That is the end of play on Day 2. England are in command of this game as three-down India trail them by 242 runs. KL Rahul scored a fine-tuned fifty while Karun Nair hit a gritty 40 but England struck at regular intervals to keep India in check.

IND 145/3 (43)

Just five minutes are remaining for Stumps on the day. KL Rahul is looking solid and so is Rishabh Pant. India should not lose more wickets in these last nervy minutes of the day. They are 143 for 3 at the moment.

A single and KL Rahul races to his half-century with it. He gets there in 97 balls. This has been such a fine knock from the India opener so far. He has been really patient and has done a great job negating the threat of England pacers.

Good shot from Rishabh Pant this is! Shoaib Bashir gave it flight and tried to bowl it outside off-stump. Pant created room for himself on the leg side but adjusted really well to fetch the ball from there and slog-sweep it through the deep mid-wicket for a four.

IND 128/3 (37)

A fuller ball from Shoaib Bashir and Rishabh Pant has nailed the sweep shot to perfection for a four. The ball went through the backward square leg for the boundary. There was no fielder in the deep so it was a well-calculated shot from Pant. 

Big breakthrough for England this is! Shubman Gill is out for 16 runs. England's strategy of keeping the wicketkeeper close to the stumps on the bowling of Chris Woakes has worked brilliantly. The ball took the outside edge of Gill's bat and Jamie Smith took a brilliant catch behind the stumps. Look who is there! Rishabh Pant comes in to bat. 

Wow! That is a perfect straight drive from Shubman Gill for a four. Chris Woakes bowled it fuller and Shubman Gil presented the full face of his bat for the boundary. Slowly and steadily, India are moving forward.

IND 107/2 (31.2)

A short of length ball from Chris Woakes outside the off-stump and KL Rahul hits it towards backward square leg for a couple. The 100 is up for India. They have got there at the loss of two wickets. Not a bad state to reach there.

It was a fuller ball from Chris Woakes on the pads of KL Rahul and the batter placed it beautifully on the leg side for a four. There were fielders at short mid-wicket and square leg but Rahul found the gap perfectly between them to slam the four. 

India need to bat much better in this innings as they are a batter less, at least for today, as Rishabh Pant is out of action. He had injured his left index finger while wicketkeeping on the first day. He has remained out of action because of that injury. While Dhruv Jurel replaced him behind the stumps, he would not get an opportunity to bat as per cricket laws.

This is a massive moment in the game. Karun Nair has been dismissed at the score of 40. He got an outside edge on the ball of Ben Stokes and Joe Root took a brilliant catch with his left hand at the first slip. Nair was looking so solid but he has to depart now. The 61-run partnership has been broken. England are back in the game!

Out on his own at the
What a way to go clear with the most catches in Test history pic.twitter.com/zDMUdRFZcq

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 11, 2025

A good length delivery from Ben Stokes nipped back in and hit Karun Nair on the thigh pad before being caught by the fielder. Umpire was unconvinced with the appeal that followed and England went upstairs only to waste one review. 

Another good drive from Karun Nair's bat for a four. It was in the air a bit but there was no fielder at the ball raced through the backward point for a four. Runs are coming quite quickly for India, of late.

IND 61/1 (17.1)

Wow! That is a beautiful cover drive from the bat of Karun Nair for a four. The ball went through the sweeper cover. Nair is playing the drives brilliantly in the ongoing innings. Meanwhile, the 50 is up for India.

The third session of play on Day 2 has kicked off. Ben Stokes is bowling the first over. Karun Nair is on the strike. He plays a dot ball before being given caught behind on the second one. It was a short ball from Stokes but it brushed the trousers of Nair and not his bat. Good review this is from the India batter.

It was a good session for India as they bundled out England for a score below 400 and then scored 44 runs for the loss of one wicket. Given how the new ball behaved and troubled the Indian batters, the Shubman Gill-led side would be happy with the fact that is lost just one wicket.

IND 44/1 (14)

The duo of KL Rahul and Karun Nair have added 29 runs in 64 balls so far for the second wicket. More than the runs, it is the balls that they have played matters at this point in time. The older the ball gets, the easier it becomes for batters. 

Karun Nair is playing Jofra Archer really well. Apart from some of the spectacular deliveries, Nair has batted with great precision. He smashed the right-arm pacer for two fours in the over. 10 runs came off the over.

IND 37/1 (8)

Wow! That is a terrific delivery from Jofra Archer. It was bowled at length. The ball shaped outside after pitching before swinging back in again after leaving the outside edge of the bat. Karun Nair is lucky that he didn't get an edge there.  

Edged... And carried!
JOFRA IS BACK! pic.twitter.com/xr0hgYtP72

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 11, 2025

Karun Nair did a good job in the second over of Jofra Archer. He was good with the deliveries going outside off-stump, leaving them really well. India need to play out the new ball with minimum damage if they wish to get close to England's total of 387.

