IND vs ENG 3rd Test 2025 Day 3 Stat Highlights: India Match England’s First Innings Total, Game in the Balance

The Lord's Cricket Ground witnessed another exciting day of Test cricket on Day 3 of the IND vs ENG 3rd Test 2025. Earlier on Day 3, India had a solid partnership between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant with both putting on 141 runs together. Rishabh Pant scored a fighting 74 and looked good for a century but his innings was cut short by Ben Stokes who ran him out with a direct hit at the stroke of lunch. After the lunch break, KL Rahul got to his century, his 10th in Test cricket and second at the Lord's Cricket Ground but was shortly dismissed by Shoaib Bashir. Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy then put together 72 runs and the former also added 50 runs with Washington Sundar and finished with his third consecutive 50+ score in Test cricket. India lost wickets at the end and were bowled out for 387, matching England's first innings total. For England, Chris Woakes turned out to be the best bowler as he picked up three wickets (3/84) while Ben Stokes (2/63) and Jofra Archer (2/52) scalped two each. Shoaib Bashir (1/59) and Brydon Carse (1/88) got one wicket each. England then came out to bat for just one over bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, a period which saw some drama with Shubman Gill getting into a heated exchange with Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett. England gained a slender two-run lead at stumps.