London, July 12 -- An exceptional partnership of 141 runs between KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant took India's total inch closer to England's score of 387 as the visitors finished the first session of the Lord's Test on Day 3 at 248/4 on Saturday.

At the stroke of lunch on Day 3, Team India are 248/4 in 65.3 overs with KL Rahul (98) unbeaten on the crease.

India resumed the first session of the third day from 145/3, with Pant (19*) and Rahul (53*) unbeaten on the crease.

India started off the day in style as Pant slammed a boundary on the first ball of the session, which was bowled by right-arm seamer Jofra Archer.

In the 54th over of the Indian innings, KL Rahul smashed three consecutive fours on the last three balls bowled by right-arm pa...