Okay folks, that is it from Day 3 of the third Test between India and England. Shubman Gill's gesture towards the England openers has spiced up this game. It is much more than just a game now. The Test has become a real test for players of both the sides now as none of them would take a defeat easily from this point. Do join us for the fourth day of action. Untill then, goodbye.

The tactic of Zak Crawley to waste time eventually worked as the over bowled by Jasprit Bumrah turned out to be the only one that England had to face on the day. For the unversed, the batting side avoids playing the final minutes of the day as the pressure is too much at that point during tight games. Wasting time helps the batting side face lesser balls compared to what they would have faced normally.

Zak Crawley played the fifth ball of Jasprit Bumrah's over and then gestured as if he was having some issue. He asked for the physio, and the India players then started clapping sarcastically for him. The physio work led to further delay before Bumrah returned to his run-up to bowl the final ball of the over.

Zak Crawley tried to waste time by using delaying tactics. India captain Shubman Gill was furious over that. Crawley moved away from his stance after facing the second ball of Jasprit Bumrah, citing some issue. The England batter then moved towards his partner Ben Duckett to have a discussion. This led to further waste of time. This is when Gill slammed the England openers with some harsh words. Bumrah was also not happy with the tactic of Crawley.

Zak Crawley is on the strike, Ben Duckett is at the other end. Jasprit Bumrah has the new ball in hand. Here we go. Bumrah begins with a good length ball outside off-stump and Crawley lets it go.

Jofra Archer has dismissed Washington Sundar and India are all out for 387 runs in their first innings. This means that fail to take any lead against England. This is a poor performance from the tail. India have lost their last four wickets for just 11 runs.

Scores are level but India are nine down. Chris Woakes gets his third wicket as he sends Jasprit Bumrah packing. That was a good length ball, angling into Bumrah but shaped away after pitching and took his outside edge. Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith took the catch. India are nine down. 

Brilliant catch from Harry Brook! Akash Deep is out at the score of 7 runs. It was a fuller ball well outside off-stump from Brydon Carse and Akash opened the face of his bat to hit it away from the fielders but found Harry Brook at the second slip. The player dived to his right to take a stunning catch with his right hand.

A fuller ball from Jofra Archer and Akash Deep flicked it away for a superb six over the deep backward square leg. The crowd erupted as Akash slammed the ball in the air. India trail England by just 3 runs now.

That was a superb over from Chris Woakes. He was swinging the ball beautifully after dismissing Ravindra Jadeja. Two deliveries from Woakes nipped in to Akash Deep and hit him on the pad. Umpire raised his finger over an LBW appeal on both the occasions. Akash reviewed both of them and the ball was found to be missing the leg stump. Poor umpiring.

IND 376/7 (114)

Massive wicket for England! Chris Woakes has got rid of Ravindra Jadeja. It was a harmless fuller delivery down the leg side. Jadeja should have hit it away for a boundary but he ended up edging it to the wicketkeeper. Jamie Smith anticipated it really well and took a brilliant catch diving to his right. Jadeja is out for 72 runs. 

IND 376/7 (113.2)

Brydon Carse has bowled a maiden over to Washington Sundar. Just five runs have come in as many overs. England have managed to keep it tight against India. The visitors still trail by 11 runs.

India are set to take the lead from this point. Both Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar have added 49 runs for the 7th wicket so far. The duo has together played 93 balls by now. India trail England by just 13 runs.

India have registered a massive world record. They have become the team with most sixes (35) in an away Test series. This is just the third game of the series and the Shubman Gill-led side has already surpassed the previous record of 32 by West Indies against India in 1974/75.

IND 371/6 (108)

A short ball outside off-stump from Joe Root and Ravindra Jadeja comfortably cut it away from the back foot for a four. It went past the fielder at point. India trail by 31 runs now. They are almost there.

IND 356/6 (105.3)

Raivindra Jadeja breaks the shackles and goes downtown for a six this time. There was flight on offer from Joe Root and Jadeja slammed it flat and hard over the long-off fence for a biggie. A boundary for India after a long time.

IND 348/6 (104)

This is good from England, they have not got wickets in the past half an hour or so but kept India in check. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar have played 45 balls between them while adding just 14 runs.

Ravindra Jadeja drives the Joe Root delivery down the ground past the mid-off fielder for a four. With that boundary, Jadeja raced to his fifty in 87 balls. This has been a really good knock from Jadeja so far, but India need him to take it deep as they still trail England by 53 runs. 

Third consecutive fifty for @royalnavghan
89 at Edgbaston
69* at Edgbaston
50* at Lord's
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India need just a decent partnership from Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar at this point. They trail the Three Lions by just 57 runs. The ball has turning really well for spinner Joe Root. However, their full-time spinner Bashir remains out.

England get a crucial breakthrough. The 72-run partnership for the sixth wicket has been broken by Ben Stokes as he has got the wicket of Nitish Reddy with a peach of a delivery. That was a short of a length ball that rose abruptly from the surface apart from swinging away from Reddy. It took the outside edge to the wicketkeeper. Reddy is out for 30 runs. 

