India failed in final push, England win thriller by 22 runs at Lord's

@England players celebrate after winning the match vs India at Lord's 2025

Match Context & Series Status

In June August 2025, India toured England to play a five-Test series as a part of     the ICC World Test Championship cycle

England and India went into the third Test with 1-1 after winning the first two   Tests.Third Test at Lord was therefore crucial: India has a chance to have a series   lead in England after 1986 and England had to go ahead on home turf. First Innings (England)

England chose to bat first and scored 387 runs with a century by Joe Root. They responded with 387 of their own at Lord s due to a ton by KL Rahul . First Innings (India)

As the match was level with both teams scoring the same number of runs in the first innings, the second innings of England and more importantly, how India will follow the target, came into the limelight. KL Rahul and co had made the Indians think that they could win but the game was open

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England's 2nd innings and India's Chase:

• England finished their second innings on 192 declaring and giving India a   target of 193 to win .

• India started slowly but crumbled soon: Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Washington Sundar departed rapidly and India were 112/8 at lunch on Day 5

• There was a thunderous collapse and then there was a gritty lower order resistance: Ravindra Jadeja (61* off 118 balls), Nitish Kumar Reddy and Jasprit Bumrah put up a stiff fight and rained runs and added hope. India went to 170 when the last pair to come in was Siraj and Jadeja. But the alliance was broken when Shoaib Bashir bowled Siraj, who rolled to the stumps and India was left 22 runs short.

🏅 Key Perfomers & Turning Points

Ben Stokes (England captain)

• Player of the Match, Stokes gave an epic all-round performance. He   took  five   wickets across both innings and scored 44 and 33. as he led   the bowling attack   of England.He also Ran out Rishabh Pant at a key time   and he managed to   captaincy  very well

• Stokes came back after hamstring surgery and a drastic weight loss; his   hardness and performance exemplified his strength and leadership

Jofra Archer

• Archer has had a massive impact in his Test comeback since February 2021,   taking three wickets and huge pressure on India as they went in pursuit of   the target.He also cheered loudly when Rishabh Pant was dismissed an         act which earned him a fine and a possible disciplinary action

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Shoaib Bashir

• The youthful spinner whose ability and courage had attracted applause,   Bashir secured the last wicket of Siraj by the bowling of a delivery which,   pitching on, rolled on to knock the off stump.The viewers referred to him as   a warrior even though he played despite being injured . 

Ravindra Jadeja & Mohammed Siraj 

• India were almost over the line with the help of Jadeja 61* (No. 7). His battle with Siraj made one of the most unforgettable lower-order partnerships in history. A standing ovation was given to Jadeja and Siraj when they were edging towards victory when India reached 170/9 but eventually they lost agonizingly short.

• The determined batting by Siraj all the way down to the ninth wicket almost   paid off but a ball by Bashir rolled back over the stumps

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Other remarkable themes and dynamics

• India gave away 63 extras to be exploited by England bowlers in a game   where margin was small

• There was a word-war and emotions on the pitch: Mohammed Siraj taunting   Ben Duckett during that Test, Archer jumping up and down in jubilation after   dismissing Pant raised some disciplinary review rumors. The last day was   the height of tensions as both parties went to the limit of competing sledging

• Ben Stokes provided a lighter moment after the match, saying Archer had   been watching nostalgic clips of Sourav Ganguly shaking his shirt on the   balcony of the Lord, mixing the cricketing history with light-heartedness in   case of dramatic finish

• The inability of India to pursue sub-200 scores turns out to be a worrying          trend. The game contributed to India having a poor record of failing to chase    in the fourth innings under 200 runs, which questions lower-order and mental    strength of the team.

Series Implications & What comes next?

• England are now in the lead with 2-1 in this five match series.

• The final Test will be played at The Oval starting 31 July till 4 August,          preceded by the fourth Test that will start on 23 July at Old           Trafford,  ManchesterIn their last tour match, India will get to play England     once again at Oval with an opportunity to draw the series.

• There is confusion in the availability of Jasprit Bumrah in the fourth Test            because of workload management; captain Shubman Gill did not provide any    concrete response after the third game other than stating that, “You will know    soon”

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Table of Match Summary

Category                                 Details

Venue                                      Lord,s London

Match Dates                           10 to 14 July 2025

England 1st Innings                387 (by Root century)

India 1st Inns                          387 (KL Rahul 100).

England 2nd Innings             192 declared

India 2nd Innings                   170 all out

Result                                    England won by 22 runs

Series score                          England 2-1

Man of the Match                  Ben Stokes Reflection and Key Takeaways:

• The spirit of rebound and team work in England proved to be                      successful. The leadership of Stokes, the aggression of Archer and injury-    composure of Bashir were decisive.

• The way India fight back through Jadeja and Siraj was heroic but the top    and middle order collapses carried a big toll.

• It was a Test match typical of battles of the past, close, tense, swings of        the momentum, drama right to the last wicket.

• The fact that India has been doing terribly at chasing down a target in the    fourth innings in less than 200 is a cause of red flags that the   management  and players will have to discuss before the next Tests.

• The dynamic of the series has changed: England now enjoy the lead and the    psychological advantage as well.

It will go down in the history of Test cricket as a contemporary thriller, nine wickets    lost, one wicket to win, a low run chase, twists and turns, an edge of the seat in        Lord s. India fought hard but they could not manage to get over the line and            England took over the series. It resumes in Manchester on 23 July 2025 as India    pursue not only a Test, but redemption.

Brief scores: England 387 (Joe Root 104, Brydon Carse 56, Jamie Smith 51 scored of Jasprit Bumrah 5-74) & 192 (Joe Root 40; Washington Sundar 4-22, Siraj 2-31) beat India 387 (KL Rahul 100, Rishabh Pant 74, Ravindra Jadeja 72; Chris Woakes 3-84, Jofra Archer 2-52) & 170 (Ravindra Jadeja 61*; Ben Stokes 3-48, Jofra Archer 3-55)