ENGVSIND will land for ‘Advantage Lords’ in the third Test match at the historic Lord’s ground from Thursday after being parked 1–1 in India and England series. The winning team will get a significant lead of 2–1 in the series. After losing the first Test, the Indian team made a tremendous comeback in the second Test and won their biggest win on foreign land by 336 runs in terms of runs. After losing the second match, the England team will also be desperate to make a comeback and for this it has made its goal to keep a fast and bouncy pitch in Lord’s, whose pictures have become quite viral on social media.
Lord’s Pitch Day Before The Test. ( – Sahil Malhotra). pic.twitter.com/k7bjukdofa
– Mufaddal Vohra (@Mufaddal_vohra) July 9, 2025
England have demanded a sharp and bouncy ‘vibrant pitch’ for the third Test to be held at Lord’s. England coach Brendon McCullum believes that England’s decision to choose bowling on the ‘subcontinent’ pitch and toss, which was prepared in Edgbaston, went in India’s favor. They will try to take better advantage of the domestic situation in the third Test starting on Thursday. He was also considering changing his fast bowling attack and in the end Jofra Archer was included in the Test team.
This time the weather forecast is fine, the temperature is expected to be around 30 ° C. Light green grass was seen on the pitch on Tuesday and according to batting coach Sitanshu Kotak, the pitch is going to be ‘challenging’.
India’s fast bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Akashdeep Singh took a total of 17 wickets while bowling brilliantly in the second Test. Siraj took six wickets in the first innings and Akashdeep took six wickets in the second innings. His performance made the base for India’s victory. India will get strengthened by the return of its Trump Card Jaspreet Bumrah in the third match. Bumrah bowled the last time during the Headingley Test on 24 June. In that test, he threw a total of 43.4 overs. During that time, he took five wickets in the first innings and remained wicketless in the second innings. Seeing the problem of back, he was advised to play three out of five Tests in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
For this reason, he decided to stay out of the second Test played in Birmingham. This decision was criticized a lot, as many people feared that India could lag behind 0-2. England were expected to benefit with an inexperienced fast bowling attack, but that apprehension proved to be wrong. India equalized the series 1–1 with a dominated win in Birmingham. After this, the Indian team led by Shubman Gill arrived at Lord’s in a spontaneous and confident environment for their first practice session on Tuesday. The most spontaneous Bumrah appeared, who has been in flirtatious and funny mood in practice sessions since the beginning of the England tour.
But there was no shortage in Bumrah’s seriousness and intensity as soon as the ball came in hand. He bowled for about an hour without taking any break. He did not mind that many major Indian batsmen were comfortable with alternative practice session. The absent players included Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep. But Bumrah did Karun Nair, B.C. Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar and Dhruv Jurlel took a strict test for the technique and patience.
Batting is currently a strong side of India. The trio of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul and captain Shubman Gill is ready to score runs once again. Rishabh Pant works fourth angle in this triangle. Gill scored 269 runs in the first innings in the second Test and 161 runs in the second innings. Pant scored centuries in both innings of the first Test. Ravindra Jadeja is playing an important role in the middle order by creating a half -century in both innings in the second Test. Bumrah has never made much difference from the pitches. When he takes the ball in his hand on Thursday, his eyes will shine. Like he is going to live the same old memory again.
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