Saturday, 12 July 2025

#ENGvIND : 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚔️ 🇮🇳 : 3rd Test: Day 3

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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