Live Report - India vs England, 2nd Test, Visakhapatnam

Fittingly, it is Jasprit Bumrah, who ends the match with a reversing ball that hits the top of off. He doesn't get the 10-wicket match haul, but he does claim the Player of the Match award ahead of the double-centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal, for he was unquestionably the game-changer. This is a pitch that has been a batting beauty but he has taken nine wickets on it. The spell of reverse in the first innings was one for the ages.

India improved with their batting but there is still a lot to be desired. Once again, they left the door open on England in both the innings. Yes they are inexperienced, but not always will a genius come around to bail you out on a flat track.

England Bazballed, but Bumrah was too good. Still they did their bit in keeping this Test interesting even in a chase of nearly 400. The series is level 1-1, and off to Rajkot we go. After a long break, though. See you on the 15th.

It's been a torrid Test for Mukesh Kumar, but this is a fine delivery to earn his first wicket of the match. Full, fast, reverse-swinging on an off-stump line, and snicking the edge of Shoaib Bashir's bat for KS Bharat to mop up the catch. England's challenge is all but out of steam now!

Once again, Mukesh Kumar is merely the pathfinder for the inevitable Jasprit Bumrah! A sighting of reverse-swing is all the excuse Rohit Sharma needs to call his main man back to the attack, and within the over, he's broken the eighth-wicket stand! Ben Foakes has a flash at his first ball, outside the eyeline and away through the cordon for four, but the sixth is a fraction slower and induces a checked drive back into the bowler's midriff. It's been a gutsy effort, alongside the still-resolute Hartley, but there's surely no escaping England's fate now.

Even so, this is already a higher fourth-innings total than the previous record for a visiting team's chase in India - West Indies' 276 for 5 in 1987-88. Only Sri Lanka, with 299 for 5 in 2017, have managed more.

The runs they keep on flowing... Tom Hartley now has more than 100 for the series, which is no mean feat for a debutant spinner, and he's even started unfurling the reverse-sweep too. On 28, however, the shot gets him in a tangle as the ball balloons to the keeper, and Ashwin thinks he's got his 500th Test wicket.

However, Hartley's review shows the ball struck his forearm, not the glove, although India aren't impressed when the subsequent lbw appeal is also turned down, despite it showing as umpire's call on impact. Umpire Gaffaney explains to Rohit and his fielders that the decision was given for a catch, not leg-before, and Hartley survives... though not before one final check to see if the ball struck the back of his bat. It didn't.

The fifty stand comes up as the lesser-spotted Mukesh Kumar returns to the attack. This isn't done just yet...

England still aren't done just yet... we're very much into the last ditch now, but Ben Foakes and Tom Hartley are digging deep for the cause, and popping the odd counterattack when the ball loops into their arc. For four consecutive overs, a solitary boundary has kept the score ticking down, with Hartley launching Ashwin over the top for six, and Foakes following suit with a swivelling slog-sweep off Kuldeep that takes him past 1000 runs. That requirement is nudging down towards 150 now. Still a huge ask, but at five an over, that means 30-odd overs to survive/thrive... nope, I don't see it happening either.

That, ladies and gentleman, is should be game, set and match! Shreyas Iyer pounces on the ball at short midwicket as Ben Foakes calls his skipper through for a tight single, and the direct hit does enough to prise out the seventh wicket! Foakes stuttered before setting off which possibly made the difference, but Stokes didn't get his skates on either, and was barely three inches short of his ground as the bails were pinged off. He's gone for 11 from 29, after one of those diligent displays that promised fireworks as and when his eye was in. That's not going to happen now. India are three wickets away from squaring the series!

It's a long way back for England now, and there's been a notable change in tempo from England's batters after lunch, with Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes digging deep against the pace and spin pairing of Bumrah and Kuldeep, and chiselling off the runs in a more cautious fashion. Bumrah overcommits on an inswinger to Foakes, who clips him calmly through deep midwicket, but that's the only boundary in the first 20 minutes of the session. Nevertheless, the total is past 200, which means the requirement is below it too.

An utter wrecking-ball crashes through England's innings in the final moments before lunch. First Zak Crawley's leg-side lbw, and then the inevitable Jasprit Bumrah with an inducker into Jonny Bairstow's pads! It's such clever bowling, and it extracts the on-field decision from Marais Erasmus, with Bairstow trapped deep in the crease. His review shows the ball to be clipping the top of leg, and after a spirited start to their day, five wickets have tumbled in the session. It's Stokes or bust after lunch, but India's body language as they leave the field suggests they believe this one's in the bag now.

That's the big one, and now India will believe they are nearly there! Kuldeep Yadav enters the attack with ten minutes to go until lunch, and skids one into Zak Crawley's pads as he plays back on a leg-stump line. It's touch and go whether India bother with the review, all three stumps are clearly visible, but Rohit Sharma figures it's worth the gamble, and lo and behold it pitches in line and is shown to be hitting leg! That's a huge loss, especially with Bumrah back at the other end. Ben Stokes joins Jonny Bairstow, with a mountain to climb now.

It's just starting to grip and pop for India's spinners now. Axar Patel and R Ashwin in tandem is a familiar trial for any team in the fourth innings, and both men are ramping up the challenge as Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow seek to keep England's momentum ticking.

Axar's angle into off stump from round the wicket to Bairstow looks particularly threatening, given his propensity to stay leg-side and open up the covers, with all the dangers that presents, while Ashwin has located a better attacking line across the right-handers and outside off stump, bringing both edges of the bat into play with his wily changes of pace and purchase.

Nevertheless, neither man is backing down from the challenge. A solid sweep for four from Bairstow off Ashwin is followed by another clumping drive down the ground from Crawley, whose reach remains the single greatest asset in his game.

Now then, 20 minutes to go until lunch... back comes Bumrah.

Joe Root is gone, and you have to wonder how much that finger is bothering him, because this was an extremely frenetic knock from England's senior batter - even by the standards of this England line-up. From his two reverse-sweeps in three balls, to a violent drill for six over long-off, via a tight appeal for lbw against Axar Patel, he wasn't about to stand on ceremony, and it's Ashwin who dispatches him, with a wild slice to point, where Axar settles under the leading edge. Mid-on and mid-off were up, which tempted him to go big down the ground.

