3 Biggest Reasons Team India Lost Lord’s Test: The Indian cricket team has suffered a heartbreaking 22-run defeat at the historic ground of Lord’s. In this match, Team India lost three wickets in half an hour of the first session on the fifth day and the score was seven wickets for 82 runs. After this, the way Ravindra Jadeja handled the innings along with the tail was commendable.
But in the end the host team won. Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten after this difficult innings by scoring 61 runs. If any player from the middle order had supported him better, then today the Indian tricolor would have been waving at Lord’s.
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Team India had kept itself ahead in this match from the first day. But in between some such mistakes were made which became the reason for the defeat for the Indian team. We will look at some such mistakes and tell what were the three major reasons due to which the Indian team lost this match and the team could not chase even a target of less than 200 in the end.
So let’s do a postmortem of the Lord’s Test one by one and know what were the three major reasons due to which India had to face defeat:- Yes, the batsmen of the Indian team have been one of the biggest reasons for this defeat. In the first innings, India was clearly seen taking a lead of at least 30-40 runs. But the last 4 wickets fell for 11 runs.
End of a thrilling Test match at Lord’s.#TeamIndia fought hard but it’s England who win the 3rd Test by 22 runs.
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 14, 2025
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The lower order could not show the bravery of the second innings in the first innings. At the same time, Karun Nair, captain Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal failed in both innings. The irresponsible manner in which Yashasvi lost his wicket in the second innings will also be a matter worth noticing. 2- India rained extra runs in the second innings
The Indian team gave 32 extra runs to England in the second innings, out of which 25 runs were byes. Dhruv Jurel, who was wicketkeeping in place of Rishabh Pant, also played a role in this. However, there were many such occasions where Jurel was not at fault. But the bowlers kept on putting swing in an uncontrolled manner without worrying about the runs. Those runs cost Team India the most in the end.
3- Rishabh Pant’s injury affected the match: Team India
The injury of Indian team’s vice-captain and fiery wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant was also a big reason for this defeat. In the first innings, he was uncomfortable with the injury due to which he was in a lot of panic. He definitely scored 74 runs in his fiery style, but his panic increased in front of fast bowlers. In this panic, he lost his wicket in a runout.
Then in the second innings, when India needed him to stay at the crease for about an hour, Stokes put the fastest bowler Jofra Archer in front of him. Pant was uncomfortable there too. His left hand was repeatedly slipping from the bat. This was the reason why he could not defend Archer’s ball on which he was clean bowled.
