India vs England 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights: England End Day On High, Joe Root On 99, ENG 251/4

Joe Root remains not out at 99 and will have the chance to reach his 37th Test ton on day two of the Lord's Test. England have finished 251/4 and will aim to rebuild further on Friday.

Joe Root has been at his best and has navigated the Indian bowlers with utmost precision. He is now four runs away from his 37th Test ton.

Play has been stopped as flying ants have managed to intrude on the Lord's cricket ground.

Joe Root is looking confident with each ball passing and is closing in on his 37th Test century.

Ben Stokes appears to be suffering from cramps and needs some medical attention on the field.

Ben Stokes survives an LBW appeal as review shows the ball is clipping the leg stump and the umpire's call comes in rescue of the England captain.

Both Ben Stokes and Joe Root are looking solid and rotating the strike with ease.

England have reached the 200 run hurdle. Joe Root is edging towards another century at Lord's.

Akash Deep was brilliant in the second Test at Edgbaston, but he hasn't managed to pull off a wicket so far.

Jasprit Bumrah seems to be in good rhythm and the speedster will be hoping to capitalise on the momentum.

A peach of a delivery from Jasprit Bumrah has gone through Harry Brook's defence and has dislodged the stumps.

Joe Root and Harry Brook haven't taken risks and are punishing only the loose balls.

Both Harry Brook and Joe Root will be aware of their partnership and will navigate the Indian challenge with utmost caution.

The tea break has worked wonders for India as Ravindra Jadeja has dismissed Ollie Pope in the very first ball.

As per Cricbuzz, there is no major injury concern for Rishabh Pant, who has left the field after injuring his finger. Dhruv Jurel replaced him.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: A quite session, but England would be happy as they did not give out any wicket. India worked well while stopping the ball but not taking any wickets may look problematic! Sundar gives just a single off that over and that would be Tea.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Gill has finally brought Jadeja in to bowl, and he gave a good start. Just two off that over.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: A boundary off Nitish Reddy helps Root score a half century! 3000 runs against India and now a half century, Joe simply loves India. But England are not going SLAM BANG.

Six off Reddy's Over 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Despite a slow-paced game, Root is closing in on his half century now. The English partnership has been steady, but a lot of block and play has been happening! 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: India gets a ball change and Siraj does a beautiful job while fielding. But Joe Root steals a boundary! He picks up 3000 runs against India, the first to do so! 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: India have took their lessons from Headingley, as they fielding has been immaculate! Crucial boundaries were stopped by the fielders and England had to run between the wickets.

A massive appeal from Akash Deep was also turned down, as Shubman Gill may have thought that it could have been higher.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Joe Root steals a boundary but the remaining five balls have been dots! 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: A clinical bowling effort from the Indian side has kept England at bay, and they aren't experimenting bazball!

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Nitish Reddy concedes three runs but India have done a well job to keep England's bazball under control. Classic test match on display.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Akash Deep gives out two runs in his over. England have kept things really slow at this stage! Only 29 runs in the second session till now.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Two boundaries came off that one, with Jurel mistiming with the dive in one of them as it went back towards the ropes. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: England secure 100 runs on the scoreboard, and it was a slow one. India have firmly put the pressure wit the ball and while fielding!

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: England are taking risks to get some singles as Pope survives a close call. has Jaiswal was on his feet, he could've been run out! Also, Jurel now comes in to action, replacing Pant.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Rishabh Pant Stays! He still looks in considerable pain but he would continue. For England, a 50-partnership comes up!

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Pant is being attended by the medical staff and is getting some magic spray on his hands after that blow. There's a brief break in the play. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Solid fielding efforts displayed by Team India! Just one off that over off Siraj. Competitive showase from both sides.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: India firmly put the pressure on England with 28 dot balls, but England manage to steal a single. Cheers come up from the crowd.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Indian perfectly puts the English batters under pressure as Siraj pulls off a maiden. They are waiting for them to make one mistake! Fielding has been tight from India.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Another Maiden, this time off Bumrah. A close call but they have put the pressure on England at this stage. Fantastic stuff from the tourists.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: No runs off that spell from Siraj! Root briefly came out of the crease but was pushed back as the ball didn't travel. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Good acrobatic effort from Rishabh Pant, with Bumrah conceding just one run. Solid defensive effort from Pope as well!

