The third Test match between Team India and England is evenly poised at the Lord`s Cricket Ground as both teams have their chances of clinching the victory at the iconic venue on the fifth, and final day.
The team winning the third clash will have an upper hand in the series and will take a lead of 2-1 in the five-match series. The remaining two Test matches are scheduled to be played at Old Trafford Cricket Ground and the Oval respectively.
Team India will resume the fifth and final day of the third Test match with a score of 58 runs for the loss of four wickets. They are still short of 135 runs to register a win in the Lord`s Test.
KL Rahul is unbeaten at the crease on 33 runs, which has come in 47 balls, with the help of six boundaries. On Day 5, the visitors have a slight edge over the `Three Lions` as they are still left with the likes of Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar in their batting lineup.
The Indian vice-captain has 416 runs to his name in three Tests, the most runs by an Indian wicketkeeper on English soil. Dhoni held the record for more than a decade, courtesy of his 349-run tour he savoured during the India team`s visit to England in 2014.
With players like Reddy and Washington who can be handy with the bat for the visitors, India has a chance to win if the home team doesn`t pull a surprise. Nitish has a Test hundred against his name, which came in tough Australian conditions, whereas Sundar has played some crucial knocks and built important partnerships with other batters in the previous Australian and English tours.
England`s pacer Brydon Carse has already bagged two wickets for 11 runs in four overs. Skipper Ben Stokes and fierce pacer Jofra Archer have also registered one wicket each to their names.
England skipper Stokes is one bowler that Team India should play carefully during the first few hours of the day. Stokes will start the proceedings on the last day as he took the wicket of night-watchman Akash Deep on the fourth ball of the last over.
(With ANI Inputs)