A short ball from Joe Root and Ravindra Jadeja has pulled it away for a four through the deep mid-wicket. A fielder from deep square leg tried to stop the ball but in vain. Jadeja moves to 44 now.

IND 326/5 (93.1)

Nitish Reddy gets a thick edge but the ball goes through the vacant gully region for a four. It was a fuller delivery bowled from Ben Stokes. Reddy went for a drive but failed to get it from the middle of the bat. He was lucky that the ball missed the fielders at slip.

Joe Root bowled the first over at the resumption of play. Shoaib Bashir continued to stay out of action due to his finger injury that he copped through a Ravindra Jadeja shot. Just a single came off the over.

That is time for Tea break on the third day of this third Test between India and England. India lost the wickets of Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul in quick succession but Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Reddy have added unbeaten 62 runs for the sixth wicket to lead's the fightback.

Nitish Reddy has been hit hard on his helmet by a Ben Stokes bouncer. We have a short stoppage in play as the physio is checking the Indian batter. An icepack has been applied to Nitish's cheek. The play shall resume soon.

Chris Woakes bowled a tad fuller on the leg stump line to Nitish Reddy and the batter flicked it away for a four. It went through the fine leg. England bowlers need to be tight with their line. They should not leak runs like this. On the other hand, the partnership for the 6th wicket has reached 57. 

Nitish Reddy is not solid at the crease. He is trying to poke the deliveries outside off-stump. The right-handed batter is even going to play the deliveries bowled at the imaginary fifth stump. He is just lucky that none of the balls has found the outside edge of his bat.

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Nitish Reddy hit the Chris Woakes delivery on the off-side and ran for a single. He had to face "yes, no" calls from Ravindra Jadeja before finding out that he was in trouble. Reddy was lucky that there was no direct hit. 

 A single from Ravindra Jadeja on the leg side and the 300 is up for Team India. The duo of Jadeja and Nitish Reddy have added 46 runs for the sixth wicket so far. India are recovering well, but can they continue it with the England bowlers having new ball.

Jofra Archer started the over with a poor delivery. He bowled it fuller down the leg side and Ravindra Jadeja flicked it away for a four. The ball went through the fine leg fence. Archer corrected well and bowled five dot balls after that.

Without any delay, England took the new ball and Brydon Carse was the bowler who bowled the first one from it. He beat the outside edge of Nitish Reddy a couple of times in the over but the Indian batter was lucky to survive. He learned after that and left the deliveries outside off-stump quite comfortably.

On the fifth ball of the over, Shoaib Bashir bowled a flighted delivery and Ravindra Jadeja muscled it down the ground. The ball hit Bashir on his left hand really hard. Bashir even started bleeding. He quickly went out of the ground for seek medical help. Joe Root completed the over. 

The long-on fielder was up and Shoaib Bashir bowled a flighted delivery to Nitish Reddy. The right-handed batter jumped out of his crease and smashed it to the right of the fielder for a four.

The duo of Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja have added 24 runs for the sixth wicket in 53 balls. This partnership has steadied the ship for India but a bigger threat is round the corner. In just four overs from now, the new ball will be available for England. 

That was pitched short from Shoaib Bashir and Ravindra Jadeja pulled it away for a four. There was no fielder in the deep so Jadjea muscled it away in the air for the boundary. 

IND 267/5 (73.4)

India have suddenly gotten poor on the field with their running between the wickets. On the final ball of the 71st over, Nitish Reddy tapped the ball on the off-side and almost ran half of the pitch before Jadeja sent him back. To Reddy's good luck, the throw didn't find the stumps at the striker's end or Reddy would have been a goner.

With both the set India batters back to the hut, England are in command of the game now. The new ball is due in just 10 overs from now. For the likes of lower-order batters Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja, facing the new ball against Jofra Archer will really be a tough challenge.  

KL Rahul smashed his 10th Test ton in the previous over and he now loses his wicket. Rahul has equalled the record of Dilip Vengsarkar to become the India batter with most tons (2) in Tests at Lord's. Coming to the dismissal, it was tossed up by Bashir and Rahul edged it while trying to play a drive. It was caught comfortably by Harry Brook at first slip.

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The second session of play on Day 3 has begun at Lord's. Shoaib Bashir completed his over. Ravindra Jadeja is the new batter who has joined KL Rahul in the middle. The duo need to stitch a solid partnership to take India close to 387.

It was poor running from Rishabh Pant. He tapped the ball on the off-side and asked for a single. KL Rahul ran to the other end in time but Pant failed to make it as a direct hit from Ben Stokes sent him packing. This is a massive moment in the game as India were looking extremely good. Pant and Rahul had stitched 141 runs for the fourth wicket. That is Lunch on Day 3. 

KL Rahul is just one hit away from scoring his century. Rishabh Pant played the first five balls of the over before taking a single on the final ball and retaining the strike. We have 7 minutes remaining for Lunch. 

Wow! Shoaib Bashir has bowled a fuller delivery with flight on offer and Rishabh Pant has smashed it down the ground for a six. The ball went over the long-off for a six. With that, Pant has surpassed West Indies legend Viv Richards for most sixes against England in Test cricket. 

