Mohammed Shami scored a power-packed fifty and stitched a valiant partnership of 77 runs in the first session of the final day to frustrate England. Their contributions with the bat propelled India near the 300-run mark and took the lead beyond the 250-run mark at the end of the first session.
It was India's highest partnership for the ninth wicket in an overseas Test since the 2002 Trent Bridge Test against England. It was also India's highest ninth-wicket partnership at Lord's beating the previous best of 66 runs partnership between Kapil Dev and Madan Lal in 1962.
India were knocked off early when Ollie Robinson got the better of Risbah Pant and Ishant Sharma inside the first hour of the play, but Bumrah and Shami put their head down and played shots on the merit of balls to hold England off.
At the start of Bumrah’s batting, England players such as Mark Wood and Jos Buttler decided to give it back to him for his bouncer barrage against James Anderson on the third day. However, Bumrah took it upon himself to reply to England with his bat.
At the other end, Shami was batting with patience and capitalised on loose balls bowled at him. He played some crisp shots of Anderson and Moeen Ali to impress his teammates including the skipper Kohli sitting on the Lord’s balcony.
India were struggling at the end of the fourth day’s play when Moeen Ali had dismissed Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja in the late hours of the day.