Joe Root’s masterful unbeaten 99 put England together on the first day of the third Test against India at Lord’s.
In dull circumstances, the root showed the highest patience and determination to move the house up to 251–4.
On a slow, dry pitch that is ready to become uneven with the progress of the match, England were barely forced to curb their attacking instincts in a three -run crawl.
In London’s peak summer, the house crowd was happy when Ben Stokes won the toss and finally chose to bat first. This was followed by India’s battle to score runs due to the surface of bowling and collective interesting.
England twice found themselves against it: First when Nitish Kumar Reddy removed both the openers to leave the hosts 44-2, when Oli Pope and Harry Brook fell to 172–4 after tea in a slide.
But the Peerlace Route added 109 with the Pope, who took 104 balls at his 44, then the captain was not out of an unbreakable 79, the captain 39, who was struggling despite looking like a waist injury.
India did a little wrong, but Captain Shubman Gill’s Pope’s first ball can prove to be important.
Tourists are also waiting on the fitness of explosive batsman Rishabh Pant, who injured their finger keeping in mind the wicket and spent most of the days away from the field.