Root did go pass 1000 runs in India in his short stay - no mean achievement - but it's Ashwin who's closing in on the day's most significant landmark. He now has 499 Test wickets.

A blinding take from Rohit Sharma at slip, as Ollie Pope's lively cameo ends with R Ashwin's 498th Test wicket. He was putting the hammer down to good effect, but this time Ashwin found some over-spin as he rocked back for the cut, and it takes sharp reflexes from the skipper to snaffle the ball high to his left, almost passing him as he closes the fingers of his left hand around it. And how much did India need that? Drinks are taken after a predictably high-octane hour. England have advanced by 65, almost doubling their overnight total, but they've lost two more wickets in the process.

Zak Crawley remains unbeaten on 53. He's surely got to go big now if England are to keep up this challenge, but Joe Root - injured finger and all - shows his intent from the get-go, with two reverse-sweeps for four in his first three balls. The first is emphatic, the second is gloved over slip. But the requirement continues to ebb away with every boundary.

Crawley's judgement of length has been impeccable this morning. Cautious against anything that he can't reach on the front foot, and emphatic against the rest. A shuffle to the pitch as Axar over-pitches from round the wicket, and a languid launch for his seventh four, one bounce through long-off, brings up a brilliant 83-ball fifty.

At the other end, Ollie Pope is business personified. He's rushed along to 18 from 15 with four boundaries, including two in a row in the same 13-run run over from Axar. As at Hyderabad, he's quickly turned to the reverse-sweep, an indication that the bounce has gone out of this surface, and though there's an appeal for caught-behind as he misses out on one against Ashwin, he's determined not to let the spinners settle. Another half-chance in the same over flies at a catchable height past midwicket.

He was here for a good time, not a long time. Rehan Ahmed is the first wicket to fall, but not before he's helped Zak Crawley hack a handy 45 runs in 11 overs for the second wicket. He has time for one more boundary off Axar - an edge past Rohit at a catchable height at slip - before he's pinned on the crease in the same over, plumb in front of middle, and almost walks before the finger goes up.

One ball later, however, Ollie Pope strides onto the front foot to drive his first delivery for four, as England reduce the arrears to a mere 300...

Joe Root, incidentally, is padded up in the dug-out, after sitting out yesterday's fielding stint with a sore finger.

Four overs done, and the tone of the day has been pretty well established. Jasprit Bumrah opens up with a maiden, ferociously served up with pace and movement outside off, and Zak Crawley has to use all of his under-stated patience to line up the offerings and let them go by.

At the other end, however, Rohit ignores the potential for Mukesh Kumar to find any early assistance in the morning conditions, and turns immediately to the spin of Axar Patel. Rehan Ahmed's response is a series of ambitious hacks, his instructions are plain to see: take on the bowling and get the chase moving. He nearly holes out to mid-on from his first delivery, and inside-edges another drive into his pads. But an exchange of singles with Crawley gets England's day moving.

Bumrah's second over is no less threatening, but Crawley forces the first adjustment, as he strays fractionally fuller with his final ball, in a bit to lure his quarry into playing the ball. Crawley does just that, levering into a superb cover-drive, as he uses that reach of his to stride straight to the pitch of the ball.

Rehan takes his cue, and follows up with a brace of boundaries off Axar's next two balls - a chancy smear across the line through cow corner, and a lasered drive through the covers. Rohit's fields are curiously negative, with long-on and -off set back even with a mountain still to climb. England won't mind that.

Welcome to Visakhapatnam for the second Test's day of reckoning. Where's your money after a fascinating day three, in which India appeared to stretch the contest beyond England's reasonable salvation, only for Ben Stokes' men to stand there grinning at every turn, goading their opponents to go harder and further still.

The state of mind of each camp was amply summed up at the close. Despite setting England a hefty 399 for victory - a record target for a fourth innings in India, and a feat that has only been exceeded on just four occasions in Test history - Shubman Gill declared that India were "70-30" favourites, which ought to be ludicrously generous odds given their home Test record and all the historical context above.

James Anderson, meanwhile, was far more feisty on England's behalf. "I think the nerves were there to see today, the way they batted," he said at the close. "I think they didn’t know how many was enough. I don’t know if intimidating is the right word, but [Bazball] is putting different thoughts in oppositions’ minds."

No, he didn't say the word itself, but it's self-evidently the reason why we're having this conversation. England's optimism under their new regime knows no bounds. Anderson added that Brendon McCullum had instructed them to hunt down 600 if that was the score that India managed to put on the board, but in the event they achieved less than two-thirds of that total, thanks to an endlessly innovative performance in the field in which Anderson himself made the early incisions before the greenhorn spinners, Tom Hartley, Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir, shared the remaining eight wickets between them.

It should be added that England's task remains extraordinarily steep. They need a further 332 runs in the fourth innings with nine wickets standing, and if Jasprit Bumrah finds anything like the reverse-swing that he harnessed on the second day, the chase could be over before it has begun. And we haven't even discussed R Ashwin yet, a peripheral presence in the first innings, but the man who made the late breakthrough on day three. His extraordinary record in India demands that he will have a say in the fourth innings, irrespective of England's proactive approach to the spinners. And he’s closing in on 500 Test wickets too.

Nevertheless, England live for the fourth innings these days. They've won eight of their ten run-chases since the start of the Bazball era, including their extraordinary 378-run chase against India at Edgbaston in 2022. The ones that got away are no less instructive: a one-run loss to New Zealand in Wellington, and their Ashes defeat at Lord's last summer, when Stokes' 155 still put the fear of God into Australia. Whatever transpires, it's unlikely to be anything less than high-octane entertainment. Buckle up and get ready for the ride!

A day on which Shubman Gill found some confidence with a hundred, but also a day on which India failed to bat England out of the game when they had the chance. There was nothing special about the bowling, they induced just 42 false responses in over 80 overs, but India gifted wickets to be bowled out for just 255, leaving the door ajar.

