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10 hours ago
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Gill: Late fightback made India 'quite optimistic' of winning at Lord's
India's Rishabh Pant gets ice bag on his hand after a ball hits during the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Pelham) India's Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during the fifth day of the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Pelham) India's Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during the fifth day of the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Pelham) India's Rishabh Pant gets ice bag on his hand after a ball hits during the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Pelham) India's Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during the fifth day of the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Pelham) LONDON (AP) — India was given no chance of winning the Lord's test at lunch on the last day Monday. When Ravindra Jadeja and the tail were still going against England after tea, India captain Shubman Gill believed they could pull off a comeback for the ages. Advertisement Chasing 193 for victory, Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah scored 35 runs in 22 overs for the ninth wicket. Then Jadeja and last man Mohammed Siraj added 23 in 13 overs. Gill believed they needed to get to play the second new ball. They were 5.1 overs from the new ball becoming available to England when Siraj played on and was unlucky to be bowled. India lost by just 22 runs to trail 2-1 in the five-match series and began to play the 'what if' game. 'When Bumrah Bhai and Jaddu Bhai were batting, every five or six runs that we were scoring, we could see there was pressure coming on them (England). Every five or six runs. And that's all it was,' Gill said. Advertisement 'A small partnership of 30-40 runs could make such a huge difference. And we were quite optimistic when Siraj was batting that if we just go up to the second new ball, and if we have 12 or 15 runs with the second new ball, you never know. A couple of boundaries here and there and then you're right back on the top.' Jadeja was unbeaten on 61 off 181 balls — his second half-century of the match — and was praised by Gill for also how he marshalled the tail. 'He is one of the most valuable players in India. The experience that he brings in, the skillset that he brings with his bowling, batting and fielding is very rare,' Gill said. "And the kind of composure that he showed today, it was just tremendous to watch. 'Batting with the lower order of the tail has been one of the things that we spoke about in the previous two matches — that our lower order hasn't been contributing as much. But I think the character and the courage that they showed was tremendous.' Advertisement He believed Rishabh Pant's run out on Saturday while trying to help Lokesh Rahul reach a century was India's most decisive moment. Pant was trying to help Rahul get to 100 in the last over before lunch and was run out for 74. The pair had 141 runs together and Gill thought India could have eclipsed England's first-innings total. Instead, they tied England's total of 387. 'We thought we could take the lead by 50 or 100 runs,' Gill said. "We knew it wouldn't be easy to bat on Day 5. The more lead we get in the first innings, the better for us. "We talk a lot about keeping the team's interest ahead of personal milestones. I think it was an error of judgment (by Pant). I think he said it would be better if (Rahul) scored 100 runs before the lunch. A batsman feels pressure at 99 runs. Advertisement 'Rishabh made the call. I would say it was an error of judgment. It can happen to any batsman.' Pant didn't keep wicket from after lunch on Day 1 because of an injury to his left index finger. Scans didn't reveal a major injury, Gill said, and he believed Pant should be okay to play in the fourth test at Old Trafford starting on July 23. Gill wouldn't say whether star bowler Jasprit Bumrah, restricted to appearing in three tests for health reasons, would play his third test at Old Trafford. ___ AP cricket:
Washington Post
14 hours ago
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- Washington Post
Jofra Archer's triumphant return helps England defeat India at Lord's
LONDON — It was July 14. Of course Jofra Archer was going to open the bowling for England against India on the final day of the Lord's test on Monday. 'Yeah, part of the reason I went with Jof this morning ... six years ago now to the day,' England captain Ben Stokes said.
Associated Press
21 hours ago
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England on the brink of victory at Lord's, needs 2 more wickets to defeat India
LONDON (AP) — England was on the brink of winning the Lord's test against India on the fifth and final day Monday, needing only two more wickets to take a 2-1 lead in their series. England took four wickets in the morning session to reduce India to 112-8, still 81 runs from the target of 193. England looked like it was going to roll up India in the first hour when it dismissed Rishabh Pant, Lokesh Rahul and Washington Sundar in the first 40 minutes. India was 82-7 but, critically, the Dukes ball was rapidly losing its hardness and turning into a marshmallow. No. 7 batter Ravindra Jadeja was joined by No. 9 Nitish Kumar Reddy and together they chipped 30 runs off the target in 91 balls. But on the stroke of lunch, Reddy edged Chris Woakes behind and was out for a hard-fought 13. Jadeja was 17 not out and India's last and lonely hope. Only specialist quicks Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were left. England started the day with a slight advantage given it reduced India to 58-4 on Sunday evening. Also, so swiftly had India collapsed that the new ball was only 17.4 overs and still had bite. England's Jofra Archer and captain Ben Stokes put on a show of fast bowling on Monday. Rahul, 33 not out, was joined in the middle by Pant. Their partnerships have tallied more than 500 runs against England in the series, including 141 in the first innings. But Pant lasted only 15 minutes, his off stump sent flying by Archer in the 21st over. The wicket of the set Rahul was a bigger blow for India. He was out lbw in the 24th to Stokes on review after inching to 39 off 58 balls. Washington Sundar faced only four balls when he gave a return catch to Archer, who took a spectacular one-handed grab. India was 82-7 but could still put out Jadeja and Reddy, both of them averaging in the 30s with centuries to their name. They reduced the target to under 100 and managed to handle Archer, Stokes and Brydon Carse. But the late introduction of Woakes, England's attack leader, struck another blow when his ninth delivery was edged behind by Reddy. ___ AP cricket:
Washington Post
4 days ago
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- Washington Post
Bumrah burst removes century-maker Root but England powers to 353-7 against India
LONDON — Joe Root reached his 37th test century before becoming one of three batters to succumb to India star pacer Jasprit Bumrah as England powered to 353-7 by lunch on Day 2 of the third test at Lord's. Resuming on 99 with England 251-4, Root sent a streaky cut shot for four off Bumrah from the first ball of the day to notch an eighth hundred at the home of cricket — his favorite venue — and his 11th against India.
