England and India set for second-innings shoot-out in third Test

KL Rahul made 100 and Ravindra Jadeja a third successive fifty as India exactly equalled England's 387 in the third Test at Lord's yesterday before tempers flared as the match headed towards a second-innings shootout.

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India were in command while opener Rahul and the dynamic Rishabh Pant (74) shared a fourth-wicket stand of 141.

But both batters fell either side of lunch on the third day to leave India's first innings in the balance at 254-5.

Jadeja and fellow all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, however, kept England at bay with a stand of 72 in 27 overs.