India, July 12 -- It was smooth sailing for India. England were at their wits' end. None of their bowlers even looked like getting a breakthrough in the morning session of Day 3 of the third Test at Lord's but just then, disaster happened, as far as India are concerned. Rishabh Pant, in his bid to give KL Rahul, his batting partner, an opportunity to complete his century before the Lunch break, tried to pinch a risky single and ended up getting run out. It happened two balls after Pant had Rahul: "Chouka kyu nahi mara (Why didn't you hit a four)," at the start of the over.

Rahul was batting on 97 when he took a single off the first ball of the 66th over, which was also the last over before the Lunch break on Saturday. It was a short and ...