KL Rahul poked by Ben Stokes; Akash Deep Savages
The India vs England third Test at Lord's has been exciting with its everyday action. Still, as the last day nears, the excitement intensifies with ground theatrics and the teams implementing new strategies against each other.
Such an incident took the internet by storm after the end of Day 3's play, when English batter Zak Crawley looked to waste time at the end of Day 3 to prevent India from bowling two overs with the new ball.
This was met with immense criticism from on-field Indian players as well as several former greats.
However, whatever Crawley did is fairly a part of the game, and there was no reason for such a heated response from the Indian skipper Shubman Gill, who hurled abuses at Crawley and engaged in a brawl with Ben Duckett.
Ben Stokes mocks KL Rahul but maintains gentlemanship
After the much-talked-about incident, India, which was the major critic of the act, had to adopt the same tactics at the end of Day 4's play. After bowling out England for a minor 192, the Indian batters took the field but couldn't stay for long hours.
This was because the England seamers did a fairly good job picking up 3 early wickets. Now with only 15 minutes of play left, Akash Deep was sent in at no. 5 as the nightwatchman to safeguard KL Rahul's wicket till the next day.
However, Akash Deep repeats what Crawley did; he called in a physio for a relatively less scary injury and spent some time in the middle of the pitch.
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This was when Ben Stokes stepped in to clap in front of KL Rahul, reminding the batter of what they did when Crawley had called in the physios after Bumrah's ball hit him high on the gloves.
However, despite the mockery, Ben Stokes did not leave the spirit of the gentleman's game, as the act was quite light-hearted from the England skipper, who kept a constant smile on his face.
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Washington's web limits England to a low score
Washington Sundar, the spinner whom none had much faith in under English conditions, did the wonder for India at Lord's in the second innings. Indian seamers had done the initial job of dismissing the top order before lunch.
However, the middle order has played a crucial role in the English batting order, as Joe Root and Jamie Smith have been among the top run-scorers in the English side. However, Washington Sundar had other plans, as he rattled the stumps wide of both Root and Smith.
Root missed a fuller delivery from the off-spinner, which bowled him around his legs; however, Jamie Smith's wicket was more of a perfect delivery from the slight turner of the ball.
The lanky English keeper missed a ball that kept a bit low and drifted sharply towards the off-stump after pitching just in line with the middle-stump.
Sundar next had the English skipper as well, as he ended the innings with a 4-fer, missing a mention on the Lord's honours board only by a whisker.
England seamers bring them back into the game
The Indian seamers, followed by spinners, did a remarkable job of dismissing the English batters in the first two sessions of the game, which also resulted in a minor score of 192. Hence, England could set a target of only 193 in front of the in-form Indian batting lineup.
But the conditions seemed to have changed here at Lord's, as the England seamers have also done the exact job as the Indian bowlers. They have also picked crucial early wickets and sent the Indian top order packing.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, and Indian skipper Shubman Gill are back in the hut, while Stokes closed the day's play with Akash Deep's wicket in the 3rd ball of his last over.
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