start. Karun Nair and the still-unout KL Rahul attempted to stabilize the innings. However, after scoring just 14 off 33 balls, Nair was dismissed in the 13th over, handing the wicket to Brydon Carse. Then, England’s aggressive bowling squad relentlessly pressed captain Shubman Gill. Gill was caught off Carse’s bowling after facing just nine balls and scoring six runs.
To stabilize things, India sent in fast bowler Akash Deep as a nightwatchman. Unfortunately, he too fell, dismissed by Ben Stokes in the final over of the day. KL Rahul (33*) will resume the innings on Day 5 alongside new batter Rishabh Pant. This situation isn’t unfamiliar for them — they had to rebuild the innings together under similar pressure in the first innings as well.
Carse and Jofra Archer will be crucial for England to keep up their momentum from the day before. Carse bowled excellently, giving up just 11 runs at an economy of 2.75 and getting two wickets in four overs with one maiden. In addition, Archer took a wicket, conceding 18 runs at an economy rate of 4.50 in four overs.
India’s top order failed miserably while batting score was 71 runs with 5 wickets. Team India came into slightly better position thanks to Bumrah and Jadeja. But England’s bowlers dominated India badly and wickets kept falling one after other. Jadeja played a brilliant innings of 61 runs 181 balls (4s-4 & 6s-1).
Bad luck did not favour India & Siraj, India got all out for 170. England defends 192, beats India by 22 runs at Lord’s