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Defensive play from England as India put up a solid performance with the ball, courtesy of Siraj. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Bumrah conceded a boundary but India remained firm with their bowling in the beginning of the second session. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Pope and Root are back in the middle, Jasprit Bumrah has the ball and session two officially commences.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: For the home team, the hope will be that Root and Pope can build a big partnership in the second session. Both are well set but also in need of some big runs.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: The key for India is to make more inroads in the second session. Of course, the ball will stop moving around after a point and that is when it will become challenging for them. So early wickets is the key.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: A spinner bowling with the aid of the slope has tended to work well at Lord's. India have 2 spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar. Wonder when they will get a chance to bowl soon.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Reddy barely bowled in the Edgbaston Test - and when he did, England looked to attack him. But it is a very different case here - his first over yielded two wickets, and even if the one of Duckett was VERY fortunate they still all count. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Nitish Reddy bowls the last over before lunch and it is a good one for India - only 1 run comes off it. So England are 2 down at lunch but both Pope and Root seem well set. The second session promises to be very interesting.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Bumrah is the one bowler neither Root nor Pope would want to attack and so it proves - just the 1 run comes off it.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Akash strays down leg side and Root punishes him with a flick down to the fine leg boundary, which cannot be stopped despite Siraj putting in a dive. A single follows and the over ends with the batters running 3, this time off Pope's bat. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Bumrah returns to the attack, perhaps to exploit the favourable match-up against Root. But all that happens is a leg-byes four and not much else.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: After getting 7 runs off the last over, Root and Pope are looking to get a few quick singles off Akash Deep. They manage to get 3 runs.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Root starts the over by getting 3 runs off Reddy before Pope drives nicely for a four. The two batters are looking for a few more quicker runs now.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Akash Deep gets a second spell in this session and starts it well enough, giving just 3 runs off the over.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Wow, this is quite the spell from Reddy. He beats Root's edge not once but twice in the space of 3 balls. Only a single comes off that over. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Root now looks to punish the poor balls, getting two boundaries against Siraj in this over. 9 runs come off that over. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Another excellent over from Reddy, who seems to be much happier bowling here than he was at Edgbaston. Pope and Root are looking quiet.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: With two new men in Ollie Pope and Joe Root at the crease, it is understandable that they are circumspect for now. Siraj uses this to bowl another maiden over. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: EGDE AND OUT! Both openers depart. A much better ball this time around as Reddy bowls it outside the off-stump channel and it bounces, kissing Crawley's glove and Pant completes the catch.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: FOUR AND OUT! Oh my. Duckett hits Nitish for a boundary but off the next ball, he under-edges a ball that was short, down leg side and asking to be hit. Pant completes the catch and India have an unexpected breakthrough.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: The first hour is done which means it is time for drinks. England will be happy with what they have done while Indian bowlers also have nothing to be ashamed of given their efforts. A crucial next hour awaits.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Bumrah is bowling well and is able to find a bit of extra movement. Perhaps the lacquer wearing off has helped a tad? Either way, England batters not taking any major risks.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Siraj gets his second over and it is much better than his first as he gives away no runs. He seems to have found his rhythm.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Interesting tactic here - Bumrah changes ends and comes back to bowl his fifth. He gives away only 2 runs from the over. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Mohammed Siraj gets to roll his arm over at last as he replaces Bumrah. Crawley gets another off-side boundary off him but not a lot apart from that. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: THREE FOURS! Crawley finally takes on Akash Deep and manages to get a flurry of boundaries in the over. 13 runs off the over and it is not the kind of over India needed.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Well well well, the Bazball era batters are struggling to up the ante when faced with quality pace bowling and tricky conditions. Who would have thought eh? Bumrah continues to trouble Duckett and it's another maiden over.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Watching Akash Deep bowl to Crawley is like watching a hunter stalk his prey. Crawley trying everything in his power but has no answer to what the Indian bowler has to offer. Another maiden! 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Duckett has largely been… ducking Bumrah, but an over-pitched ball sees the opener get a boundary with a nice shot through the off side. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Akash Deep's second over is much better than his first and he poses a fair few questions to Crawley, which the English opener answers - but doesn't seem convincing!

