A brilliant two-wicket spell by Archer, including those of vice-captain Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar, put India on verge of a series trail, as they tumbled to 112/8 in the run chase of 193 runs by the end of first session.
An intense performance from pace unit, particularly Mohammed Siraj helped India restrict England to 98/4 at the end of the first session on Day 4 of the third Test at Lord's on Sunday.
Team India started from where they left off during the final over of the day three, replicating the intensity and aggression to rattle England and leave them four wickets down at Lunch. Body blows, ball beating the bat, aggressive send offs, some classy shots. It had it all.
An exceptional partnership of 141 runs between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant took India's total inch closer to England's score of 387 as the visitors finished the first session of the Lord's Test on Day 3 at 248/4 on Saturday.
Former cricketer Ian Ward gave his take on the "ridiculous" ball change which caused an unprecedented delay in the first session of Day 3 during the third Test between England and India at Lord's on Saturday.
Indeed, it was a session of two halves, as despite some early strikes into the session by Jasprit Bumrah that reduced England to 271/7 despite Joe Root's century, a counter-attacking partnership of 82 runs between half-centurion Jamie and Brydon Carse made up for it as England breached the 3
During the first ball of the first session of day two, Root completed his 37th Test ton with a boundary. He was ultimately castled by Jasprit Bumrah for the 11th time, scoring 104 in 199 balls with 10 fours.
Even though England managed to dominate a large chunk of the day by resorting to traditional and slower-scoring method, it was Nitish (2/46 in 14 overs), who rattled them with early wickets and left them reeling at 44/2 during the first session.
At the end of the day's play following the third session, England was 251/4, with Root (99*) and skipper Stokes (39*) unbeaten. After a balanced first session, which saw Nitish Kumar Reddy strike twice, England largely dominated the next two with more traditional Test cricket as compared to
At the end of the day's play, England was 251/4, with Joe Root (99*) and skipper Ben Stokes (39*) unbeaten. Despite quick early strikes from Nitish Kumar Reddy in the first session, that reduced them to 44/2 and quick wickets from Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah in the final session, the
At the end of the day's play, England was 251/4, with Root (99*) and skipper Stokes (39*) unbeaten. After a balanced first session, which saw Nitish Kumar Reddy strike twice, England largely dominated the next two with more traditional Test cricket as compared to their attacking 'Bazball' cr