England have made a quick start, but R Ashwin gave India something to feel good about with the wicket of Ben Duckett. The pace at which England score, don't think the match will be going into the final day either way. Thanks for joining us. See you tomorrow.

Yes this ball hasn't turned as expected but it is also the drift that makes Ben Duckett play the wrong line. It keeps drifting in, then takes the inside edge, and lobs up for a catch for KS Bharat. Ashwin is on the board. India are on the board. And we have a nightwatchman in Rehan Ahmed. England 50 for 1.

Jasprit Bumrah is done for the day with figures of 5-1-9-0. Unlucky not have got the wicket of Zak Crawley. R Ashwin finally gets a bowl. It will hurt him that he is the fourth bowler tried in a second innings in India. Didn't take any wicket in the first innings.

And with an edge the opening stand goes past 50. Reverse sweep, but the edge flies. Fifth fifty stand out of their last six attempts.

As expected, Mukesh Kumar gets only two overs, which went for 19. Kuldeep Yadav is once again the first spinners introduced. And Zak Crawley has slog-swept him in his first over itself. Another start for England's opening partnership. Four in four innings now.

Once again, it's a tale of two very different challenges for England's batters, with Jasprit Bumrah causing mayhem and merriment at one end, but Mukesh Kumar proving rather easier to negotiate at the other end.

Bumrah was relatively off-colour with the new ball in England's first innings, but he's fully on-song now, with pace, movement, accuracy and even some indifferent bounce, with Zak Crawley forced to jab down late to protect his off stump. There's an appeal for caught-behind in his second over, but Rohit Sharma rightly turns down the suggestion that it's worth a review.

At the other end, however, Ben Duckett lashes into consecutive slapped fours through the covers to leave Mukesh nursing a nine-run first over. If England are to do this chase in tens, they are 1/40th of the way there.

It's Rehan Ahmed with the final scalp, courtesy of another sharp take from Ben Foakes behind the stumps. R Ashwin presses forward as the ball keeps low, and snicks a thin edge for Rehan's third wicket of the innings. It's been a hugely spirited display from England's bowlers, who've claimed the final four wickets for 28 since tea. India's entire performance was laced a hint of self-doubt, Shubman Gill's century included, as if mindful of what England did to them at Edgbaston last year - when they hunted down 378 with barely a break of sweat.

The pitch, it has to be said, seems sleepier today than it was on day two in particular. But Jasprit Bumrah didn't need the pitch to make things happen first time around. If he bowls even half as well as he did in the first innings, this chase ought to be miles out of England's reach. But it's a measure of Bazball's impact that we're even contemplating the possibility.

It's starting to look like a costly miss at slip, as Ashwin bides his time to extend that lead, with a steadfast Jasprit Bumrah holding up an end for 25 consecutive dot balls. England keep things reasonably tight until Rehan gets slotted for a straight six down the ground, followed by a slog-swept four behind square. But the 26-run partnership is finally broken on the stroke of drinks, as Bumrah pushes too hard at Hartley from round the wicket, and Jonny Bairstow scoops up a sharp low chance at gully. It's Hartley's fourth wicket... after seven in the second innings at Hyderabad, he's on the brink of a second five-for in as many games.

An open-faced slice from Ashwin against Hartley, and Zak Crawley at slip shells the chance, with his fingers pointing skywards. He's only fielding there because Joe Root is still off the field, he hasn't gone for a scan but he's still nursing his injured right little finger.

A dirty slog across the line from Kuldeep Yadav, and a steepling top-edge plops into Ben Duckett's hands at midwicket. England grab two wickets in eight balls in the first two overs after tea... and with Ashwin and Bumrah at the crease, I wonder if Anderson is thinking of warming up?

Legspinners love a pie! Rehan Ahmed sends back KS Bharat with his fourth ball after tea, and it was batter-error to blame. Three tossed-up deliveries, followed by a bit of a drag-down, and Bharat - perhaps feeling the need to make his mark with KL Rahul likely to return for Rajkot - swings into an off-balance pull and picks out Ben Stokes at wide mid-on. Seven-down, and the lead isn't yet past 400... it's a glimmer!

A fine googly from Rehan to KS Bharat extracts another rowdy lbw appeal but England's review is shown to be sliding down leg. Bharat signs off for the session with a firm on-drive for four to dent Tom Hartley's figures a touch. It's been a dogged session from England, their rookie spinners have bowled with spirit but without the requisite control. But thanks to Stokes' dogged commitment to field changes, they've still prised two wickets in the session. Still no Root though. He's still getting treatment on his little finger.

England keep plugging away, and India's other set batter, Axar Patel, is the latest to go, for a well-crafted 45. It's Tom Hartley with a bit of a scuttler that does the trick, as Axar flaps across the line from round the wickdet and is pinned low on the front pad. Umpire Gaffaney says no initially but England review, and it's shown to have pitched very much in line, and is smashing middle and leg. The sign of misbehaviour in the surface isn't ideal for England, but it certainly hasn't been a minefield out there. The lead is 363 with six wickets down.

Somewhat against the run of play, but reward for England's perseverance nonetheless. Shubman Gill kneels into a reverse-sweep against a Shoaib Bashir offbreak, and England are up for a double appeal - lbw and caught. Neither of them seems entirely convincing, but Ben Stokes reviews at the last minute, and sure enough, the ball crashed into Gill's gloves before lobbing up to Ben Foakes behind the stumps. It's the end of a priceless century from Gill, and it's another glimmer for England, who trail by 354 and climbing.

It's credit to Stokes for his field placings too. He packed the leg-side field to demand that Gill took on different strokes to keep his innings moving, and got his reward.

Shubman Gill went to drinks on 97 not out, and wasted little time in Shoaib Bashir's subsequent over, with a brace of leg-side flicks taking him through to his third Test hundred from 132 balls, with India's total passing 200 in the process.

