England\u2019s bowlers, led by Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes, triggered a dramatic collapse in the final session of Day 4 and the opening session of Day 5 to bowl India out for 170 in pursuit of 193, despite a valiant fightback from ICC No.1 ranked Test all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe turning point for me in this Test match was, first of all, Rishabh Pant's dismissal (in the first innings),\" Ravi Shastri said on the latest edition of The ICC Review.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India vice-captain Pant was cruising on 74 when he defended to the off-side off Shoaib Bashir and England skipper Ben Stokes, stationed at cover point, picked the ball and threw it towards the non-striker's end \u2013 all in one motion. That direct hit did catch Pant short of his crease, leading to him being dismissed for 74.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Ben Stokes, simply outstanding presence of mind to hit at the right end and pull it off on the stroke of lunch. Because India would have got a lead and they were in the driver's seat,\" he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cHaving said that, again at 40\/1 [in the second innings], I thought that was a huge lapse in concentration from Karun Nair to leave a straight ball, a nothing ball, to leave it and open the door for England. I thought that the timing of that dismissal turned things around,\u201d added Shastri.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBecause you saw when Siraj batted, when Bumrah batted, when Jadeja was batting, once the ball was 40 overs old, they hardly put a foot wrong. They were solid in defence and to bring that target down at lunch, 82 to get, you thought in the next 10 minutes it would be done and dusted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"But to bring that 82 or 83 to 22 was a massive achievement. So it just goes to show that if the top order had just been a little tougher and mentally stronger on Day 4, towards the end, this game would have been India's,\" he further said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shastri believes that while India were on top at stages of the match, England were due credit for grabbing their opportunities when it mattered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cYou have to compliment England. When the going got tough, those moments they seized. And when they saw an opening in the door, they just banged their door down. There was hardly anything in that surface, and if you had lost two wickets less the previous day I think India would have chased that down,\" he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Lord\u2019s Test was a classic, with both sides posting identical first-innings scores of 387 before Washington Sundar\u2019s four-wicket heroics with the ball on Day 4 bundled out England for 192.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shastri drew comparisons to India\u2019s thrilling win the last time at the same venue in 2021, when he was the head coach at the time. \"It reminded me so much of the Test match in 2021,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly on that occasion, it was India who batted first. Scorelines were very similar, 300, 300 and then a collapse in the second innings. At that time, India won. This time it was England.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Lord\u2019s Test was a classic, with both sides posting identical first-innings scores of 387 before Washington Sundar\u2019s four-wicket heroics with the ball on Day 4 bundled out England for 192.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The teams now head to Manchester for the fourth clash in the five-match ICC World Test Championship series, with England leading 2-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n