ENG vs IND 2025, Lord’s Test Day 5 Highlights: Jadeja, Siraj, Bumrah fight back but India fall short in 193 chase; England lead series 2-1
Brief Scores: England 387 (Joe Root 104, Jasprit Bumrah 5/74) & 192 (Joe Root 40, Washington Sundar 4/22) beat India 387 (KL Rahul 100, Rishabh Pant 74, Chris Woakes 3/84) & 170 (Ravindra Jadeja 61*, Ben Stokes 3/48) by 22 runs.
After four days of exciting cricket with multiple verbal spats between the two sides, England and India, it all came down to the fifth day of the third Test at Lord’s. The tourists started the day with 58/4, still needing 135 runs to go 2-1 up in the series. The Ben Stokes’ army could smell the win, having already sent the visiting inform captain, Shubman Gill, back in the hut late on day four.
The surface, with more heat, had started the break. There were a few patches where a few balls were flying to shoulder height, while a few other balls were going down to the knee. The new ball had moved into the air, and that would be where the home side thinks of targeting.
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Let’s take a look at how the three sessions panned out on Day 5 of the third ENG vs IND 2025 series at Lord’s:
England’s four wickets give India a body blow; visitors need 81 runs to win
The morning session did not start on a positive note for the Blue Brigade. Rishabh Pant used his feet to smack Jofra Archer down the ground for a boundary. But that was the only reason to smile and cheer for the touring fans. With a cracking delivery, the Barbados-born broke the stumps of the Indian wicket-keeper batter.
Stokes, on July 14, was always going to be a game-changing man for the Three Lions. He trapped KL Rahul on the pads. The right-handed batter kept the bat behind the pads, and that brought the downfall. Additionally, Archer picked up Washington Sundar’s wicket with a brilliant leaping catch off his bowling. The Southpaw, looking to guide the ball on the leg side, got a leading edge back to the bowler. All of these happened in the first 40 minutes.
Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja started to grind the bowlers with singles and doubles. They put up a 30-run stand for the eighth wicket before the right-handed batter got an outside edge on the stroke of lunch. The visitors went back to the dressing room with 112/8, still needing 81 runs for victory.
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Jadeja’s 56* kept India in the chase; India need 30 runs to win
Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah started the second session well. The former kept giving singles to the bowler on the last balls or the penultimate balls of an over. The Saurashtra all-rounder used his T20 skills to smash Stokes into the stands for a six. Suddenly, the pressure shifted to the home side as they brought Joe Root and later Shoaib Bashir into the attack.
Bumrah survived long enough before finally giving up his wicket as a normal number 10. He couldn’t handle the short ball from Stokes and found the field just around the bowling mark. The hopes of India were nearly at an end. Jadeja kept pushing till the end as he celebrated his fourth successive half-century with a lucky edge over the slips. Quite surprisingly, they went to the Tea break needing 30 more runs to win.
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Siraj’s dramatic dismissal gives England 22-run victory; go 2-1 up in the series
Jadeja kept fighting as was Siraj but it was the most dramatic end of the clash. The Hyderabad-born defended the ball but it popped up in the air and rolled on to the stumps as the bails got off the groove. Siraj was down on his haunches just like Brett Lee was at Edgbaston 20 years ago.
India fell short of the chase by 22 runs as England took 2-1 series lead.
What’s next
England will enjoy the victory to go 2-1 up in the series. After a couple of hard-fought emotional fixtures, it will be another week’s break for the players to freshen up. Questions will be there on Jasprit Bumrah’s availability for the next fixture. The fourth Test of the series will take place on July 23 at Old Trafford in Manchester.
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Statistical Highlights from Lord’s ENG vs IND 2025 Lord’s Test, Day 5:
- A total of (15) batters have been dismissed bowled in the Lord’s Test 2025. That’s the most number of bowled dismissals in a Test in the 21st century. The West Indies vs South Africa encounter at Port of Spain in 2005 saw 13 bowled outs.
- Pant (1206) is now ahead of Shubman Gill (1199) in terms of Test runs for India against England.
- Since the start of 2018, Stokes now has the third most wickets (29) in the fourth innings of a Test match for England.
- Bumrah equals Ravi Shastri to face the third-most deliveries (54) among India’s number 10 batters in the fourth innings of a Test.
- Bumrah also faced the second-most balls (54) of his career in a Test innings. His joint-best (64) was at Lord’s in 2021 and Dharamshala in 2024.
- Jadeja & Bumrah battled 132 balls during their 35-run partnership for the ninth wicket. This is the third-most balls faced by a ninth-wicket batting pair for India in Test cricket.
- Among the foreign batters between numbers 7 and 11, Ravindra Jadeja has scored the second most runs (722) against England in England. Rod Marsh stays at the top with 729 runs.
- This was the closest result margin in terms of runs at Lord’s in cricket history. The previous instance was Australia beating England by 43 runs in 2023.
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Top Twitter/X Reactions from ENG vs IND 2025, Lord’s Test Day 5
England entertainment! Great spirit, courage and fight to pull off that WIN!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) July 14, 2025
Celebrate in style! Wow 🤩
Fight shown by India but England was able to siege the crucial movements.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 14, 2025
Alas Siraj, after giving Jadeja doughty support, falls with India within striking distance of what would have been an extraordinary win. Congratulations to England for a fine win under immense pressure. But the series is ablaze. Watch out at Old Trafford!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 14, 2025
Incredible fight but it wasn't to be. True, England bowled magnificently but this is what sport is about; using the power of determination to overcome the shortage of ability. Bumrah and Siraj were magnificent, admirable and Jadeja has always been a tough cricketer.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 14, 2025
Heartbreaking finish but proud of the fight. Take a bow @imjadeja, what determination, what patience. What a Test match we've had. Congratulations @benstokes38 lion hearted effort from him with the ball. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/5ijoDMrN9j
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 14, 2025
Some players lift themselves at key moments, they wade into situations and want to be in the thick of it all. Nobody symbolises that more than @benstokes38.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 14, 2025
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