Nair, Rahul Steady India After Jaiswal Falls to Archer's Pace

After Root and Stokes' partnership, Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse added valuable lower-order runs, taking England past 350 before Siraj wrapped up the tail

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Karun Nair and KL Rahul stitched together India's return after Jofra Archer made early inroads and cut short Yashasvi Jaiswal's stay at the crease on Day 2 of the third Test against England on Friday at the 'Home of Cricket', Lord's.

At the stroke of Tea, India had put 44/1 in 14 overs on the board, trailing by 343 runs with Rahul and Nair unbeaten with scores of 13(34) and 18(42), respectively.

The second session began with India making inroads to pull the curtains down on England's innings. Mohammed Siraj forced an outside edge from Jamie Smith (51), which travelled straight to the substitute wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel behind the stumps.

Brydon Carse flexed his boundary-hitting prowess, but Jofra perished as Bumrah rattled his stumps to punch his return ticket on 4(11), bringing up his maiden five-wicket haul at Lord's. Carse brought up his half-century by picking up Siraj's slower delivery and dispatching it for a towering maximum.