It's been India's hour since lunch, the lead has been stretched to an ominous 344, and Gill has made the pitch look placid and the attack even more so. The sweep has been an increasingly prominent feature of his innings, which perhaps implies that the sting in the surface has been drawn. We'll see how spicy it gets when India's turn comes to bowl in the fourth innings.

He's a reformed character now. The tentativeness that coloured the early part of Shubman Gill's innings has evaporated, and he's putting the hammer down as India's lead passes 300. Rehan Ahmed bears the brunt of his renewed confidence in a 14-run over, featuring a formidable launch for six, and two further fours in consecutive balls. James Anderson came and went in a brief foray after lunch, and England are still awaiting updates on Joe Root, who has been off the field, icing his right little finger after that blow in the slips earlier in the day. His absence as a bowler is being felt at the moment, never mind the impact it'll have on his batting.

Another Rehan over is milked for six singles, as Gill and Axar complete their fifty stand.

Quite the morning, in a series that is refusing to stand still. India were rocked early by James Anderson, then revived through Gill and Iyer, but shipped two more before the break - via two superb but very different catches from Stokes and Foakes - to reach 130 for 4, a lead of 273. Anderson was back just before the interval to assess the prospects of reverse-swing. He'll have a big stint this afternoon, no doubt.

He's been expensive, but he's struck a key blow just before lunch. Rehan Ahmed skids one through from back of a length, and Rajat Patidar drives loosely off the back foot for Ben Foakes to cling on superbly, off the inside-edge. Patidar was perhaps expecting a touch more turn from that length, and played outside the initial line, but instead he has to go for 9, as England claim their fourth of a spirited morning's work.

A brilliant sprinting effort from the skipper, hurtling back towards the long-off boundary, and clinging on with a dive, looking over his shoulder to end a threatening 81-run stand. It's a brilliant catch and fine captaincy from Stokes, who brought himself up from the rope to encourage Iyer to take on Hartley down the ground. He had a big hack, got a swirling leading-edge, and couldn't elude the captain's safe pair of hands - he ran a total of 22 metres to get there, according to the TV commentary. Rajit Patidar is the new man.

A brace of boundaries off Rehan Ahmed, including a scorching drive through the covers, and Gill marches through to an overdue half-century, his first for 12 innings and a priceless one in the context of this series. He could have fallen any moment in the early part of his innings, but he's found his feet now, and is using them to mighty effect to dominate the spinners. The lead is 254 and climbing ...

It's been a steady revival for India, and now there's a sense that Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer have got the measure of the conditions. They've brought up their fifty stand, and the inexperience of England's attack is just beginning to tell. James Anderson is out of the picture for now, and how much will England be regretting their lack of a second seamer? Ollie Robinson would have been a handful in these conditions.

Their predicament isn't helped by the absence of Joe Root, who wore a painful blow on the fingers at slip and is currently off the field. Rehan Ahmed enters the attack in the 23rd over, but gets taken for a brace of boundaries as Gill grows into his innings.

Small wins for India on a tough morning, as Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer begin to settle into their third-wicket stand. The feature of their more recent play has been a diet of singles against the spinners, with Shoaib Bashir entering the attack in place of the threatening Anderson, who found Iyer's edge in his final over, but the ball dropped short of Root at slip as it thumped him on the fingers for his pains.

Gill's best shot of the match follows, an emphatic plant for six, back over Bashir's head, as India extend their lead past 200.

My word, what is occurring out there? Tom Hartley joins the attack to target the new pair of right-handers, and Shubman Gill survives by the skin of his teeth! DRS shows the slenderest of inside-edges on another otherwise plumb lbw, but Gill didn't seem to have noticed it himself, and only took the review after consulting with his partner. He'd just put away a short ball with a pull through midwicket, but was then so tentative on the front foot as Hartley tightened his line. So nearly England's third in four overs... but as it is, they are very much in command of this session.

One over later, and Gill survives again, this time thanks to Marais Erasmus's on-field not-out decision. It's Anderson again, finding the big nipbacker into his planted front pad. Beats the inside-edge, strikes the knee-roll in line, and is shown to be clipping the top of middle stump as England keep their review. Living dangerously doesn't do it justice...

James Anderson's first over of the morning, and he's only gone and plucked out Rohit Sharma's off stump! It's another masterful piece of bowling from England's old stager. Angled in on such a tight line and straightening just enough to beat the outside edge and thump the timber. It's the perfect start to England's day, India's captain is on his way. The previous delivery was the set-up, a similar length, nipping back into the stumps as Rohit closed the face to defend. This one was a fraction fuller, offering less time to react off the pitch, and went barely a centimetre the other way.

One over later, and Anderson has doubled his tally, and it's the double-centurion who's fallen now! Yashasvi Jaiswal drives with hard hands as the ball zips across his bows on a full length, and Joe Root at first slip stays low to scoop up the edge. It's Anderson's 695th Test wicket, and India are 30 for 2... an overall lead of 173. A jittery third innings coming up? It might be turning out that way.

Welcome back to Visakhapatnam for day three of the second Test, where India are in total command thanks to one of the all-time great displays of subcontinental fast bowling. Jasprit Bumrah's stunning haul of 6 for 45 blew England's first innings to smithereens, with their entire middle order - Joe Root, Ollie Pope, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes - all numbering upon his powerless victims, as he harnessed prodigious degrees of reverse-swing to establish a first-innings lead of 143.

Admittedly, that's less than India's 190-run advantage in the first Test at Hyderabad - as is their overnight lead of 171 after five overs of serene progress before the close - but forewarned is forearmed where this England team are concerned. It would be an even more stunning turn of events if England were to pull this Test out of the fire, although as Zak Crawley has already reiterated, they back themselves to chase anything in the fourth innings, so buckle up for the endgame, as and when it comes.

