India, Rishabh Pant and England
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Mhatre targeted James Minto first and hit a couple of sixes when he came to bowl in the 16th over in the first session. He shifted gears after the lunch break and rushed to his century in just 107 bal
Sunil Gavaskar made a special request to Sourav Ganguly after England targeted an injured Rishabh Pant during the Lord's Test match. Rishabh batted with a finger injury and slammed 74 off 112 balls before being run out.
England won the toss and will bat first in the third test against India at Lord's on Thursday under sunny skies at the home of cricket and conditions that should favour the batsmen.India's crushing 336-run victory in the second test at Edgbaston levelled the series at 1-1 after England won the first match at Headingley by five wickets.
Rishabh Pant was hit on his left hand by England captain Ben Stokes several times - he repeatedly aimed short deliveries towards the Indian keeper's upper body.
The fast bowler made an instant impact on his return to Test cricket after over four years, offering England's attack some much-needed bite
Rahane last played Test cricket for India in 2023 while he hasn’t featured for the limited overs teams for close to a decade.
Former England captain Andrew Strauss discusses the impact of weather on India's tour and the evolution of Test cricket.
England pace bowler Jofra Archer has made an immediate impact in his first test match in 4 1/2 years, taking a wicket off his third ball to remove India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal at Lord's. There was a buzz around a packed crowd at the home of cricket on Friday when Archer took the ball for England's second over of India's innings in the third test.
Rishabh Pant has already scored two centuries in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series. The wicketkeeper-batsman has scored 371 runs so far in the series