Injury blow forces England bowler off the field at Lord's ICC World Test Championship
India began the day's play at Lord's with 145 runs under their belt in their first innings as KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant resumed the action for the visitors.
The duo compiled a 141-run stand for the fourth wicket before Pant (74) was run out just before the Lunch break.
Rahul would go on to claim his second Test hundred in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship series - also his second successive century at Lord's to accompany a dashing ton from his previous outing at the venue in 2021.
The Indian opener was eventually dismissed by Bashir with a flighted delivery that tempted the former into a cover drive, inducing an outside edge that was caught in the slip cordon by Harry Brook.
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