A tight over from Chris Woakes this was. He troubled Karun Nair with the outswinging deliveries. The batter was lucky that he didn't get any outside edge on those deliveries. The bigger threat coming up for India, that is Jofra Archer in the next over, once again.

IND 16/1 (3)

Jofra Archer strikes!!! Yashasvi Jaiswal is gone for 13 runs. It was a beautiful delivery that swung away from Jaiswal and took the outside edge of his bat. The ball went to Harry Brook at second slip. India are one down early in the innings.

Chris Woakes was hit for three fours in the very first over of the innings. Jaiswal hit a boundary on the first ball of the over through covers while he hit two more in the next four balls. KL Rahul defended the final ball of the over.

IND 13/0 (1)

Mohammed Siraj picks the final wicket of Brydon Carse and England are all out for 387. This is a really good comeback from India as they have picked the last three England wickets for just 32 runs. Jasprit Bumrah picked 5 while Siraj and took shared two each. Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket.

Mohammed Siraj has bowled a wide ball that ran away for a four. It was a bizarre delivery from Siraj that was bowled more due to pressure. He tried to cramp him for room a bouncer but ended up bowling it completely down the leg side, well away from the reach of the wicketkeeper. The ball ran to the fence for a four.

Brydon Carse slammed the second delivery of the over from Mohammed Siraj for a four down the ground and raced to his half-century. He is adding some extremely crucial runs for the Three Lions at the moment.

That's some way to bring up your first Test fifty!
Vital runs from Brydon Carse! @IGCom | #EnglandCricket pic.twitter.com/fde2DhgcKe

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 11, 2025

Jasprit Bumrah has cleaned up Jofra Archer and that is the 15th five-wicket haul for him in Test cricket. He bowled brilliantly on Day 1 as well but was bit unlucky. Not today though as Bumrah struck thrice in the first session and now in the second. England are nine down. This is a big achievement for Bumrah as his name will be written on the Lord's Honours Board.

ONTO THE LORD'S HONOURS BOARD!
With 11 fifers, #JaspritBumrah has now equalled Wasim Akram's record for most 5-wicket hauls in SENA countries! #ENGvIND 3rd TEST, DAY 2 | LIVE NOW on JioHotstar https://t.co/mg732Jcoq5 pic.twitter.com/I6fu3u3BRk

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 11, 2025

Jamie Smith is GONE! The England wicketkeeper-batter is gone for 51 off 56 balls. It was a length ball from Mohammed Siraj, angling into the wicket. The ball then shaped away and Smith ended up getting an edge while trying to poke. Dhruv Jurel took the catch behind the stumps.

ENG 355/8 (106.2)

Jasprit Bumrah starts the proceedings in the second session. Brydon Carse is on the strike. Here we go. Bumrah has started with a back-of-length delivery angling into the stumps. That shaped away a little bit after pitching but Carse defended it well.

England must be a little happy with their performance in the session despite losing three wickets. They scored 102 runs in the 22 overs that they played in the phase. Had KL Rahul not dropped the catch of Jamie Smith at slip, the story might have been different. But it is what it is!

Jamie Smith has raced to his fifty in just 52 balls. His approach has been brilliant in this innings as the batter kept playing his shots whenever he got an opportunity. This is some superb counter-attack from England. They are in the driving seat now.

Amid all the discussions and disagreements regarding the condition of the ball, England are slowly and gradually moving towards a big total. Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse have added 69 runs for the eighth wicket so far.

The ball's leather came off this time and umpire cut it away. Jasprit Bumrah took the ball to the umpire this time. This is not the manufacture of the ball would like to see that too after defending his case following Shubman Gill's criticism.

The ball is being replaced again! India complained about the ball again and this time the ball has failed to pass the hoop test. This must be frustrating for Gill and company. The replacement ball has good shine it seems. Can it bring a change in India's fate now?

The ball change has affected India badly in this game. They were off to a flying start with Jasprit Bumrah picking three wickets, two of them were set batters Ben Stokes and Joe Root, but ever since the ball was changed, India don't look that threatening. England, meanwhile, have stitched 46-run stand for the eighth wicket.

The replacement ball is not as good as the one India were using at the start of play today. As claimed by commentator Harsha Bhogle on-air, the previous ball was swinging 1.6 degrees, while the one being used as replacement has 0.8 degree of swing.

India captain Shubman Gill was not happy with the new ball. He asks the umpire to change it. The test to check the conditions of the ball is done through hoop and umpire is convinced with India's appeal. He changes the ball but it seems that the changes ball doesn't look around 10 overs older. It looks much older than that. An unhappy Gill argued with umpire, even Mohammed Siraj did it but in vain. 