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Bumrah offers a little width in his second over and Duckett flashes hard not once, but twice - in the second instance, the ball very nearly clips the stumps! Exciting stuff to start the day.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Akash Deep troubled England a lot at Edgbaston but makes an expensive start here, conceding 6 runs including a boundary behind the stumps. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Bumrah very nearly has Duckett for a golden duck! The opener edges one but it does not carry to Rishabh Pant and the entire slip cordon has to adjust their positioning as a result. Good start for India though.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: And we are finally at the time when the game is about to start. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett to open and Jasprit Bumrah has the new ball in hand…

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: One player who will be unhappy at Bumrah's return - Joe Root. The English batter has been dismissed 10 times in Tests by Bumrah!

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: So Shubman Gill has also confirmed India's changes - Bumrah is in, and Prasidh is out. They stick with 2 spinners then! Very interesting call.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: England win the toss and surprise surprise, they opt to bat first! Ben Stokes did say they would be open to it despite opting to bowl first more often than not. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: The toss is just minutes away at this point and it does seem like no one would be sure about the right decision to make if the coin flip goes this way.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: A quick reminder of what peak Jofra Archer can do. Will we see the same version in this Test match?

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: It is tempting to assume that India make just one change - Bumrah in, Prasidh out. However, Lord's looks like it will not have much for spinners. Does that mean Washington Sundar sits out too?

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Pictures of the Lord's pitch are doing the rounds on social media and it is definitely green. Not as green as seen the day prior but that was to be expected. Given conditions are going to be sunny, this puts the captain winning the toss in quite the conundrum.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: There were huge concerns over England captain Ben Stokes ahead of the series as his bowling was going to be scrutinised, but it is his batting that has suffered more. And the man renowned for his big-match ability needs to turn it around fast.

IND vs ENG, 3rd Test 2025, Day 1 Live Score: We are less than an hour away from the toss for which both the captains would walk out to the center. It is a big occasion and with the Sun shining bright - it should be a day dominated by batters. 

IND vs ENG, 3rd Test 2025, Day 1 Live Score: The iconic Lord's cricket ground has always been good for the Indian side. India has won three Tests at Lord's - the most at any English venue. The Indian team won at Lord's in 1986, 2014 and 2021. 

IND vs ENG, 3rd Test 2025, Day 1 Live Score: Yes, Sachin Tendulkar would be there at the iconic Lord's Cricket ground and he would be the one who would ring the bell - which happens to be a tradition at the venue. 

IND vs ENG, 3rd Test 2025, Day 1 Live Score: It would be very interesting to see what happens at the toss. Very honestly, both captains would like to lose it. 

IND vs ENG, 3rd Test 2025, Day 1 Live Score: In all probability, Prasidh Krishna misses out. He makes way for ace India pacer Jasprit Bumrah. The pace spearhead missed the Birmingham game due to workload reasons. 

IND vs ENG, 3rd Test 2025, Day 1 Live Score: The good news is that there is no forecast of rain. A full day of 90 overs is expected at Lord's. 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Rishabh Pant always has many in splits with his stump mic chatter. Ahead of the 3rd Test, he spoke about in typical Pant style! 

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: Ahead of what is sure to be a blockbuster contest, here's a sneak peek into how India have prepared for the match.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: But let us not also forget that England will see Jofra Archer returning to the side. This is the first Test he is playing in 4 years - can his body, which has experienced multiple injury issues, take to the workloads of Test cricket again?

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: The big return for India will be that of Jasprit Bumrah, who was rested in the second Test which India won. His return on what is expected to be a spicy Lord's pitch should be fun to watch!

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: There was a lot of chatter around Shubman Gill and how he would handle the captaincy and his batting - but that has died down after the batter's impressive performances.

India vs England 2nd Test 2025: England won the first Test at Headingley before India bounced back in style at Edgbaston. A win in this match could determine which way the series goes.