The finger injury continues to trouble Rishabh Pant. He was check by the physio again with a short stoppage in play before the action continued.

IND 222/3 (60.1)

Rishabh Pant gets to his half-century with a six. Ben Stokes tried to test him with a short ball on the leg side with a fielder at fine leg and Pant took up the challenge. He pulled it over long-leg for half-a-dozen.

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The injury has been troubling Rishabh Pant. He is currently being checked by physio before the play resumes. Pant was hit on the left index finger on Day 1 of the ongoing match and left the ground after that. He remained out of action only to return for his batting, but the injury continues to trouble him.

Good shot from KL Rahul this is! He is toying with the England field here. It was a bouncer outside off-stump and Rahul smashed it for a four through the extra cover. He shuffled to the leg side to create room for himself and then smashed it past the cover fielder. There are no player in the deep. 

IND 206/3 (57.4)

Ben Stokes bowled fuller deliveries around the off-stump but he failed to trouble KL Rahul or Rishabh Pant in the over. On the final ball of the over, Rahul took a single and India raced to the 200-run mark with it.

The talk around ball continues. It is being changed again. The umpires are checking the ball with the gauge and one has been selected finally. England will hope for a change in their fortunes with this one.

India have not lost any wicket in the first hour of play and scored 52 runs. The duo of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant started the day taking their time at the middle, getting the experience of the conditions. After this, both of them have been playing their shots.

KL Rahul has smashed Brydon Carse for hat-trick of fours. The first one was one the leg side then one on the off-side and then the final one on the leg side again. This is terrific piece of batting from Rahul.

Rishabh Pant jumps out of his crease and slams the Chris Woakes delivery for a four through the right side of the bowler. The wicketkeeper was standing far from the stumps and this gave Pant licence to come out of his crease. The wicketkeeper is close to the stumps now after that shot. 

KL Rahul drove the ball powerfully down the ground and Rishabh Pant, at the non-striker's end, did some amazing adjustement to remove his body from the line of the ball. The ball ran down the ground for a four.

That is a beautiful cut shot from KL Rahul for a four. It was a short ball from Chris Woakes outside off-stump and Rahul cut it away through gully for the boundary. 

All the ball is not doing much, England are trying out different plans. For pacer Chris Woakes, Jamie Smith is standing close to the stumps like he had been doing the last day. This reaped rewards for England on Day 2 as they managed to trap Shubman Gill.

IND 158/3 (48.2)

Jofra Archer is quite unhappy with the ball after bowling the first ball of the 46th over. He showed it to the umpire who took the gauge test and it passed it. Umpire returned the ball to Archer but he was clearly not happy with it but he has no choice. The play continues.

4 more! Rishabh Pant has come out all guns blazing in the first over here! This time he comes down the track and pummels it over extra cover for a boundary. Nearly one-handed! Finger injury or not, Pant will play his way. India cross 150!

What a start!
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Flicked down the leg-side, 4 runs! Not the best ball from Archer, no leg slip or fine leg, and an easy boundary for Pant to get things started on Day 3. First ball into the fence. Pant into the 20s. His fourth boundary.

IND 149/3 (43.1)

We are LIVE on Day 3! As expected, it will be Jofra Archer to bowl for England. Rishabh Pant on strike. KL Rahul, at the other end, will be hoping to convert his fifty to a hundred. Gear up folks!

IND 145/3 (43)

Right then! We are moments away from the start of play on Day 3. A very decisive day in the context of the Test match, that could put one side on the front foot. India will be hoping to take a lead by the end of day's play, while England need 7 wickets. 

Jasprit Bumrah has spoken up about the ball-changing saga that grabbed headlines on Day 2: "The ball is a little different from the last series I played here, obviously I understand dry conditions and hot summer as well. The ball used to stay harder for long, that doesn't happen anymore and that is something I cannot change and don't have the power to."

Despite fears, Rishabh Pant did come out to bat on Day 2. The swashbuckling left-hander suffered a finger injury on the first day, and Dhruv Jurel kept wickets for India for the entirety of the England innings. However, cometh the need, Pant came out to bat and struck three boundaries too!

Former England captain Michael Atherton has reflected on the ball-changing controversy yesterday, which saw Indian captain Shubman Gill livid with the umpires. Atherton states that the umpires need to "get a grip", and ensure that all the players are out of the way. He states that the final call on ball changing should rest with the umpire.

Jasprit Bumrah etched his name onto the Lord's honours board yesterday, picking up a 5-wicket haul at the iconic 'Home of Cricket'. Now, attention turns to KL Rahul! The classy opener has already scored a century at Lord's, but will be aiming to place his name in the honours board once again.

Jofra Archer made an excellent start to life back in Test cricket yesterday. The pacer breathed fire, taking a wicket with just his third ball as he got Yashasvi Jaiswal out. He will be the one that KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant need to watch out for as play resumes on Day 3.

Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul and Joe Root’s sublime century set up an absorbing contest before KL Rahul's composed unbeaten 53 guided India to 145 for three 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) at the crease.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day 3 of the third Test between India and England, straight from the Lord's, London. Stay tuned for all the live updates.