IND vs Ang Live Score, Third Test Day 1: England captain Ben Stokes Wins Toss, opposed to batting India at Lord’s

India vs England Live Score, Third Test Day 1: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and selected to bat first against India in the third Test held at the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground on Thursday. Our senior cricket reporter Sahil Malhotra is covering the five -match Test series in England. Click Here Following action through Sahil’s eyes and words.

India enters the competition with a solid track record at Lord’s in recent years, winning two of their last three matches at the venue during 2014, 2018 and 2021 tours.

Visitors come under this test behind the commanding win in the second Test at Edgbaston. Despite being without Jasprit Bumrah, India dominated both bat and ball. Captain Shubman Gill gave a pair of extraordinary innings, scoring 269 and 161, while Mohammad Sirj took six wickets and Akash Deep took ten wickets.

Lords has so far hosted 19 tests between India and England. England have upper hand with 12 wins, while India claimed victory on three occasions.

After calling correctly on the toss, Stokes said, “We are going to keep a bat. Surface, here is some time, generally. It’s a good, well -fought chain, and we are ready for this game. The body is good. Quick changes, we are fresh and ready.

Indian captain Shubman Gill said in the toss, “I was confused what to do by this morning. I must have bowled first. In the first session something will happen for the bowlers.

Play xis:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammad Sirj.

England: Zak Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (WK), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir.