London, July 11 -- Following a gripping day of play at Lord's during the third Test, England batter Joe Root expressed happiness with team's first innings score and also spoke on how the pitch could behave in the coming days.

A fighting half-century from KL Rahul and the return of wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant as a batter following a finger injury were key positives as India ended day two with two more wickets lost during the third Test against Lord's on Friday. At the end of the day's play, India was 145/3, with Pant (19*) and Rahul (53*) unbeaten.

They trail by 242 runs in response to England's first innings 387, made thanks to a century stand between Root (104) and Ollie Pope (44) and a counter-attacking 82-run stand between Brydo...