The third match of the ongoing five-match Test series between India and England is being played at the historic ground of Lord's. In this match, England won the toss and decided to bat first. By the end of the first day's play, Joe Root is at the crease with 99 runs and Stokes with 39 runs. Just before the stumps, an incident happened in the match that will make you laugh, too.
Jadeja tempted Root for a run.
England's experienced batsman Joe Root is at the crease with 99 runs. He is just one run away from his 37th Test century. Root was on a score of 98 on the fourth ball of the last over at the end of the day's play. He played a strong shot and took a run. But as soon as he tried to take the second run, Ravindra Jadeja immediately started tempting him. He was seen teasing him to take the second run. Now the video of this incident is going viral on social media.
On the first day, England scored 251 runs for four wickets.
In this match, both teams have come with one change each. England included Jofra Archer in place of Josh Tongue, and India included Jaspreet Bumrah in place of Prasidh Krishna. England started with jolts in the first innings. Fast bowling all-rounder Nitish Reddy showed the way to the pavilion to the opening pair. He took two wickets in his very first over. First, Nitish got Ben Duckett caught by Pant. After this, Jack Crowley was caught by Pant behind the wicket. Both scored 23 and 18 runs respectively.
After this, Joe Root and Ollie Pope took charge and did not let India get any success in the second session. There was a century partnership of 109 runs in 211 balls for the third wicket between the two, which was broken by Jadeja in the third session. He made Pope his victim. He was dismissed after scoring 44 runs in 104 balls with the help of four fours. After this, Harry Brook, who came to bat at number five, was bowled by Bumrah. He could score only 11 runs. Currently Root and Stokes are present at the crease. There has been a partnership of 79 runs in 170 balls between the two for the fifth wicket. Root is just one run away from his 37th Test century. For India, Nitish Kumar Reddy has taken two wickets while Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have taken one wicket each.
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