Before then, however, there's a crucial third innings for India to undertake. Jaiswal, fresh from his magnificent 209 in the first innings, is itching to put even more distance between his team and England's chasing pack, and it'll be a huge ask for England's bowlers to keep that target anywhere south of 400 - especially given how important the 41-year-old James Anderson was to their first-innings fortunes. He's only had 56 overs of respite between bowling stints, and he's a lone quick in this spin-dominant line-up. It's a big ask to expect him to back up his first-innings exploits with another telling display, as indeed it is for the likes of Shoaib Bashir, Tom Hartley and Rehan Ahmed - three rookies who will have to dig deeper than they've ever yet gone in their careers.

Before we get back underway, here's your required reading from a high-octane second day. First up, the match report, closely followed by Alagappan Muthu's account of Bumrah's extraordinary display.

Vithushan Ehantharajah reports on England's bruised optimism, and how Bazball is facing its biggest test yet, while Sampath Bandarupalli has crunched all the stats from a formidable performance. And finally, here's the verdict from the man of the moment himself. "There are no demons in this wicket," declared Bumrah after his awesome performance. Just pure skill, then.

Some indifferent bowling from the England spinners in the end, and India have cashed in even with stumps looming. They have taken 28 runs in five overs to end the day 171 ahead. The day, though, belongs to the god of fast bowling, Jasprit Bumrah, who at one point looked like having an indifferent day himself when Zak Crawley took him for four overs in one over. And then the ball began to reverse. One sensational catch from Shreyas Iyer brought Joe Root in, and Bumrah immediately came back to get him an eighth time in his career. And then he reversed it each way to run through England for figures of 15.5-5-45-6. Along the way he got to 150 Test wickets and brought up his 10th five-for.

For only the sixth time in his career, R Ashwin bowled in India and took no wicket. It is great that he had a genius bowler picking the slack. Plus Kuldeep Yadav with three wickets. India hold all the aces now. We will see you tomorrow.

England have begun with James Anderson and Shoaib Bashir. Rohit Sharma is not. batting in the subdued manner of the first innings. He has hit a boundary each off both in their first over. India lead by 153 as this day slowly draws to a close.

Jasprit Bumrah 15.5-5-45-6. Sixteen of them in one over. The last one is so plumb James Anderson doesn't even review despite the three reviews in the bank. Bumrah leads the team back in. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal will be out soon to bat for 22 minutes left in the day. India lead by 143 on the first innings. Can India's batters give Bumrah, Kuldeep and Ashwin a whole day's rest tomorrow?

The two teams have picked six spinners between them, but look at the numbers so far: fast bowlers have taken eight wickets at an average of 16.12 and an economy rate of 2.83 an over. The spinners, meanwhile, have paid 45.36 for each wicket and 4.19 for each over. Of course the conditions will be different on day four, but there might be a case here for England at least having misread the conditions.

It was supposed to be a test for India's spinners in Ravindra Jadeja's absence, but the god of fast bowling, Jasprit Bumrah has aced it. Again staying around off, holding its line against the angle from around the wicket, and Shubman Gill pouches it at first slip for his fourth catch in the innings. That's a 10th five-for for Bumrah. Only 10 Indians ahead of him.

Only one thing for it, Dial J for Jasprit! England's eighth-wicket stand had rushed along to 47 from 40 balls in the absence of Bumrah's rockets, with Tom Hartley settling into his role with a mighty slog-sweep for six off Kuldeep Yadav. And lo and behold, it takes just two deliveries for Bumrah to clean up Ben Stokes with another ripper! Shaping back in, keeping low, and leaving Stokes bewildered as he throws out his hands in confusion, just as he did when Bumrah bowled him in the first innings at Hyderabad. It's Bumrah's 150th Test wicket too, at the preposterous average of 20.50! Thirteen of those have been Stokes' wicket too.

Right... the end-game of this innings is upon us. And it appears to have been triggered by a life for Ben Stokes, who fenced at Kuldeep Yadav and picked off four runs as Rohit Sharma at slip failed to cling on in his right hand. His response, one over later, is to kneel into a massive slog-sweep over midwicket off R Ashwin, having saved the nominal follow-on one ball earlier with a clip for two off the hips. He's muscled along to 37 from 41, and with Bumrah presumably out of the picture for a while yet, a counterattack seems inevitable. It's the way this England team rolls.

Every ball's a coconut now for Kuldeep Yadav. Rehan rocks back on a genuine half-tracker and looks to club him down-town, but Shubman Gill times his leap at midwicket and clings on at the second attempt as the ball comes off the toe of Rehan's bat. At 182 for 7, England are still 14 runs shy of the nominal follow-on, not that India will be enforcing in these circumstances. How much can Stokes and the tail reduce that deficit?

It's a full-on collapse now for England! Ben Foakes is bowled around the outside edge by Kuldeep Yadav, who is the perfect tricksy foil with Bumrah in full cry at the other end. England have lost five for 58 since Zak Crawley's blazing innings came to a premature end... and though Ben Stokes remains on 14 not out, it's a big ask for England's rookie lower-order to salvage much from here. They trailed by 190 on first innings last week and turned it around, but it feels this predicament could be more terminal...

England's respite was all too brief. Jasprit Bumrah had a breather before tea as Mukesh took over the seam duties, but he's straight back into the action in the afternoon, and he's tearing this innings limb from limb now! Jonny Bairstow had played him as well as anyone to date, but this time he's lured on the drive outside his eyeline, and scuffs a low edge to Shubman Gill at slip! Once again, the threat of the inswinger confounds Bairstow's alignment and he's drawn into one he need not have chased. But that's the skill of India's magician!

Final ball before tea, men parked around the bat with Ben Stokes entrenched on 1 from nine balls. Cue a violent slog-sweep for four off Kuldeep Yadav, as England's captain serves a reminder that his team doesn't stand on ceremony, even when their backs are against the wall. Four wickets in the session mean it belongs emphatically to India, but there's work to do yet, with Jasprit Bumrah's magical spell done and Mukesh Kumar once again proving off the pace as the second seamer. Jonny Bairstow, incidentally, has looked very fluent indeed in making 24 not out from 28 so far.

