After a historic win at Edgbaston, India failed to take a lead in the third Test at Lord’s. England won the toss and elected to bat. Joe Root scored his 37th century in the first innings and went past Steven Smith and Rahul Dravid. Jasprit Bumrah took a five-wicket haul for India in the first innings. England finished with 387 runs in the first innings.
India scored exactly 387 runs in the first innings with the help of a century from KL Rahul. England were bundled out for 192 runs in the second innings. In reply, India could make only 170 runs and lost the match by 22 runs. It was the fourth-lowest total defended at Lord’s.
ENG vs IND 3rd Test Match Review
Both teams made one change to their playing 11 from the previous game. England brought in Jofra Archer in place of Josh Tongue, while Jasprit Bumrah replaced Prasidh Krishna in India’s playing 11. England won the toss and elected to bat.
Joe Root scored his 37th Test century and was dismissed after scoring 104 runs off 199 deliveries. Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse scored a half-century each for the team. Skipper Ben Stokes made a contribution of 44 runs off 110 deliveries. England finished with 387 runs in the first innings.
Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for India and took a five-wicket haul. Mohammed Siraj and Nitish Kumar Reddy took two wickets each.
KL Rahul was the most successful batter for India in the first innings. He scored a century but was dismissed for 100 runs off 177 deliveries. He became only the second Indian batter to record two centuries at Lord’s. Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja scored a half-century each for India. India scored exactly 387 runs before getting bundled out in 119.2 overs. It was the ninth time that both teams finished with identical first innings totals in test cricket.
In the second innings, no English batter managed to score a half-century. Root was the highest scorer once again and scored 40 runs. England was bundled out for 192 runs in 62.1 overs. Stokes scored 33 runs off 96 deliveries. No other batter managed to cross the 25-run mark. Washington Sundar was the pick of the bowlers and picked four wickets for India in 12.1 overs.
On the fourth day, India faced 17.4 overs from the English bowlers and lost four wickets for 58 runs. On the fifth day, India lost the wicket of Pant in the 21st over and he scored nine runs off 12 deliveries. India lost the wickets of Rahul and Sundar quickly. Reddy and Jadeja joined each other in the middle and had a partnership of 40 runs. Reddy was dismissed just before the lunch and made 13 runs off 53 deliveries. Jasprit Bumrah joined Jadeja in the middle.
Bumrah and Jadeja had a partnership of 35 runs for the ninth wicket. Post this, Mohammed Siraj came out to save the day for India. Jadeja scored a half-century in the 68th over, his highest score in the fourth innings. Siraj was dismissed for four runs in the 75th over and India lost the match by 22 runs.
ENG vs IND 3rd Test Most Runs
| Player | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Root | 0 | 144 | 104 | 72 | 295 | 48.81 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| KL Rahul | 0 | 139 | 100 | 69.5 | 235 | 59.14 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 1 | 133 | 72 | 133 | 312 | 42.62 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Rishabh Pant | 0 | 83 | 74 | 41.5 | 124 | 66.93 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Ben Stokes | 0 | 77 | 44 | 38.5 | 206 | 37.37 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
ENG vs IND 3rd Test Most Wickets
| Player | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 43 | 8 | 112 | 7 | 5/74 | 7/112 | 16 | 2.6 | 36.8 |
| Jofra Archer | 39.2 | 7 | 107 | 5 | 3/55 | 5/107 | 21.4 | 2.72 | 47.2 |
| Ben Stokes | 44 | 8 | 111 | 5 | 3/48 | 5/111 | 22.2 | 2.52 | 52.8 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 36.3 | 8 | 116 | 4 | 2/31 | 4/116 | 29 | 3.17 | 54.7 |
| Washington Sundar | 22.1 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 4/22 | 4/43 | 10.75 | 1.93 | 33.2 |
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