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In the morning session on day five of the third Test in the five-match series at Lord’s in London, England took control of the contest after reducing India to seven down with more than 100 runs to get in pursuit of the 193-run target. English right-arm pacer Jofra Archer, who cleaned up wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant with a great delivery at the start of day’s play, he picked up his second wicket of the new spell by dismissing all-rounder Washington Sundar.
The fifth ball of the 25th over of the Indian second innings saw Jofra Archer aim at the leg stump of Washington Sundar with a fuller length delivery from around the stumps. The left-handed batter tried to turn the ball to leg side, but he got a leading edge before it ballooned to the right of Jofra Archer, who instantly hurled himself at it in the air before catching it cleanly with the right hand and keeping hold of it after hitting the turf.
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Within a split second, Jofra Archer got up and hurled the ball in the air before celebrating the moment in style with his teammates, who came running at him. The fans in the stands, mostly from England, went ballistic in celebration after seeing an incredible piece of play in the field from a fast bowler, who has just made his return to Test cricket after four long years.
At the time of drink’s break in the morning session on day five, India had reached 95/7 in 29 overs with Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy in the middle, still needing a further 98 runs to win the Test match at Lord’s in London.
Below are the playing XIs of England and India for the third Test at Lord’s in London:
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah
