TEST MATCH BREAKFAST: Kevin Pietersen's cheeky Lord's reminder, teenage Indian stars shine and the quirky stat surrounding Ben Stokes

Test Match Breakfast takes a look at some of the biggest issues around cricket during England's huge third Test against India at Lord's.

Before the fifth day of the third Test, RICHARD GIBSON discusses Kevin Pietersen's cheeky Lord's reminder, the teenage Indian stars currently shining, and the quirky stat surrounding Ben Stokes.

Kevin Pietersen has never been shy of self publicity, and so couldn't resist announcing his entrance to this series by reminding people of his record at Lord's.

'When you score a minimum of five Test 100s at Lord's, the @HomeOfCricket welcomes you with your initials plastered all over the ground. A v v kind gesture! Thank you,' he joked on X, posting a video of the LED advertising boards.

The initials KP have been a magnet for controversy in cricket, with the snacks company coming under fire in recent years from campaigners arguing that products high in fat, salt and sugar should not be associated with a sport trying to attract a younger audience.

One advertising campaign run by KP and the Hundred was banned for targeting junk food at children in 2022.

Although not a regular media personality here, Pietersen has become a popular pundit on the subcontinent, and was at the heart of claims last winter that England did not train enough on the limited-overs tour of India.

Prasidh Krishna, left out of this match to accommodate the return of Jasprit Bumrah, was an unexpected visitor to the Barclays Media Centre on Sunday morning.

India fast bowler Krishna had been practising on the Nursery Ground when he was forced to answer an urgent call of nature.

With the concourse well populated as the start of play approached, the MCC security personnel recommended getting the lift up to the semi-monocoque structure above rather than fight through a crowd to get back across the pitch to the Lord's pavilion.

Nine times scores have been level on first innings in the history of Test cricket.

The four matches totals lower than the 387 made by both teams here ended in positive results, the four greater ones petered out into draws.

There is no doubt this one will join the former club, but after Ben Stokes' late strike to remove nightwatchman Akash Deep, the question is: which way is this going to go?

Cricket is a game of quirky recurring statistics, but Stokes' batting numbers this series really stand out.

Sunday's dismissal to Washington Sundar meant that England captain Stokes has made 33 in all three second innings.

14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi struck 355 runs at an eye-watering strike rate of 174, including 29 sixes, in India Under-19's recent one-day series win over England.

Suryavanshi then began the first of two Test matches by taking three boundaries in the first over at Beckenham, so the relief would have been palpable when they dismissed him for the same number of runs as his age.

However, Ayush Mhatre, another teenage Indian Premier League prodigy, took up the mantle, hitting a hundred as the tourists hit 540 at close to five runs per over.

Mhatre, 17, plays alongside Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja for Chennai Super Kings and crunched a rapid 94 against champions Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.

He became the first of two wickets for Archie Vaughan, son of ex-England captain Michael Vaughan, this weekend.

England's most famous 17-year-old cricketer then led the fight to avoid the follow on - Rocky Flintoff striking 93.

Since Brendon McCullum became England's multi-format coach, the backroom staff has been streamlined, working with both Test and white-ball teams.

However, there has been one notable absence in the middle of this five-match series, with Paul Collingwood missing Edgbaston and Lord's for personal reasons.