Shubman Gill was "extremely proud" of the fight that his team put up after being down and out but rued the absence of one fifty partnership and Rishabh Pant's first innings run-out in their 22-run defeat against England in the third Test at the Lord's. Ravindra Jadeja fought gamely with a dogged unbeaten 61 off 181 balls and nearly took India home with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj before the team got all out for 170. Extremely proud it was as close a Test match as it can get, played over five days and comes down to the last session. I was pretty confident of our chances with plenty of batting left. We needed a couple of 50-run partnerships but we weren't able to get that, Gill said during the post-match prize distribution ceremony. He did admit that had Pant not been run-out in the first innings, India could have got a 70 to 80-run lead and may not have to chase nearly 200 on a tricky fifth day track. Asked if players are putting too much emphasis on personal milestones as KL
Across two innings, the total score from India's top order, except Rahul, was only 89 runs, which heavily hurt India's chances in the match
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Shubman Gill also informed about Rishabh Pant's availability for the 4th Test. Pant didn't keep wickets in the second innings of Lord's Test
Jadeja, with 661 runs and 31 wickets in 11 matches under Gambhir, has justified his position as an all-rounder with authority
India came to the Lord's with the hope to replicate their 151-run win against England, which they recorded in 2021, but English pacers broke India's dream with a brilliant outing
3rd Test | ENG vs IND HIGHLIGHTS: Siraj's unlucky dismissal puts the final nail in the coffin for India as they are bowled out at 170.
India need 30 runs to win the match with just 1 wicket left now. The new ball is also dew in 10 overs.
Both teams are poised evenly for a win on the final day of the match, with the 2-1 lead in the series on the line
India's pursuit of a modest but tricky target unravelled in dramatic fashion during the morning session. Rishabh Pant was the first to go on Day 5, dismissed for 17
In the first three days of the match, the wicket was helping pacers a lot, as Indian and English pacers both took nine wickets each in the first innings
Sundar, who starred with the ball to claim four wickets and bowl England out for 192 in their second innings, believes India's batting line-up still has the depth to get the job done.
India are fairly poised for only their second successful chase in Tests at Lord's after 1986
3rd Test | ENG vs IND HIGHLIGHTS: Washington Sundar with four wickets was India's best bowler in the 2nd innings
So far at Lord's, only on 40 instances has a team chasing won the match, and on only 8 instances has a target of 150-plus been successfully chased by any team
England were going safe by the first hour of the post-lunch session before Sundar's double strike put them on the back foot
Md Siraj was India's best bowler in the first session with two wickets to his name
Siraj and Duckett bumped their shoulders after the Indian pacer got the wicket of the English opener on Day 4 morning. The umpire had a chat with Siraj and Gill after the on-field altercation
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