3rd Test: India trail England by 139 runs

Struggling with a left index finger injury, Rishabh Pant battled his way to making 74 before Ben Stokes ran him out with a direct hit at the stroke of lunch on Day Three of the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Lord's on Saturday.

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At lunch, India are at 248/4 in 65.3 overs and trail England by 139 runs.

Though KL Rahul remains unbeaten on 98, the session could have been better if the 141-run stand between him and Pant wasn't brought to an end in a moment of hesitation for India, which in turn gave Stokes and England something to cheer after being made to toil hard on a slow pitch.

Resuming from 145/3, Pant began Day Three by flicking Jofra Archer's first delivery for a boundary, before dancing down the pitch to slash the pacer over off-side for four more. With the finger still giving him immense pain, Pant kept taking his left hand off the bat at every opportunity he could do so.