What an outstanding yorker! Ollie Pope had done the hard bit, battling through his trial by spin to get his innings onto a firm footing. But in comes Jasprit Bumrah with a phenomenal delivery, tailing in at pace to burst through Pope's toes and detonate middle and leg stumps! India have roared back with three quick wickets since drinks, and with Ben Stokes arriving at 136 for 4, there's real jeopardy for England's innings now.

Jasprit Bumrah is too good... and Joe Root's audible groan confirms it! With reverse-swing in evidence, Root is preoccupied with the ball tailing back into his pads, but instead it's the one that nips the other way that does him in. A loose jab outside the eyeline, following the swing, straight into first slip's pocket, and suddenly India have a bit of a stranglehold on a previously free-wheeling innings. That's the eighth time that Bumrah has bagged Root in his Test career, the most by any non-Australian bowler.

Axar Patel into the attack, and he strikes in his very first over! It was a loose stroke from Crawley, who was determined to put the hammer down against the new man, and had just done so to fine effect with another launch over the leg-side for four. But Axar's next ball is on a slightly wider line and takes a skewed leading edge over point, where Iyer tracks back brilliantly to cling onto a vital chance. It was an incredible knock while it lasted, on his 26th birthday too, and it's set England up well, but has he given it away too soon? Here's Joe Root to fill the void, and he's off the mark with a reverse-sweep for four. Battle is joined!

India are forced to make a change, but it's not the third spinner Axar Patel. Instead, Mukesh Kumar returns in a bid to find some reverse-swing with a ball that's only 21 overs old but has been given 40 overs' worth of treatment already. Sure enough, he finds some tail back into the right-handers, but Ollie Pope clips sweetly with the swing to find the boundary and bring up England's second fifty stand of the innings. His share is only 17 with Zak Crawley making all the running, but he's enduring, and the longer he does so, the easier the conditions will be.

Ollie Pope's 196 at Hyderabad may have been the greatest innings by an Englishman in Asia, but his performance today is more reminiscent of his 1 from 11 in the first innings of that Test, with India's spinners tormenting his outside edge, most particularly R Ashwin, whose command of pace and line is unparalleled. Pope has kept the reverse-sweep in his locker, recognising the extra bounce on this surface makes it an option fraught with danger - and sure enough his first attempt gets him in a right old tangle.

But at the other end, Zak Crawley is producing a gem of an innings. His 6'5" reach gives him a vital advantage in these conditions, with his lanky strides to smother the spin at source, allied to his judicious use of the slog-sweep - Ashwin gets deposited over deep midwicket for his second six to dent an otherwise probing over. He steps out to drive Ashwin through the covers in his next over to bring up England's 100 in the 20th over. Rapid.

Emphatic from Zak Crawley, who is wasting no time in getting England's innings moving, in spite of the clear danger being posed by India's spinners. His fifty has come up in 52 deliveries, and he gets there in fine style, with a firm drive through long-off as he picks Kuldeep Yadav's googly, followed by a wonderful slog-sweep for six over deep midwicket as he gets down early to the full length and wallops with poise across the line. He did have another half-chance against R Ashwin, as he flicked off the pads past leg-slip for four - a similar shot to the one that did for Rohit Sharma, but so far Crawley is being rewarded for his bravery. And his proactivity might help Ollie Pope to settle at the other end. His innings has been full of plays and misses so far, but he's hanging in there.

There's that bounce again, and this time it's done for Ben Duckett. Rajit Patidar at silly point grabs a sharp chance in his chest as Duckett leans onto the front foot and fences a wrist-spinner off the splice to end another feisty opening stand from England's batters. It's worth 59 in 10.2 overs, and Duckett's share is 21 from 17. In comes Ollie Pope, whose first ball bursts past his edge, and it could have been a stumping had KS Bharat gathered cleanly... he had a torrid first innings at Hyderabad, but put that behind him in fine style second-time around. How costly will that be?

R Ashwin continues after lunch, and in his first over of the session he lures Zak Crawley into the error with a flick across the line, but Shubman Gill at short midwicket can't cling onto a diving chance in his outstretched left hand. As had been in evidence at the end of India's innings, the new ball is offering plenty bounce for the spinners, so England have kept the sweep in their locker for now. But with Jasprit Bumrah still operating at the other end, Crawley responds to his life with four fours in an over. The second is a moral victory for the bowler - a fat edge through backward point - but a dismissive pull and two full-faced drives down the ground leave his figures looking unusually dented.

A tricky 20 minutes before lunch? Not for this England team. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett come out swinging, as is their wont, to chew off 32 runs in six overs before the interval. That tally includes a cautious maiden, played out by Crawley against Jasprit Bumrah, but there's less respect shown to his fellow seamer, Mukesh Kumar. Duckett in particular is in no mood to hang around. He starts with a streaky inside-edge for four past the stumps and keeper, but there's more of a stamp of authority about his three fours in Kumar's second over - each of them slammed through the off-side.

India turn quickly to spin before the break, and in his first over Kuldeep Yadav gets one to scuttle with his wrist-spin, which will keep India interested. But it's been England's morning, with ball and now bat.

Shoaib Bashir picks off the third wicket of his debut innings, and India are all out for 396. It's due reward for a morning of hard toil for the youngster, who has bowled unchanged since the start of play, and earns the final wicket as Mukesh Kumar stabs a high-kicking offbreak off the splice from round the wicket to Joe Root at slip. It's a curious scorecard for India - all about Jaiswal and not much else - but it's runs on the board. And, India will note, the ball is spinning fairly sharply now, while Anderson's success will offer Bumrah and Mukesh plenty encouragement with the new ball and beyond. They have two seamers to England's one, after all.

England have an awkward 20 minutes to bat before lunch now. Four overs of high-octane cricket, you'd suspect!

A third wicket for Rehan Ahmed, as Ben Stokes turns to his legspinner with the tail exposed. His first delivery of the morning is a loosener - a full-bunger that Jasprit Bumrah slaps for four, but the rest of his over is right on the mark. In comes a second slip to keep challenging the outside edge, and a hard-handed stab to a fifth-ball legbreak flies straight to Joe Root at first. India are still shy of 400 with one wicket remaining. Given Jaiswal's mastery, it feels like a missed opportunity at the other end.

