IND Vs ENG, third Test, Day 2: Root Hits Hundred; Bumrah Snaps Fifer

Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul and Joe Root’s sublime century arrange an absorbing contest before KL Rahul’s composed unbeaten 53 guided India to 145 for 3 at stumps on day two of the third Test against England at Lord’s on Friday. At stumps, India trailed by 242 runs with Rahul and Rishabh Pant (19 batting) on the crease.Bumrah (5/74) dismantled England’s middle and lower order, claiming his second successive five-wicket haul and fifteenth overall, because the hosts were bowled out for 387 after resuming the day on 251/4. Root anchored the innings with a composed 104 off 199 balls—his thirty seventh Test century—while No 9 Brydon Carse (56) and keeper-batter Jamie Smith (51) staged an important lower-order fightback, contributing 84 runs within the last three England partnerships. In reply, India began brightly but lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (13) early when Jofra Archer dismissed him within the third ball of his Test comeback after nearly 4 years. Rahul held firm with a patient unbeaten 53 (113 balls), adding 61 runs with Karun Nair, who made 40 before falling to a spectacular diving catch by Root at slip—his record 211th in Tests, surpassing Rahul Dravid’s 210 for probably the most catches by a fielder in men’s Tests. Captain Shubman Gill (16) fell just two runs wanting overtaking Dravid’s record for many runs by an India batter (602) in a Test series in England. A defensive push off Chris Woakes found the sting, with Smith taking a pointy catch behind the stumps in a key moment of the match.