Overview:
England and India posted 387 each in their first innings. The hosts were bowled out for 192 in their second innings. England managed to restrict the Indian team and won the match by 22 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja played a matured innings of 61 not out but failed to lead India to a win against England in the third Test at Lord’s. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj added crucial runs as all-rounder, but the visitors fell short by 22.
Former Pakistan players Basit Ali and Kamran Akmal didn’t like Jadeja’s knock. “The shot selection was not right. Jadeja should have taken his chances. You should be confident enough to hit the ball down the ground. He lacked courage and didn’t go for shots against Joe Root and Shoaib Bashir. Had he shown courage and game awareness, he could have won the game for India,” Kamran Akmal said.
Basit expressed similar views. “Javed Miandad once said that when you are batting with the tailenders and the field comes up, you should hit boundaries in the last two balls of the over.”
England and India posted 387 each in their first innings. The hosts were bowled out for 192 in their second innings. England managed to restrict the Indian team and won the match by 22 runs.
Ben Stokes was named the Player of the Match for his all-round performance. Joe Root and KL Rahul scored a hundred in the match while Jasprit Bumrah picked up a fifer. He is likely to be rested for the upcoming game to manage his workload.
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