The Indian team came out after lunch with a plan and did not take much time to strike. Coming from around the wicket, Siraj opted for the bodyline approach and bowled a barrage of short balls at Bairstow. Unsettled by the tactic, Bairstow decided to pull one and fell into the trap. The ball, straight off his glove, looped to Kohli at slip.
However, skipper Root was in a different mood altogether and soon brought up his fourth hundred at Lord’s and his second consecutive century in the series.
Just two balls later, India almost had their man as Bumrah managed to find an edge from Root’s bat, but the ball just went wide of the leaping Rohit Sharma at second slip.
In the very next over, Buttler hit a miscued drive off Ishant Sharma, which came high off the bat and went over the hands of Shami at extra cover. Sharma kept on troubling Buttler as he got the ball to nip-back to strike Buttler’s knee roll. While the ball, collected by Pant, looked outside the line, it also looked close to an…
