Lord’s Test evenly poised after Pujara-Rahane stand on Day 4

On Day 4 at Lord’s, as India, already trailing by 27, scrapped every inch to restore parity from 55 for 3 to be 155 for 3 through a sterling century partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, they must have thought they had done enough to at least raise hopes of a draw. But their Achilles heel, finger-spin, once again returned to pull them down.

Lord’s Test evenly poised after Pujara-Rahane stand on Day 4
On Day 4 at Lord’s, as India, already trailing by 27, scrapped every inch to restore parity from 55 for 3 to be 155 for 3 through a sterling century partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, they must have thought they had done enough to at least raise hopes of a draw. But their Achilles heel, finger-spin, once again returned to pull them down.