India National Cricket Team and England National Cricket Team played the third Test match of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 at Lord’s in London.
The third Test match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy began at the prestigious site between India-led India and Ben Stokes-led England on July 10.
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England and India end with the same score in the first innings
The hosts won the toss and opted to bat first in the match after a disastrous show in the Edgbaston Test. Despite losing two initial wickets of Ben Docket (23) and Zak Croly (18), England managed to register a big score of 387 runs in 112.3 overs.
The English team dropped their Bazball approach in the match and made their top artist on the run rate of 3.44 with Joe Root (104). In addition, Bridan Cars (56) and Jamie Smith (51) killed half -centuries and took their team to a good score.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah had a 5-vei sensation in the innings, while Mohammad Sirraj and Nitish Kumar Reddy got two wickets and Ravindra Jadeja got one.
When it was India’s turn with the bat, they also landed for a poor start, but finished with a score of 387, thanks to KL Rahul (100), Rishabh Pant (74), and Rabindra Jadeja (72).
This was the only ninth example in the history of Test cricket that both teams finished with the same run after the end of the second innings of a Test match. In addition, the 387 was the fifth highest clan where both sides equaled their first innings score.
England gave India a target of 193 runs
In the third innings of the match, the Indian bowlers performed incredibly well, and the English batsman also fought a good fight to set a cracking finish on 5 on the day of Lord’s Test.
England were excluded for the fourth day for 192, which contributed to the bat with the bat with Root (40), Ben Stokes (33), Harry Brooke (23), and Zak Croly (22).
For India, Washington Sundar came out a game-changer with his four wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah (2), Mohammad Sirj (2), Nitish Kumar Reddy (1), and Akash Deep (1) were also among the wickets.
Chasing 193, India landed for a terrible start as they lost four quick wickets for 58 runs before the end of the day’s game. 5 days, India needed 135 runs to win with six wickets.
India started the last day on a bad note and lost wickets at regular intervals. In lunch, they were reduced to 112/8. Ravindra Jadeja (from 61* 181), Jasprit Bumrah (54 to 54), and Mohammad Sirraj (30 runs) fought like warriors. However, India was excluded for 170 due to Siraj’s unfortunate dismissal and lost 22 runs.
ICC World Test Championship Points Table was updated after India vs England:
| Situation | Team | Played | won | Lost | Drag | Dead | score | PCT |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 100 |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 66.67 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 66.67 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33.33 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16.67 |
| 6 | West indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beyond Lord’s Test match, England and India were in third and fourth places on the ICC World Test Championship points table, with 50 with PCT.
