145/3 (43) : India 242 behind at the start:
Rishabh Pant 19* off 33 n KL 53* off 113.
1st ball 4 by Rishabh Pant off Joffra Archer.
And WOW charges on 4th ball for 4.
Facing pain in left hand index finger.
Partnership crosses 51* off 76.
🇮🇳 50 Ov : 159/3.
KL hits 3 fours off Carse over.
Rishabh Pant 50* , KL 76*.
At Drinks 1st hour: 197/3 : 52/0 : 190 behind.
200/3 : 57 Overs.
Partnership 100* off 155 . From 107/3.
Rishabh Pant 55* off 86, with a 6 off Stokes.
Pant getting hit on injured finger,intermittently.
England employing short ball strategy..bit bodyline with 7 : 2 field and 4 on the boundary. 65% bowling short, this hour.
Excellent batting by India.
KL Rahul on 98* and A shocker....
Partnership 141* ended, very valuable from 198 balls . From 107/3.
Lunch arrives with a heartbreak 💔.
Rishabh Pant run out on 74 off 112 , needless trying to give strike to KL on 98*.
England happy with stupid haste..!!!
India faltering at the end of 1st session.
Brilliant throw by Ben Stokes..
Lunch : 248/4 : 65.3 KL Rahul 98*.
Post lunch:
Jadeja in.
KL Rahul 100* off 176 balls, no 2 at iconic Lord's Cricket Ground.
He needs to be there for much much more..
Oh.no.Rahul ct Brook b Bashir100: 177.13x4s.
254/5 : 67.1 , still 133 behind.
Over to Jadeja, Nitish and Washington Sundar.
England back with 2 quick wickets.
And now twice horrible mixup : Nitish Kumar Reddy survived, desperate to open his account.
Jadeja hits Bashir over mid-wicket, Nitish off the mark....relieved.
Jadeja's scorching drive injured Bashir.
80 Ov : 290/5 : Trail by 97. Drinks : 42/1 : hour.
Second new ball taken.
300/5 : 83.4 . Partnership 46*.
Again bit mixup, Nitish survived AGAIN.
Indian resistance continues 68/1 runs in this session, partnership 66. India recovering well.
At Tea: 316/5 : 91 Ov. Trail by 71.
Jadeja 40 (70)*, Nitish 25* (77).
Post Tea:
It's captain Ben Stokes again...sents Nitish back on 30 off 91 : 326/6 : 94.3 ov. Fighting partnership of 72 from 165 ball ended.
🇮🇳 still trail by 61 .
Ravindra Jadeja gets to 50 off 87...with a four. 3rd half century in a row.
Trademark celebration ⚔️ is on...💪🏼.
Ravindra Jadeja! ⚔ 🤺 lifts Root for a 6.
350/6 : 104.3 Ov.
Excellent impressive partnership in progress with Washington Sundar, lifts Root over cover for 6....India closing in..Partnership 50* off 100 at 376/6, making England sweat.
Oh...Jadeja out on a harmless leg side, played bit casually delivery on 72 (131) .
Can India get any good lead now..? Difficult.
376/7 : 113.2 and very next ball Akash Deep lbw to Wokes...survived in DRS.
But given out after 2 more balls..survived AGAIN...🤗
Wow...Akash Deep swings Joffra Archer for a six over backward square leg.
Akash Deep gone on 7. 385/8 : 116.1 ov.
Scores level at 118.3 overs and Bumrah gone.
That's it...Washington Sundar swings Joffra and out on 23. Played 7 more than England.
🇮🇳 : 387/10 : Scores LEVEL : 119.2 Ov.
England batters wasting time to make sure there is just one over bowled within remaining time. Crawley withdraws ..players clash verbally.
Zack Crawley survived 5 balls , hit on finger takes a break and sparks fly again..
Last over drama in pics below:
🏴 : 2/0 : 1 Ov : At Stumps on day 3.



























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