The third match of the India vs England 5 match Test series was played at Lord’s in London. Host England won this match. India lost by 22 runs and England’s team went ahead 2-1 in the series. The third match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy was exciting, but on the last day the Indian batters could not face England’s pace attack. Once or twice it seemed that India was still in the match, but it was also true that it was just one or two wickets away from defeat.
Ben Stokes captained brilliantly and won the match for his team. India and England scored 387-387 runs in their first innings. After this, England’s team collapsed for 192 runs in the second innings. India got a target of 193 runs, in response to which India was all out after scoring 170 runs. Captain Ben Stokes was chosen as the Player of the Match. With this win, England took a 2-1 lead in the 5 match Test series against India. The fourth Test will start from July 23rd.
Earlier, England defeated India by 5 wickets in the Leeds Test. While, India won the Edgbaston Test by 336 runs. In the Lord’s Test, England won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 387 runs for 10 wickets in the first innings. For them, Joe Root scored 104 and Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse scored 51 and 56 runs respectively.
After this, India also scored 387 runs for 10 wickets. From their side, KL Rahul scored 100, Rishabh Pant scored 74 and Ravindra Jadeja scored 72 runs. In the second innings, England scored 192 runs after losing 10 wickets and set a target of 193 runs in front of India, which the Indian team could not achieve and was all out on a score of 170.
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Who is Responsible for Team India’s Defeat? Shubman Gill Mentioned Two Reasons
After losing by just 22 runs, Captain Shubman Gill’s disappointment was clearly visible. Even in such a situation, he did not refrain from speaking openly about the reasons for this defeat. In the press conference after the match, captain Gill made two important points, which proved to be important in Team India’s defeat in this match. The Indian captain said, “We did not play well for one hour yesterday (fourth day) and one hour today. The top order did not perform at all. The top order should have scored at least 30-40 runs more. But this was the first time (in this series) when the top order failed.”
After this, captain Gill also talked about that aspect, which proved to be a big difference between India and England. This was – extra runs. Team India gave a total of 63 runs as extras in this match, out of which 36 runs came from byes. Out of this, 25 byes came in the second innings only. In contrast, England gave only 30 runs as extras in both the innings, out of which only 3 runs came from byes. Gill said without mentioning the wicketkeeper, “We kept getting better in fielding but still made some unnecessary mistakes. We could have stopped some boundaries. Still the target was worth achieving.”