India, July 15 -- Ravindra Jadeja was India's lone hope of a miracle at Lord's after Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer triggered another collapse early on Day 5, leaving the visitors eight down in their chase of 193. The all-rounder mounted a valiant resistance alongside No. 10 Jasprit Bumrah and last man Mohammed Siraj, during which he recorded the slowest fifty of his Test career.

Jadeja's presence deeply frustrated England, who had expected to wrap up the game within the first session. He cut the deficit down to just 23 runs before a cruel stroke of luck-Shoaib Bashir's delivery trickling onto Siraj's stumps-finally ended India's brave resistance.

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