The second Test match between England and India has been at its thrilling finest thus far. While Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul dominated Day 1, English skipper Joe Root helped his crew stage an awesome comeback within the subsequent two days of the sport to take a lead of 27 runs. With the match evenly poised in the mean time, it's anticipated that followers will probably be as much as thrilling closing two days of the Test match at Lord’s cricket floor.
Joe Root reverse sweeps Mohammed Siraj for 4
The English skipper Joe Root continued his crimson sizzling kind and was at his classical finest on the third day of the second Test match at Lord’s cricket floor. The proper-handed batsman pissed off India’s bowlers and paced his knock to perfection, scoring runs all around the park to register his twenty second hundred within the longest format of the sport.
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The 30-12 months-previous then went previous 150 within the final session of play, wanting in full management of proceedings. During his innings, he additionally crossed 9000 run-mark in Test cricket and have become the one second English participant after Alastair Cook to attain this feat.
With wickets saved tumbling on the different finish, the English skipper took cost to Mohammad Siraj and brilliantly executed reversed sweep shot for 4. The crowd went berserk after that shot applauded Joe Root with cheers.
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ENG vs IND Live: What occurred on the Day 3 of the Lord’s Test match?
Resuming the innings on an in a single day rating of 119/3, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow gave a dream begin to the hosts on Day 3 as they appeared very comfy on the crease and proceeded confidently and stitched up a effectively-compiled 121-run partnership. After the wicket of Bairstow, Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali supplied nice help to skipper Root and made some precious contributions.
Team India then within the final session made a superb comeback and nullified an opportunity of England taking a substantial lead. Pacers took the remaining 5 wickets and England had been all out for 391 runs because the hosts managed a lead of 27 runs with Root remaining unbeaten on 180.
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