Follow UsIndia suffered one of their narrowest Test losses in history at Lord’s in the third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, as England defeated them by 22 runs. It was the second narrowest away loss (in runs), and the fourth overall in Test cricket for India.
Chasing 193, India’s top order failed to live up to their promise, and the visitors were seven down for just 82 runs. That’s when Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj batted for 318 deliveries and showed supreme resilience to deny England a chance at victory. The pitch was tough to score on, and since saving wickets was the main goal, India’s run-rate fell down to a trickle.
They batted well past Tea on Day five to try and eke out a miraculous win; however, Siraj got bowled by Shoaib Bashir in the most anticlimactic way to hand England a victory to remember. Earlier, both England and India had scored 387 in their first innings, reducing the Test to effectively a one-innings shoot-out, where India fell marginally short.
Here are the key statistics from India’s narrow loss at Lord’s:
Closest defeat for India in away Tests
16 runs vs AUS, Brisbane, 1977
22 runs vs ENG, Lord's, 2025
31 runs vs ENG, Birmingham, 2018
38 runs vs AUS, Adelaide, 1992
38 runs vs WI, Barbados, 1997
India’s lowest margin of defeat in Tests
12 runs vs Pakistan, Chennai 1999
16 runs vs Australia, Brisbane 1977
16 runs vs Pakistan, Bengaluru 1987
22 runs vs England, Lord's 2025
25 runs vs New Zealand, Wankhede 2024
Instances of 200 and below target defended at Lord's in Tests
AUS vs ENG, 1888 - Target: 124
ENG vs SA, 1955 - Target: 183
ENG vs IRE, 2019 - Target: 182
ENG vs IND, 2025 - Target: 193
Instances of India failing to chase less than 200 target in Tests
120 vs WI, Barbados, 1997
176 vs SL, Galle, 2015
194 vs ENG, Birmingham, 2018
147 vs NZ, Mumbai, 2024
193 vs ENG, Lord's, 2025