IND vs ENG, 3rd Test Match Highlights: Joe Root 1 run away from century, England 251/4 at stumps

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• 10 Jul 2025, 10:43 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 251/4 in 83 overs (stumps)

  Akash Deep bowled to Joe Root, who hit a couple of runs to point and defended some deliveries. Root managed to stay at 99 runs while batting at the non-striker’s end. Akash then bowled to Ben Stokes, who defended well. By the end of Day 1, England scored 251 for four in 83 overs. It was a slow day of cricket with a run rate of 3. 02. India bowled well but only took four wickets, hoping for better luck on Day 2.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 10:04 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 240/4 in 79 overs

  Washington bowls to Stokes, who defends the ball on the stumps. The ball is aimed at the left-hander, and he defends it back. There is a silly point in place. Stokes hits the ball to square leg for a single. Root chooses to play a reverse sweep and gets a single to deep backward point. Stokes also scores a single to deep cover.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 09:47 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 213/4 in 68 overs

  Nitish bowls to Stokes, who hits the ball to the boundary at fine leg. India decides to review the play using DRS. Stokes moves forward and gets hit on the pads. The ball is shown to be clipping the stumps, but the decision stays with the umpire, saving Stokes.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 09:32 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 200/4 in 64 overs

  Siraj bowls to Root, who drives the ball to extra cover for one run. Stokes takes a chance, hitting a hard delivery through cover point and runs two. He then pulls the last delivery to deep fine leg for one run.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 09:04 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 196/4 in 62 overs

  Siraj is bowling again. He starts by bowling to Stokes, who hits the ball for two runs through midwicket. Stokes is confident in defending the next two balls. After playing a shot on the fourth delivery, he checks his bat. On the last delivery, Stokes cuts the ball and gets a run to deep point.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 08:47 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 172/4 in 55 overs

  Bumrah bowls to Brook, who defends well. Then, Bumrah delivers a brilliant ball that moves in, hitting the stumps and getting Brook out for 11 runs. Ben Stokes comes in next and faces a short ball from Bumrah, which he ducks under.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 08:25 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 155/3 in 50 overs

  Jadeja takes a wicket on the first ball, with Pope edging to the keeper after trying to play with the turn. Ollie Pope is out for 44 runs. Harry Brook comes in next and scores his first run with a drive, while Root adds a single at the end of the over.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 08:05 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 153/2 in 49 overs

  Washington is at the other end of the pitch. Slip is back in position. Root hits the ball to deep midwicket and scores one run. Over the wicket, Pope defends the ball to the legside and then gets a single to point. It is now tea time on Day 1.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 08:03 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 141/2 in 46 overs

  Joe Root scores fifty runs, marking his 67th half-century in his career. He plays a shot to the fine leg for a boundary and defends another ball. Root also hits a ball to deep point for a single, while Pope adds another single by tucking a full ball to deep square.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 07:38 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 136/2 in 45 overs

  Akash Deep to Pope, tries to flick the ball to the leg side but misses. He then drives a fuller, wider ball straight to cover for four runs. A slightly shorter ball is pulled by Pope past the deep square fielder for another four. He angles a ball into his body and clips it towards midwicket for a single. Root gets an inside edge, which trickles behind square on the leg side for one.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 07:15 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 116/2 in 41 overs

  Akash Deep bowled to Root, and almost hit the stumps with an inside edge. Then, a ball down the leg side went past Root's flick. A full ball on the pads was played but only managed a single due to the fielder in the legside.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 07:15 PM

  IND vs ENG Live 3rd Test Day 1: ENG 101/2 in 36 overs

  Nitish Reddy returns to bowl and delivers a full ball on the pads, which Pope hits through midwicket for three runs. Pope then attempts a cut shot on a slightly wide delivery, but the ball is too close for a safe shot and edges it, falling short of the third slip.

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 04:44 PM

  IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Lunch

  After the end of the first Session of Day 1, England are 83/2 with Joe Root 24 (34) and Ollie Pope 12 (34) out in the middle.

   

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 04:39 PM

  IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Wicket!!!

  Nitish Kumar Reddy was brought into action, replacing Jasprit Bumrah. Without wasting much time, he dismissed Ben Duckett early. England lose 1st wicket.

   

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 03:09 PM

  IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Live: England off to a decent start

  England openers, Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, have provided a good start to the innings. Both the openers managed to protect wickets from falling, facing all-three Indian pacers - Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj.

   

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 03:02 PM

  IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Playing XI

  England - Ben Stokes (C), Jamie Smith (WK), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Harry Brook, Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, and Shoaib Bashir.

  India - Shubman Gill (C), Rishabh Pant (VC/WK), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, and Jasprit Bumrah.

   

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 02:47 PM

  IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Toss Update

  England skipper Ben Stokes flipped the Toss coin and even won it. He decided to bat first against India at the Home of Cricket.

   

  
• 10 Jul 2025, 02:23 PM

  IND vs ENG 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Sachin Tendulkar to ring bell at Lord's

  Sachin Tendulkar will be ringing the bell at Lord's before the start of the play on Day 1. This would be his first time doing so at the iconic venue.