{"id":37231,"date":"2026-07-12T20:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/07\/12\/india-steers-toward-victory-as-yastika-bhatia-and-kranti-gaud-shine-on-day-3-of-lords-test\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:10:03","slug":"india-steers-toward-victory-as-yastika-bhatia-and-kranti-gaud-shine-on-day-3-of-lords-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/07\/12\/india-steers-toward-victory-as-yastika-bhatia-and-kranti-gaud-shine-on-day-3-of-lords-test\/","title":{"rendered":"India Steers Toward Victory as Yastika Bhatia and Kranti Gaud Shine on Day 3 of Lord&#8217;s Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Historic Victory in Women&#8217;s Test: Bhatia Shines at Lord&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yastika Bhatia has made history by being the first woman to score a Test century at Lord\u2019s as India took a strong hold on the one-off Women\u2019s Test against England on Day 3. Kranti Gaud then stepped up with a brilliant new-ball spell that left the English team facing a tough battle.<\/p>\n<p>Bhatia played an outstanding innings, scoring 113 runs off 158 balls, and helped India reach a total of 341 for seven declared in their second innings. This set a tough target of 457 for England. By the end of the day, the host team had fallen to 130 for six, needing 327 more runs with just four wickets left.<\/p>\n<p>Starting the day at 39, Bhatia displayed a mix of graceful shots and solid defense, resulting in one of her best performances yet. She hit a stunning straight drive to bring up her half-century and faced the spinners confidently before achieving her historic century.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to India\u2019s momentum, Richa Ghosh contributed a quick-fire 50 runs off 52 balls, leading India to declare just before the tea break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Troubles for England<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facing a record chase, England\u2019s troubles started right away when Gaud struck with the very first ball of their innings. Tammy Beaumont, in her farewell international match, was disappointing as she was bowled out too soon.<\/p>\n<p>Gaud maintained her pressure, claiming another wicket as Heather Knight\u2019s final Test innings ended at just 13, caught by Richa Ghosh. Sayali Satghare matched Gaud\u2019s impressive bowling, trapping Maia Bouchier LBW with a delivery that swung back sharply. England found themselves in trouble at 34 for four as India\u2019s seamers dominated the evening session.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Jones tried to stabilize the innings with an unbeaten 52, while Mady Villiers added 26. Together, they managed a 67-run partnership for the sixth wicket, which briefly delayed India\u2019s march to victory. However, Richa Ghosh\u2019s sharp catch at silly point ended Villiers\u2019 resistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>India in Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, India lost Smriti Mandhana (70), Jemimah Rodrigues (3), and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (16), but Bhatia ensured that India still controlled the game. England spinner Sophie Ecclestone received praise for her five-wicket haul, consistently testing India\u2019s middle order. Lauren Bell also showcased her disciplined seam bowling.<\/p>\n<p>However, the day undeniably belonged to the Indian team. Bhatia\u2019s historic century set the stage for Gaud and Satghare to dismantle England\u2019s top order, making India the clear favorites to achieve a remarkable win in this historic match at Lord\u2019s as they head into the final day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ends &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Victory in Women&#8217;s Test: Bhatia Shines at Lord&#8217;s Yastika Bhatia has made history by being the first woman to score a Test century at Lord\u2019s as India took a strong hold on the one-off Women\u2019s Test against England on Day 3. Kranti Gaud then stepped up with a brilliant new-ball spell that left the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[49133,43723,21701,17598,18354,17466,16947,49132,19542,49134],"class_list":["post-37231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-day-3-lords-test","tag-england-women-cricket","tag-india-women-cricket","tag-india-women-vs-england-women","tag-kranti-gaud","tag-lords-cricket-ground","tag-lords-test","tag-womens-test","tag-yastika-bhatia","tag-yastika-bhatia-century"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}