IND vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 3: Chris Woakes Takes 3 To Prevent Team India From Taking Lead, Heated Clash Rounds Off Pulsating Contest At Lord's

After three days of fascinating action, scores were levelled in the third Test at the Lord’s as England bowled out India for 387 in 119.2 overs in the third Test match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series in London on Saturday.

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India were very much primed to take the lead after KL Rahul hit exactly 100 runs, while Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja made 74 and 72, respectively. But the tourists lost their last four wickets for 11 runs to be bowled out for 387, the score which England made in their first innings. For the hosts, Chris Woakes was the standout bowler with 3-84 and ensured the game’s fate would be decided via a second innings shootout.

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The final session began with Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy hitting a boundary each, before Stokes conjured a wicket out of nowhere. The England captain bowled a vicious short ball which bounced very high and took Reddy’s glove-edge behind to wicketkeeper Jamie Smith, as the 50-run stand came to an end. Jadeja marched forward to bring up his third successive half-century of this series with a lovely drive past mid-off for four off Root.

After a brief period of patience, Jadeja lofted Root for six, before cutting him for four more. While Jadeja kept the scoreboard ticking by taking two fours off Brydon Carse, one of which came off an inside edge. Washington Sundar got going by punching Stokes for four, before bringing out a classy inside-out lofted six off Root.

Chris Woakes' dismissal off Ravindra Jadeja prevents Team India from taking lead

But Woakes found the edge on Jadeja’s flick and Smith took a fine diving catch down the leg-side behind to dismiss the batter for 72 off 131 balls. Akash Deep survived two lbw appeals off Woakes, before a superb, diving, one-handed effort from Brook, moving to his right, at third slip, ended his stay at the crease off Brydon Carse’s bowling.

🔥 YES WOAKESY! 🔥

Strangled down leg and Jadeja has nicked it. Seven down! pic.twitter.com/0HbOXe3LKL

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 12, 2025

Woakes then produced an absolute jaffa of a delivery – nipping away a little – to take shoulder edge of Bumrah’s bat to Smith behind. A single from Washington earlier brought the scores level, before he mistimed a pull to Brook at very deep third man, as India lost five wickets in the session for 71 runs.

Shubman Gill’s aggression. He is always there to stand up for his team.. pic.twitter.com/9KmqkTE0Ul

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The day saw a heated ending between the two sides as Shubman Gill seemingly had a verbal altercation after the latter called for the physio to check his gloves. Eventually, the time allowed Jasprit Bumrah to complete the one over and the hosts walked off with a two-run lead.