India opener KL Rahul admitted that a rush to get to his century ahead of lunch on Day Three of the Lord’s Test led to wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant’s run out, and that it was “not ideal” for India’s push to claim a crucial lead.

In the last over before lunch, Pant was run out for 74 while trying to put Rahul back on strike to complete his hundred. 

“There was a conversation a couple of overs before that. I told him [Pant] that I will get my hundred if possible before lunch. And with Bashir bowling that last over before lunch, I thought there’s a good chance for me to get it, but, yeah, unfortunately I hit straight to the fielder. It was a ball that I could have hit for a boundary,” Rahul told reporters on Saturday.