Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul Hold The Fort Against England's Clinical Bowling Attack At Lord's, India Reach 145/3 At Stumps On Day 2

After restricting England at 387 in the first innings, Team India counter the tricky Lord's surface with their resilient batting. Despite a major fall of wickets, the Shubman Gill-led Indian side managed to score 145 at the loss of three wicket by the end of day two. Opener KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant stood guard in the middle when stumps were called.

England posed a major threat to India after they lost Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair and Captain Shubman Gill early on. Jofra Archer pulled off a resounding comeback spell by dismissing Jaiswal, picking up a dream spell against the visitors. But India looked firm at stumps as they pick up 145 runs in response to England's 387 by the end of today's play.

Joe Root Clinches His Ton, But Jasprit Bumrah Responds With Clinical Five-For

Day two of the Lord's Test started with Joe Root picking up his century after he was stuck at 99 by the end of day one. Skipper Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith delivered clinical outings by scoring 44 and 51 runs, respectively. Team India were left frustrated after massive catch drops and tailender Brydon Carse picking up his maiden half century, aiding England to reach 387 runs after they were bowled out.

After Nitish Reddy rolled his golden arm in day one, Jasprit Bumrah responded to the English batting unit with a five-for, etching his name in the honours board at Lord's. The talismanic fast bowler picked up the clinical wickets of Joe Root and Ben Stokes and then dismissed Chris Woakes for a golden duck. Mohammed Siraj also scalped two wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja picked up a dismissal, ending England's innings.

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Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul Hold The Fort Till Day 2 Stumps

The English bowling attack put India under early pressure after swashbuckling opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed. He gave India a blazing start with three boundaries, but Jofra Archer tamed the young gun to pick a dream spell upon his comeback.

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Opener KL Rahul then focused in building partnerships with Karun Nair, scored 40 runs. Captain Shubman Gill couldn't continue his heroics with the bat at Lord's the way he did at Headingley and Edgbaston. The GOAT stamp has to wait once again as he was taken down at just 16 runs.

India vice captain Rishabh Pant returned to bat after being struck on the finger as he held the fort alongside KL Rahul until stumps was declared.