#MohammedSiraj was clearly unhappy with the second new ball!
What's your take on the bowlers facing consistent problems with the Dukes ball this tour? #ENGvIND 3rd TEST, DAY 2 | LIVE NOW on JioHotstar https://t.co/mg732JcWfD pic.twitter.com/jSSQCp1NyZ

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) July 11, 2025

Jamie Smith defended the first ball of over bowled by Mohammed Siraj and nearly lost his wicket. He almost chopped the ball on his stumps but showed good game awareness to quickly deflect the threat by kicking the ball away.

Brilliant review this is from India to get the wicket of Chris Woakes. It was a fuller delivery from Jasprit Bumrah outside the off-stump. Umpire was unconvinced with an appeal for a caught behind but India still decided to go upstairs. UltraEdge showed a nick there. This is the third wicket for Bumrah on the day and fourth in this innings.

ENG 271/7 (87.2)

Massive blow for England. Joe Root is OUT for 104 runs off 199 runs. It was an inswinging delivery from Jasprit Bumrah that took an inside edge of Root's bat before disturbing the timber work. England are six down. Bumrah is doing the magic for India, once again!

UPDATE:
Rishabh Pant is still recovering from the hit on his left index finger. The BCCI medical team continues to monitor his progress. Dhruv Jurel will continue to keep wickets on Day 2.#TeamIndia | #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/nwjsn58Jt0

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 11, 2025

Ben Stokes is GONE! Jasprit Bumrah has provided India a massive breakthrough. The 88-run partnership for the fifth wicket as been broken. That is smart plan from Bumrah as he bowled one with width on offer, got hit for a four in it before pitching in a sharp inswinger to rattle the stumps. Stokes is out for 44.

A four through the gully region and Joe Root races to his century on the first ball of the second day. It's the century number 37 for Root in the Test format. He waited on 99 for around 16 hours and 30 minutes. He gets to a well-deserved century now.

99 not out
Facing Bumrah
First ball of the day
Root goes to 100! @IGcom | #EnglandCricket pic.twitter.com/bpcKRfxldd

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 11, 2025

Legendary India spinner Anil Kumble believes that Shubman Gill should attack Joe Root from the first ball. He advised the India skipper to go with an aggressive field against the batter and not change his tactic even if his bowlers go for a few boundaries.

"It's still a very good pitch to bat on, there are a few footmarks, fair bit of (dry) grass covering. It will get drier and because of the grass covering, it will hold the whole pitch together. Because of the dryness of the top soil there could be some assistance for the spinners. Not much, but just a little bit. Second new ball is going to be important, but still a very good pitch to bat on," Deep Dasgupta said on Sony Sports.

NDTV Consulting Editor Boria Majumdar also confirmed that Pant did practice for a bit but seemed uncomfortable. However, nothing concrete is known as of now and we will have to wait to see whether he takes part on Day 2.

Rishabh Pant wore the batting gloves an hour before the start of play on Day 2 of the third Test between England and India at Lord's, according to a report by Times Of India. "Pant donned the batting gloves and faced a few deliveries from the batting coach Sitanshu Kotak. However, concerningly for the Indian team, he looked at his left hand multiple times, shook it and didn't feel comfortable," the report stated.

According to weather forecasts, it is expected to be a bright sunny day at Lord's. The pitch did not do much for the bowlers and it was mostly the discipline of Indian pacers that kept England in check. Can we expect some more of the same?

While the run rate was quite low for England and the India bowlers did keep them in check, the hosts lost just 4 wickets on Day 1. That means that Ben Stokes and Co come into Day 2 with six wickets remaining and a chance to accelerate depending on the situation. As a result, the pressure also remains on the Indian bowlers who need to come up with a breakthrough soon.

Joe Root slammed a fifty in 157 balls - the slowest half-century by him in the Bazball era. It was yet another instance that proved how much England deviated from their usual way. It was a slow knock from Root and the run rate of 3.02 after Day 1 left a lot of experts as well as fans surprised.

Former Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri was left surprised by England captain Ben Stokes' decision to bat first after winning the toss during the third Test match at Lord's.

"He took me aback. I said, 'What have you decided?' We'll bat. There was a pause. I said, 'What? Did I hear correctly?' I then had to move on. Against the grain, England like to chase normally," said Shastri.

Indian cricket team all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy provided a massive update on Rishabh Pant's injury. "To be honest, I just came out of the field and I do not know anything about it, but since I did not hear anything from anyone, we will get to know tomorrow morning before we go back."

The biggest suspense for all Indian cricket team fans will be whether Rishabh Pant will be available on Day 2. Pant left the field after suffering a blow to his left index finger during the second session and did not take play in the play for the rest of Day 1.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Day 2 of the third Test between India and England from the Lord's Cricket Ground. After England's anti-BazBall approach on Day 1, will the second day produce a similar style of play? We'll come to know in the first session.