India, July 13 -- Day 3 at Lord's ended in a bit of drama. Shortly after India completely nullified England's first innings, Shubman Gill had an outburst at Zak Crawley, accusing him of wasting time. Amid the off-field chatter around the incident, Team India broke their silence on the last-over "theatrics."

KL Rahul's 177-ball century anchored India to 387, exactly matching England's total, although the innings once again highlighted their tail-end frailty, which was much criticised during the series opener in Leeds, where the tourists had lost by five wickets.

India's late dismissal left "six minutes" on the clock for England batters to kick off their second innings, enough for the Indian attack to bowl two overs. Indian fielders hurri...