India vs England 4th Test Day 3 Live Score: Joe Root Slams Century; ENG Continue To Extend Lead – Times Now

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India vs England 4th Test 2025, LIVE SCORE: Washington Sundar struck a double blow early in the second session, as he took the wickets of Ollie Pope and Harry Brook. However, Joe Root and Ben Stokes went on to stabilize the innings, with the former going on to hit a century.
Updated Jul 25, 2025, 19:46 IST
India vs England 4th Test Live Score Day 3 (Photo: AP/TimesNow)
Good news for India. The camera pans onto Jasprit Bumrah who is back on the field.
96.6: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, Around off, pushed towards point for a run.
96.5: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, On a length, outside off, closer to the batter, Stokes looks to punch it away but misses again.
96.4: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, On a length, outside off, slanting away, Ben Stokes slashes hard but misses. 
96.3: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, Back of a length, pushed towards mid off.
96.2: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, Around off, defended down the pitch.
96.1: Mohammed Siraj to Joe Root, A short ball now, nudged to the leg side for a single.
This is now Root’s 12th Test ton against India. Going past Steven Smith’s 11. 9 of those 12 centuries have been at home. Only one of those has resulted in a loss, despite a mammoth 180, at Lord’s in 2021. India will hope for a repeat. Not 180, but the result. If Root gets to 180, we may not have a Sunday in this Test.
95.6: Anshul Kamboj to Ben Stokes, Full, around off, pushed towards cover.
95.5: Anshul Kamboj to Ben Stokes, Oops… jumps down the track, looking to defend but gets a bottom edge which goes over the stumps!
95.4: Anshul Kamboj to Joe Root, On middle and leg, worked through mid-wicket for one.
95.3: Anshul Kamboj to Ben Stokes, Looks to defend but the ball goes between his legs through square leg. A run taken.
95.2: Anshul Kamboj to Joe Root, On middle and off, worked through square leg for a single.
95.1: Anshul Kamboj to Joe Root, FOUR! CENTURY NUMBER 38 IN TESTS FOR JOE ROOT! On level with Kumar Sangakkara, joint fourth in the list of century makers in Tests. Another wonderful knock but this has been a gift from Kamboj. Remember a Bollywood movie, where the captain was setting the field opposite to what the bowler was seeing. Gill must be feeling the same way. He packed the off side field, got in more catchers, one was at cover as well but Kamboj is looking somewhere else. He bowls on middle and leg stump, angling it down and it is all too easy for a man on 99 to tickle it to the fine leg fence. He takes his helmet off, his arms held aloft, but knows that he needs to bat big, if England have to bat big.
Right then. Big moment. Old Trafford is ready with its chants of ‘ROOOOOOOOOOOOOT’ but Shubman Gill can show a bit of gamesmanship here. Just delay things for a while, to make Root wait a bit longer for that century. He has scored just 1 run in his last 10 balls and would be a bit frustrated.
94.6: Mohammed Siraj to Joe Root, 99 now. Full, outside off, Joe gets across and works it to the right of mid on for a single.
94.5: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, On a length, around middle and off, angling away, BS pushes it with the angle through cover-point for a single. First run off Siraj in the last 11 balls.
94.4: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, Full on middle and leg, another flick shot finds the mid-wicket fielder.
94.3: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, Full, around middle and leg, 138 kph, Ben shows the full face of the bat and drives it towards mid on.
94.2: Mohammed Siraj to Ben Stokes, On middle and leg, again Stokes is down the pitch, on the walk, as he works it towards mid-wicket again.
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