Heartbreak at Lord's: India fall short despite valiant lower order resistance; trail series 2-1
London, July 15 -- England beat India by 22 runs to win a thrilling third Test at Lord's on Monday as they went 2-1 up in the five-match series.
India were all but beaten at 112-8 when tail-ender Jasprit Bumrah came out to bat immediately after lunch. He and Ravindra Jadeja kept England at bay with a stubborn stand of 35 in 22 overs.
At 147-9, India still needed 46, when Mohammed Siraj joined Jadeja in the middle.
Nevertheless, the pair batted on until after tea on the final day to give India hope of an improbable win.
But with India in sight of just their fourth win in 20 Tests at Lord's, Mohammed Siraj played on to spinner Shoaib Bashir. Siraj made a routine block but the ball spun back and he watched it roll past his shoes and into his leg stump, knocking off the bail.
Jadeja was left stranded on 61 not out - the all-rounder's fourth consecutive fifty this series - after taking India to within sight of what would have been a stunning success before they were all out for 170.P14...
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