The back of Green did not go to SHUBMAN Gill’s way to the third consecutive time in the trophy of Anderson-Dendulkar, because the young Indian captain looked visibly disappointed when Ben Stokes won the throwing and decided the bat for a bright, sunny morning in Lord’s in London. Gill admitted that he wasn’t quite sure what he would do if he won the throwing, after seeing the pitch on the eve of the test, but added that he would probably decide to mix first.
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“I was confused what I should do until this morning.
The series is tied to 1-1 in two tests and Lord’s, Theater of Dreams, promises a decisive affair.
This means that BAT decision first gives England an advantage – the bats teams first won five of the last 10 tests in the cricket house. England also decided by a bat in the home test only for the second time in the era of Bazball. England paid the price for putting India in a bat to Birmingham. Gill scored 269 and helped India Mammoth’s first shift a total of 587, which turned out to be crucial. Finally, India won the second test of 336 runs.
India only made one change to the XI that won in Edgbaston: Jasprit Bumrah returned to the side instead of Prasidh Krishna. Bumrah was rested for the second test, while Prasidh, who was expensive in the first two matches, made a way – movement was widely expected.
But Gautam Gambhir and Captain Gill, instead of versatile, resisted the temptation to include a specialized pitch-turn pace or spin.
India continues to show the belief in Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy, while Ravindra Jadeja retains his place after a revived display in Birmingham.
Meanwhile, England welcomed Jofra Archer back into the test fold after a four -year absence, which was a step they confirmed on the eve of the match.
ENG vs Indian, 3. Test team messages
INDIA: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Karun Nair, SHUBMAN GILL (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Suundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Burah, Jaasprit Bumrahmmed Siraj.
ENGLAND: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (Wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Brydon Cars, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir.
Karun Nair was left because India has shown faith in a higher campaign despite his common return in the first two tests.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
10th July 2025
Tune