A rush of blood from Yashasvi Jaiswal with drinks approaching. Full length from Anderson but a wider line, and he lures the youngster into a mighty smear down the ground. But he can't get proper hold of it as it skews off the outside edge, and Jonny Bairstow swallows a spiralling chance at deep cover. It was a calculated risk, with Kuldeep Yadav offering not much other than resistance at the other end, but Anderson was too canny on this occasion. Nevertheless, it was a simply wonderful innings - 209 from 290 balls all told - but can the tail hoist that total up past 400? Anderson's figures, meanwhile, are 3 for 45 from 24 overs... sensational in the circumstances.

And it's brought up in style, with back-to-back boundaries off Shoaib Bashir, starting with a mighty slog-sweep for six over backward square-leg. "Is it required?" asks Murali Karthik on the host broadcast, to which Jaiswal responds one ball later by dumping a Bashir full-toss through square leg to provide an emphatic answer! At 22 years and 36 days, it makes him the third youngest Indian to reach a Test double-hundred, behind Sunil Gavaskar and Vinod Kambli, the record-holder who achieved the feat twice in his golden year of 1993.

To date, only one player in Test history has scored a double-hundred in an innings where none of his team-mates passed 34: Brian Lara's 226 at Adelaide in 2005, where Dwayne Bravo's 34 was the second-best. It seems likely at this stage that Jaiswal will be the second!

A pumped-up James Anderson bags the first wicket of the morning as R Ashwin's feisty knock is undone by a beauty that kicks and seams late off his outside edge. It's so good, in fact, that Ashwin doesn't think he's touched it, but Ultra-Edge reveals a thin spike on the shoulder of his bat, followed by a second deflection off the top of his thigh. India lose a review as well as a wicket.

It's a timely strike for England, as India's seventh-wicket pairing had just begun to stretch their legs. In the previous over, Yashasvi Jaiswal had launched Shoaib Bashir for his first six of the morning, high over long-on to march into the 190s, while Ashwin had pinged Anderson for a sweetly-timed on-drive moments before his dismissal.

One over with the old ball for Shoaib Bashir, and it's straight over to the new for James Anderson, whose first delivery of the morning is a snorter to Yashasvi Jaiswal, swinging late past the left-hander from a tight initial line.

But the main event of the over is arguably his contretemps with R Ashwin at the non-striker's end. Midway through his run-up, Anderson is forced to abort after Ashwin sticks out his left arm, ostensibly to stretch. But the gesture alerts Jimmy to the fact that the batter is standing unusually close to the stumps, potentially to help create some rough for his own bowling stint. Either way, he passes on his displeasure to umpire Gaffaney at the end of the over.

Ashwin, typically, is unfazed by the low-key rumpus, and has been India's main source of momentum this morning with a brace of superb cover-drives for four off Bashir. Anderson has kept Jaiswal relatively under wraps at the other end, beating him again with another late-seaming jaffa, and burning a review for a tight lbw appeal that was just going over the bails.

Welcome back to day two of the second Test at Visakhapatnam, where it's all to play for after an opening day of punch and counterpunch. On Yashasvi Jaiswal's watch, India have in theory taken command of the match narrative - rare is the contest in which a first-day innings of 179 not out doesn't lay a significant marker.

And yet, this England team doesn't play by the sport's established rules. Thanks to their relentless optimism on a placid deck, Ben Stokes' men prised out six priceless wickets on the opening day, each of them removed for scores between 14 and 34, to underline the fact that India have already left a fair few runs unclaimed in their top order.

So, what does the rest of this innings promise? Can Jaiswal carry on as he began, and convert what is already a career-best innings into a grand-daddy century? Or can England continue to chip away at what is already a longer tail than usual in the absence of Ravindra Jadeja? The second new ball is already overdue, and James Anderson was in the groove on day one. Any sort of total between 350 and 500-plus is entirely feasible from here. It's all set up beautifully.

Here's a recap of what took place in the opening exchanges, starting with the match report from yours truly. Alagappan Muthu zoomed in on the narrative of Jimmy and Jaiswal - two men with almost two decades between them, but whose roles were central to their teams' fortunes. And Vithushan Ehantharajah was all about Shoaib Bashir and his impactful arrival in the series, those visa delays are already a thing of the past.

A day that's been all Yashasvi Jaiswal without quite being all India. Jaiswal batted through the 90 overs, showing a precocious variety of Test-match gears to finish unbeaten on 179, his second Test hundred and his second big hundred too: his previous best was a lovely, unhurried 171 on debut in Dominica.

While Jaiswal spent the day making the pitch his home, though, he saw six wickets fall at the other end, all to scores between 14 and 34. India will be particularly disgruntled with how they lost wickets No. 5 and 6, Axar Patel and KS Bharat caught at backward point while failing to keep square cuts down.

"I was just batting session by session, and made sure that if they were bowling well I play out that spell," Jaiswal says. "That's it."

He makes it sound simple, and he made it look simple too, but it surely cannot have been all that simple.

England won't be displeased with how their day went. Far from it. Conditions so far have been pretty good to bat in, even if there's been a little bit of bounce for the spinners to work with and some reverse as well, but they haven't let India press home the advantage of batting first here. James Anderson, ageless James Anderson, played a big role in keeping India honest, dismissing Shubman Gill for the fifth time in Tests while going at just 1.76 across 17 overs.

Ball turning away from the bat, perhaps a bit of extra bounce, and an attempted square cut ends up in the hands of backward point. With stumps just over six minutes away, KS Bharat falls in much the same way Axar Patel had a little while ago, giving Rehan Ahmed his second wicket. And where Axar had scored 27, Bharat had made a bright, enterprising 17. It's been that kind of day for India's batters today, all of them other than Jaiswal who's still there on 179, his highest Test score.

Oh, and where Axar was c Rehan b Bashir, Bharat is c Bashir b Rehan.

