England Vs India, 2018: Lord's Test, Day 3, Lunch - Twitter Reacts as India Bounces Back

After being blown away in the first innings in London, India needed quick wickets on Day three of the second Lord’s Test match against England. The visitors scalped four wickets as hosts currently trail by just 18 runs at lunch.

Meanwhile, the Day three of the second Test looked completely different. The Sun was out and the Indian bowlers knew that they are in for tough times ahead.

In fact, the Indian seamers didn’t help themselves as they veered off the track in the first twenty minutes of play.

Not many left in the bag for India:

However, lanky fast Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami came back to take one wicket each. Shami was able to trap southpaw Keaton Jennings in front of the wickets.

On the other hand, Ishant got one to move away from Alastair Cook that took the outside edge to settle in the gloves of Dinesh Karthik.

Nevertheless, England skipper Joe Root and Ollie Pope were able to take charge. Pope, who is playing his debut match, showed great resistance as he scored 28 off 38 balls, before Hardik Pandya’s delivery hit him right in front of the wickets. Furthermore, England has used both their reviews for two LBW and have no reviews remaining.

In fact, India missed the services of a third seamer. The Indian team management took the gamble to play only two seamers and had to pay the price.

Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav didn’t hit the right lengths as he gave away 15 runs in four overs.

Therefore, the match is drifting away from India as they’re behind the eight ball after managing a paltry 107 in the first innings.

Meanwhile, experienced James Anderson was the wrecker-in-chief as he took five wickets and ran through India’s batting line-up.

Three Lions skipper Joe Root was trapped in front of the wickets by  Shami at the stroke of lunch.

England Vs India: Here is how Twitter reacted during the Lord’s Test.

…and Hardik Pandya has a wicket in Tests in England.

This should be history. #ENGvIND

— ?????? ????? (@GautamSodhi1) August 11, 2018

Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) completes his 4⃣0⃣0⃣ wickets in First-class.#ENGvIND #LordsTest

— Akhil Gupta ? (@Guptastats92) August 11, 2018

Quite like the way young Ollie Pope is shaping….

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 11, 2018

More in Hope, Pope. Looked plumb in real time too. #EngvInd

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 11, 2018

Overhead conditions can't be the only factor behind a ball swinging. India have bowled straight this morning! Hopefully the Duke's ball swings more once the lacquer goes off

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 11, 2018

#aleemdar is one of the few Pakistanis who are doing well in somethings#ENGvIND

— Nikunja (@pinku30855) August 11, 2018

It's seems like a India will lose this match by an innings and apprx 100 runs.
??#INDvENG#ENGvIND

— Raman Yadav ?? (@Hraman_yd) August 11, 2018

Hardik Pandya get a wicket after 58.3 overs. The last time he took a wicket in a Test before today was against SA in the first Test at Cape Town.#ENGvIND

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 11, 2018

Did Pope's fluency at the crease convince Root that DRS could be used there? Didn't look like a marginal call even to the naked eye. No more reviews left. #ENGvIND

— S. Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7) August 11, 2018

We got 3 wickets already. Cloudy would have got nothing If he bowled today. #ENGvIND

— सुयश स्वरूप சுயஷ் ஸ்வரூப் ????️卐??️ (@sscomp32) August 11, 2018

The highest score in a Lord's Test for a player under the age of 21 remains Arjuna Ranatunga's 84 v England on 24 August 1984 (when Ranatunga was 20y 267d old). The record for an England player is DCS Compton's 76* v Australia on 28 June 1938 the Compton was 20y 36d.#EngvInd

— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) August 11, 2018