Ind vs Eng 3rd Test: India and England together made history, this happened to Team India after 39 years

This has happened only for the third time with the Indian Cricket Team when no team has an edge after the first innings of a Test, that is, the score of both teams remains equal. The same happened in the India vs England third Test being played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, when Shubman Gill & Team was reduced to 387 runs. Earlier, the England team, which won the toss and batting first, also scored 387 runs.

Ben Stokes won the toss in the Test being played at Lord’s and chose batting first. On the first day, 251 runs were scored, on the second day Joe Root completed his century (104) but soon after Jaspreet was dismissed by Bumrah. Jamie Smith finally played an important innings of 51 runs and took the team’s score to 387.

India and England score equal

In India’s first innings, KL Rahul scored centuries (100), Karun Nair (40), Rishabh Pant (74), Ravindra Jadeja (72) scored important innings. The last pair was of Siraj and Washington Sundar, which broke as soon as the score was equalized.

This has happened for only the 9th time in history when both teams have been score in the first innings of a Test match. The last time this happened on the field of Leeds in 2015, which was won by New Zealand. Out of the last 8 matches, 6 have ended at the draw, 2 of them are also with Team India.

This happened for the third time with India

This has happened for the third time with the Indian cricket team, when the score has been equal in the first innings. Both the Tests played earlier have ended on the draw. This was the last time in 1986 with India.

• In 1958- India vs West Indies, Kanpur, Draw
• In 1986- England vs India, Birmingham, Draw

Both teams score equal in the first innings

1. In 1910- SA vs Eng, Durban, Draw
2. In 1958- IND Vs Wi, Kanpur, Draw
3. In 1973- PAK vs NZ, Auckland, Draw
4. In 1973- Wi vs Aus, Kingston, Draw
5. In 1986- Eng vs IND, Birmingham, Draw
6. In 1994- Wi Vs Eng, St. John’s, Draw
7. In 2003- Wi vs AUS, St. Johns, West Indies won
8. In 2015- Eng vs NZ, Leeds, New Zealand won
9. In 2025- Eng vs Ind, Lords

The first time in history is on the Lord’s Cricket Ground, called the Mecca of Cricket, when the score of both teams has been equal in the first innings of a Test. Talking about India vs England Test series, the first Test was won by England and the second Test was won by India.