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The third Test is being played between India and England at The Lord’s Stadium in London. India’s wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was injured on the first day of the match on Thursday. He was replaced by Dhruv Juril wicketkeeping. Nitish Reddy took 2 wickets in his first over. Joe Root completed 3 thousand Test runs against India.
First day’s moments in Lord’s Test …
1. Tendulkar started the match by ringing bells Cricket God Sachin Tendulkar started the match by playing a bell at the historic Lord’s Stadium. As soon as the bell rang, both countries had a national anthem and after some time the first ball of the match was thrown.
Sachin Tendulkar started the match by playing a bell at Lord’s Stadium.
2. Sachin’s painting in MCC Museum Sachin Tendulkar’s painting was installed at the Cricket Museum of Cricket in London. Tendulkar’s painting was inaugurated before the match started. The painting of Sachin’s photo taken in 2007 was made by Artist Stuart Piercen Wright. The photo will remain in the MCC Museum until the year is over, which will be placed in Lord’s pavilion in 2026.
Sachin Tendulkar with his painting at MCC Museum.
3. Reddi got 2 wickets in the first over Nitish Kumar Reddy came to bowl for the first time in the 14th over. He sent both England openers to the pavilion in this over. Reddy bowled the third ball of the over to Ben Docket and caught him by wicketkeeper Pant. Then on the last ball of the over, Jack Croly also got the cottage worn.
On the fourth ball of the same over, Oli Pope’s catch was missed in the street from captain Shubman Gill. Reddy threw out swinger out at Good length outside the off stump. The Pope went to drive, but the ball went to Gill. He tried to take a catch by diving, but the ball was missed by his hand.
Nitish Kumar Reddy sent English openers to the pavilion in a single over.
4. Pant got injured, Jurlel did wicketkeeping Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was injured while wicketkeeping on the bowling of Jasprit Bumrah in the 34th over. Bumrah threw the ball outside the leg stump, Pant tried to catch the ball by diving, but the ball hit his hand and went towards the boundary.
Pant’s finger was injured, the team Physio came to check him and took Pant with him. From the 35th over again, 12th player Dhruv Jurlel took wicketkeeping in place of Pant. He also caught Oli Pope’s catch.
Rishabh Pant was injured during wicketkeeping.
5. Route completed 3 thousand Test runs against India England’s middle order batter Joe Root completed 3 thousand runs in the Test against India. He is also the highest run -scorer batter against India. Root completed 3 thousand Test runs as soon as he scored the 45th run in his innings. Root became the 9th player in the world to score 3 thousand plus test against a team.
Root also put a fifty on the first day of the match. This is his 67th Half Century in Test career. He is now just 2 fifty away from Sachin Tendulkar in the record of putting the most fifty in Tests. Sachin has 68 Test fifty in his name.
Joe Root is also the highest run -scorer batter for England.
6. Jadeja lured Root to take runs Akashdeep threw the 83rd and last over of the first day. He threw out the fourth ball of stump of the over. Joe Root played the cut shot and the ball went to Ravindra Jadeja standing on deep backward point. Root completed a run, so Jadeja picked up the ball.
Jadeja again lured the route to race another run and he kept the ball on the ground. The routes also came up to half the pitch, but Ben Stokes did not move forward on the other end. Root got only 1 run and he was not out for 99 runs by the end of the day’s play.
Joe Route provoked Ravindra Jadeja to run a second run.