LONDON: India suffered a dramatic top-order slump to set up a thrilling finale to the third Test against England at Lord`s on Sunday.

The tourists had the upper hand after dismissing England for just 192 in their second innings, with offspinner Washington Sundar taking 4-22, including the wickets of Joe Root, Jamie Smith and England captain Ben Stokes on the fourth day.

That left India needing 193 to go 2-l up in this five-match series after both teams made 387 in their first innings.

India, however, collapsed to 58-4 at stumps, with the tourists requiring a further 135 runs to win on Monday`s final day.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was out for a duck, skying a hook offexpressfastbowler Jofra Archer to wicket-keeper Smith.

Karun Nair was lbw to Brydon Carse with India captain Shubman Gill, who has already scored a double hundred and two centuries this series, falling in similar fashion.

And in the last over of the day`s play, Stokes bowled nightwatchman Akash Deep to raucous cheers from the home crowd.

But India opener K.L.

Rahul, fresh from his first-innings score of exactly 100, was still there on 33 not out following several typically elegant boundaries.

Earlier, Root and Stokes joined forces with England in trouble at 87-4.

But a partnership worth 67 ended when Root, who made a hundred in the first innings, was bowled behind his legs trying to sweep Sundar. Root`s 40 was the top score of England`s second innings.

Smith`s three previous scores this series had been 184 not out, 88 and51, but he managed just eight before he was bowled by a Sundar delivery that kept a touch low.

Sundar, on an increasingly helpful pitch, had now taken 2-3 in 11 balls, with England 164-6.

All-rounder Stokes, without a Test hundred in over two years, showed plenty of discipline while batting throughout all of Sunday`s second session.

But, in common with several England team-mates, he gave his wicket away when on 33 the left-handed batsman was bowled for 33 swinging himself off his feet trying toslog Sundar.

Stokes banged his bat on the turf in anger, with England now 181-7.

Jasprit Bumrah, the world`s top-ranked Test bowler, removed Carse and Chris Woakes with Sundar ending the innings when he knocked over last man Shoaib Bashir`s stumps.

England resumed on 2-0 with Zak Crawley, who had angered India late Saturday with his time-wasting tactics, alongside opening partner Ben Duckett.

Duckett scooped a four off Mohammed Siraj but the fast bowler soon had his revenge when the left-hander, cramped for room, miscued a pull to Bumrah at mid-on to leave England 22-1.

Siraj then risked disciplinary action after yelling in Duckett`s face, with both players in line to attract theattention of match referee Richie Richardson after making shoulder contact.

Crawley and Ollie Pope survived probing deliveries from Bumrah, who took 5-74 in England`s first innings after being rested from India`s win in the second Test at Edgbaston.

But it was Siraj who struck next when he had Pope lbw on review.

And 42-2 was soon transformed into 50-3.

Crawley (22) fell in all-too familiar fashion when edging a drive off Nitish Kumar Reddy to Jaiswal -one of two gullies posted by India in the hope of such a dismissal.

Unsurprisingly, given Saturday`s incident, Crawley received a verbal volley from Reddy as he left the field.

Harry Brook came in and struck three successive boundaries off Deep two scooped fours followed by a thumping straight six over long-off.

But fast bowler Deep had the last laugh by bowling Brook for 23 as the world`s top-ranked Test batsman failed to make contact with an over-ambitious sweep.-AFP