{"id":1719,"date":"2025-07-12T23:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/india-level-up-with-england-as-tempers-nearly-boil-over-at-lords\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T23:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:39:34","slug":"india-level-up-with-england-as-tempers-nearly-boil-over-at-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/12\/india-level-up-with-england-as-tempers-nearly-boil-over-at-lords\/","title":{"rendered":"India level up with England as tempers nearly boil over at Lord\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India post 387 to match England\u2019s first innings in the third Test but tempers flare before stumps on third day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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KL Rahul scored a century while Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant pitched in with crucial fifties as India posted 387, equalling England\u2019s first innings, on a heated third day on and off the field at Lord\u2019s<\/p>\n

An injury to Shoaib Bashir blunted England\u2019s pace-spin attack strategy when India looked vulnerable with five wickets down after losing Pant and Rahul in quick succession, before Jadeja steadied their innings with his third fifty-plus knock in a row.<\/p>\n

England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, who played a single over from Jasprit Bumrah before stumps, remained unbeaten at 2-0 as the five-match series remains tied as both sides look to go 2-1 up with a win in the third Test.<\/p>\n

With two overs scheduled to be bowled before stumps, tempers started to flare when Crawley pulled out of his stance four times \u2013 and later in the over called for the physio in what would be the only over of England\u2019s second innings.<\/p>\n

The tourists were irate with Mohammed Siraj displaying a thunderous look, before Bumrah slow handclapped and India skipper Shubman Gill confronted Crawley, pointing a finger in the opener\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

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England opener Zak Crawley makes his own point back to India captain Shubman Gill after the hosts\u2019 batter called for the doctor after being hit on the finger during day three [Stu Forster\/Getty Images]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

India started well from an overnight score of 145-3 as left-handed batter Pant, who scored twin centuries in the first test, battled through an injured finger<\/a> on his left hand as he hooked England captain Stokes for six to bring up his fifty.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old survived when an awkward hook on a short ball from Stokes almost got him caught near the fine leg boundary, but a diving Crawley could only lob the ball back inside to prevent a six.<\/p>\n

But Pant was run out for 74 on the last ball before lunch as he tried to take a quick single after playing Bashir towards cover point, where Stokes made a quick turn to hit the stumps on the non-striker\u2019s end with a swift, direct throw.<\/p>\n

Opener Rahul was the next to fall, edging Bashir\u2019s flighted ball to Harry Brook in the slip on his very next ball after reaching 100, leaving India on shaky ground at 254-5 under a warm London sun.<\/p>\n

But Bashir had to leave the ground when he injured a finger on his non-bowling left hand while attempting a low catch from his own delivery as Jadeja shot down the wicket, with commentators saying the 21-year-old might need extra treatment in the evening.<\/p>\n

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Jofra Archer of England bowls to Jasprit Bumrah of India during day three of the third Test [Gareth Copley\/Getty Images]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy, new to the crease, looked unsteady as England\u2019s bowlers piled on the pressure. Mix-ups between the batters put Reddy at risk of getting run out on two occasions, but Ollie Pope\u2019s direct throws missed the target both times.<\/p>\n

However, as England returned to using two pacers soon after Bashir\u2019s injury, the pair put together a 72-run partnership before Stokes claimed his second wicket of the match, getting Reddy to nick it to keeper Jamie Smith for 30.<\/p>\n

Jadeja drove Joe Root down long off for four to complete his half-century, while Washington Sundar took a slow, cautious approach on the other end.<\/p>\n

Their 50-run partnership for the eighth wicket got India within 11 runs of England\u2019s total, before Chris Woakes dismissed Jadeja for 72 as the batter\u2019s attempt to send the ball down fine leg only took a thin edge and landed in Smith\u2019s gloves.<\/p>\n

Akash Deep, in at number nine, was given out leg before wicket twice by umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat during the same over, but Hawk-Eye showed the ball was missing the stumps when the batter reviewed them, overturning both decisions.<\/p>\n

But Deep fell soon after to Brydon Carse for seven, with Brook trapping him at third slip with a low dive.<\/p>\n

Sundar brought the scores level with a flick to the mid-wicket, before Woakes dismissed Jaspreet Bumrah for a duck in the very next ball to bag his third wicket.<\/p>\n

Jofra Archer got Sundar out for 23 to bring an end to India\u2019s innings, leaving the match finely poised going into the final two days.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Source: <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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