The England vs India battle will be heading into the final day at Lord’s with all three outcomes possible. However Overall England is slightly ahead of the Virat Kohli side in the match. Talking about the weather of Day 5, it will be just like other Days, and rain is unlikely to play spoilsport as a partly sunny day is expected at Lord’s.
During the Day 4 play, India struggled a lot against the England bowling attack. Spinner Moeen Ali bagged 2 good wickets. Also the Stuart broad replacement Mark Wood did an amazing job by dismissing India’s top-order batting unit.
According to AccuWeather partly sunny weather is expected on Day 5 on Monday at Lord’s. Meanwhile, the temperatures are set to be between 17 to 19 degrees. Also, 25% of cloud cover is expected and the humidity percentage will be 78. So, unlike Day 5 of the first Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, the second Test at Lord’s will not be abandoned by rain.
It's Stumps on Day 4⃣ of the 2nd #ENGvIND Test at Lord's!#TeamIndia move to 181/6 & lead England by 154 runs.
6⃣1⃣ for @ajinkyarahane88
4⃣5⃣ for @cheteshwar1 @RishabhPant17 (14*) & @ImIshant (4*) will resume the proceedings on Day 5.Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/KGM2YELLde pic.twitter.com/ulY0tJclSl
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 15, 2021
How was the England vs India Day 4 at Lord’s?
While batting in the second innings openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul didn’t have a great outing. The centurion of the first innings KL Rahul got out on the scores of 5. Meanwhile his partner Rohit Sharma got out on the score of 21 while playing his favorite pull shot.
#TeamIndia's lead now surpasses 1⃣0⃣0⃣! 👍 👍
A gritty stand between @cheteshwar1 & @ajinkyarahane88 is going strong. 💪 💪 #ENGvIND
Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/KGM2YELLde pic.twitter.com/tj626YvKeN
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 15, 2021
Indian captain Virat Kohli was unable to replicate the performance of England captain Joe Root. Notably, Kohli was dismissed by Sam Curran at the score of 20. However, after that Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara and Vice-captain, Ajinkya Rahane showed persistence and batted well.
Moreover, the two players were under tremendous pressure considering their recent form. However, Rahane scored a brilliant 61 and Pujara smashed 45 before getting dismissed. Also, When the Day 4 of the Lord’s Test ended India was having 154 runs lead with Rishabh Pant batting with India’s tail.