IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Momentum the keyword as India, England eye series lead at Lord’s | Cricket News

Shubman Gill and Ben Stokes

TimesofIndia.com in London: Two days after reaching London from Birmingham, India and England will march out at the Lord’s cricket floor for the third Test beginning in the present day. While India have been coaching at the Home of Cricket for the final two days, the hosts had their first, and solely, session earlier than the recreation on July 9. In the first two fixtures, the pendulum has always swung from one staff to a different however India breaching the Edgbaston fortress gave them much-needed momentum forward of the third recreation. The series is deliciously poised at 1-1 and a beneficial consequence at Lord’s won’t solely give the profitable staff the lead, however an important confidence booster earlier than the break takes over. Lots is at stake and on this high-pressure fixture, momentum will stay the key phrase and Shubman Gill-led India are driving that after the emphatic win final week. Even in beneficial batting situations, India not solely outbatted the opposition however outskilled them with the ball and are at present excessive in spirits earlier than the huge one. India vice-captain Rishabh Pant was requested about the quick turnaround and even the teen reiterated that momentum helps in such conditions. “Definitely it’s a short turnaround, but like you said, when you have momentum on your side, you want that short turnaround,” stated Pant on the eve of the third Test. “We are not thinking about it too much. It’s good for us to have the momentum, but eventually you’ve got to play good cricket. This team will play better, and will win eventually,” he added. Pant himself has been juggling between batting, wicketkeeping, management after which some Wimbledon in the day and a gala dinner in the night time. He was the lifetime of the occasion hosted by Yuvraj Singh at a luxurious resort in London on July 8 and even loosened his purse strings for a bid of 17,000 kilos. And in just a few hours’ time, he sat for the pre-match press convention.

It was the typical bit — some one-liners, loads of laughs and the improved maturity. The readability with which he spoke on the facet’s plans, staff mixture choices, recent reinforcement in the opposition and the stump mic chatter confirmed the boy has matured into a person. The members of Team India, who missed the first coaching, operated at full tilt and there was a batathon between the likes of KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal as they simply did not cease batting.

The nets have been modified, assaults have been shuffled and when every part was executed, Ryan ten Doeschate took Gill, Sai Sudharsan and Karun Nair to the synthetic turf wicket the place he fed them underarm deliveries. After the correct hit, the trio was trying at getting their repetitions in and the underarm deliveries or the common throwdowns from a shorter distance enable the batters to get a pleasant really feel of their center and train management. The scoreline reads 1-1 however even England know India have been very near sealing the recreation in Headingley. They capitalised on their probabilities in Birmingham and would now hope the Birmingham momentum continues in London, and is even carried ahead to Manchester.