India vs England, 3rd Test Match Day 1 Highlights: Joe Root finished unbeaten on 99 as England end Day 1 at 251/4 after 83 overs at Lord’s. The partnership between Root and Ben Stokes (39*) has steadied England after early setbacks, with the pair adding 79 runs. India took the second new ball late in the day but couldn’t break through. Meanwhile, it was the slowest day for England in Bazball era.
England vs India, 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights: England ended Day 1 of the 3rd Test at Lord’s in a strong position, thanks to Joe Root’s unbeaten 99. After choosing to bat first, England were in early trouble but Root stayed calm and steadied the ship. He built a solid partnership with Ollie Pope (44) and later with captain Ben Stokes, who is unbeaten on 39. Their partnership helped England recover and finish the day at 251/4 in 83 overs. Nitish Reddy took two wickets in the first session and then Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket each in the final session to feature in the scoresheet. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant had to leave the field due to a finger injury, and Dhruv Jurel kept wickets in his place.
India vs England, 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights
India vs England, 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights: Follow all updates, full scorecard and commentary from the England vs India 3rd Test day 1 at Lord's on Wednesday.
India vs England, 3rd Test Day 1 LIVE Updates: India and England lock horns at the ‘Home of Cricket’ with the third of five Tests getting underway at Lord’s starting Thursday. The Shubman Gill-led visitors will have arrived in London in an upbeat state of mind after leveling the five-Test series 1-1 with a 336-run thrashing of the hosts in the second Test that concluded at Edgbaston on Sunday.
England had earlier won the series opener at Headingley by five wickets chasing down a target of 371, and will be hoping to put the lopsided defeat behind at Edgbaston behind and focus on regaining the lead.
India have won two of their last three Tests at the iconic venue that had previously served as cricket’s global headquarters, with the Virat Kohli-led side defeating Joe Root’s men by 151 runs in August 2021 to go 1-0 up in the five-Test series that would eventually end in a 2-2 draw.
India vs England 3rd Test Playing XIs
India predicted playing XI: 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 playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir.
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