India captain Shubman Gill praised his team's lower order for keeping the fight and pushing the Lord's Test into the final session, with India coming close to a remarkable victory before falling short by 22 runs. The visitors appeared to be out of running after a disastrous opening session on the final day which saw them slip to 82 for 7 with another 111 to get for victory.

But Ravindra Jadeja stitched patient and resolute stands of 30, 35 and 23 with Nitish Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj respectively to drag India close. Gill had special praise for his star all-rounder, who scored his fourth straight half-century of the series as well as 61 of the 99 runs while facing 30 of the 55 overs bowled during his time in the middle on the final day.

"He [Jadeja] is one of the most valuable players in India," the Indian captain said after the final day's play. "I think the experience that he brings in, the skill set that he brings with his bowling, batting and fielding is someone that is very rare and hard to find. And the kind of composure that he showed today, it was just tremendous to watch. I think batting with the lower order of the tail has been one of the things that we spoke about in the previous two matches, that our lower order of the tail hasn't been contributing as much. But I think the character and the courage that they showed was tremendous.

"The way we were in the game till the end, it felt like we could go very close if a partnership had added another 10 runs. And I think it's a very proud effort from the team," he added.