Back of a length, cuffed to point, Axar Patel falls for 27 as Shoaib Bashir claims his second of a doughty debut day in Test cricket. India have just brought up their 300, but they've shipped five wickets now, and once again, it was a bit too soft for the conditions that they've been handed. KS Bharat is the new man, with the close looming. Yashasvi Jaiswal remains a class apart on 166 not out.

Joe Root returns to the attack with the new ball looming, and Jaiswal steps into his length-ball from round the wicket, and drills another magnificent cover-drive past two sweepers in the deep to march along to his second 150-plus century, from 224 balls. Axar, just settling in at the other end, then rocks back on consecutive short balls to pull two more fours through the leg-side, to give India real impetus going into the final hour of the day.

It increasingly feels like a one-man show from India's batting, as yet another of Jaiswal's partners falls tamely when seemingly well set. This time it's the debutant Rajat Patidar, whose doughty knock of 32 from 72 balls ends in slightly bizarre fashion, as he props onto the front foot against a sharp legbreak from Rehan, and allows the ball to wriggle back onto his stumps off the face of the blade. Reward for Rehan's extra bounce, and with no Jadeja in this contest, England have a clear sighting of the lower-middle order now. Axar, Bharat and Ashwin are still an imposing trio to get past though. Not to mention the blazing Jaiswal, who is showing no signs of slowing down.

Rehan Ahmed opens the session with some impressive control on his legbreaks, but Yashasvi Jaiswal decides he's been allowed to settle for long enough. From the fourth ball of his fifth over, he gives him the charge, and batters an astonishing six up and over the covers. Tremendous footwork and courage, to advance to the legspinner bowling round the wicket at the left-hander. In the same over, he rocks back for a cut for four more, as India's 250 nears.

India in command after a one-wicket session. They reach tea at 225 for 3 after 63 overs, with Yashasvi Jaiswal's unbeaten 125 underpinning a dominant display. England have stuck at it, with James Anderson offering the most probing threat in between some diligent work from the spinners. A brief foray before tea for Rehan's legspin, which will doubtless have more to offer this evening.

A reverse-sweep from Rajit Patidar flies through backward point for four off Joe Root. That was, of course, a feature of England's batting in Hyderabad but not a frequent option for India's line-up. Maybe that's about to change with the debutant in their ranks. His next shot seizes on the opportunity that such a stroke can create, as Root overpitches outside off and gets drilled for four more for his troubles.

Jaiswal, meanwhile, is powering on with ominous intent. He did have one mildly hairy moment when, on 115, he slashed airily at Hartley and skewed a leading edge over backward point. But overall, that stroke is the exception that proves just how poised the rest of his strokes have been.

Now then, at 215 for 3 in the 60th over, it's time for Rehan Ahmed... a tidy start, three runs off the over including a mistimed flick back down the pitch that loops over the bowler's head.

It's a wicket from nowhere, and suddenly there's a debutant at the crease. On Jaiswal's watch, India were powering into a comfortable position, but at the other end, Iyer's steady knock is curtailed by Tom Hartley, allied to some smart glovework from Ben Foakes. It was back of a length outside off, luring the cut from Iyer, but the ball skidded on low, took an under-edge, and nestled in Foakes' gloves to send him on his way for 27. That's three batters who have got in and out... Jaiswal needs someone to stay with him if India are to make this innings count.

Steps into a length ball from Tom Hartley, and deposits him high over long-on for the third six of a mighty innings. He's been supreme all innings long, his control percentage at close to 90% confirming the inevitability of this, his second Test hundred and first on home soil.

England are beginning to lose the grip on the scoring rate that had been a feature of the first hour after lunch, but Shoaib Bashir is persevering with his offbreaks, settling into Test cricket in a lengthy spell, much as Hartley did in the first innings at Hyderabad. Rehan Ahmed has been spotted warming up in the outfield though. Could be time for some legspin soon.

Slow but steady, and growing in poise as this innings progresses. The fifty stand has come up from 85 balls, and Jaiswal in particular is beginning to open his shoulders, with a brace of boundaries in consecutive overs, including an exquisite inside-out launch for six over long-off off Joe Root.

England had broken each of India's two previous stands before they could make real hay, and has the chance for this one come and gone? On 73, Tom Hartley straightens one into Jaiswal's edge but Root at slip can't close his fingers around a tough chance. Jaiswal immediately punishes the lapse with two more fours in consecutive drives, to rush along to 85.

S Rajesh has been crunching the numbers for us, and old is gold so far as today's action goes...

False shot % vs Eng's bowlers so far today:

• Anderson: 24.1%
• Hartley: 11.9%
• Bashir: 10.0%
• Root: 9.5%

As ever, there's subtlety in abundance from Anderson, his relentless line and length allied to infinitesimal adjustments to prevent India's batters from lining him up with any conviction. He's already bowled more overs in this innings, ten and counting, than Mark Wood served up in the second innings at Hyderabad. Very different bowlers, of course, but Anderson's ability to keep things tight is a proper asset in these circumstances.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is unfazed by the loss of Shubman Gill, or by the fast-approaching lunch break. The first truly loose delivery of Shoaib Bashir's spell is a shin-high full toss from round the wicket, and it gets dumped high into the stands at wide long-on for India's first six of the innings. Bashir's next ball is dragged down and cuffed violently out to deep cover, where an awkward bounce leaves Rehan Ahmed looking sheepish. Ten off two balls, and Jaiswal has his half-century, from 89 balls all told. After missing out on his hundred in Hyderabad, he's looking good to make amends.

Shreyas Iyer finishes the session with an emphatic drive through long-on off Anderson, to get off the mark and bring up India's 100. At 101 for 2 on a belter of a wicket, that is honours even.

Shubman Gill ups the ante with 20 minutes to go until lunch with a volley of boundaries to kickstart his innings ... or rather, to bring it to a swift conclusion as things turn out!

The first is a touch streaky, and a harbinger of things to come, deflected down through deep third as James Anderson concedes the first four of his day's work, but the next two are stamps of class against the probing Shoaib Bashir - an emphatic slog-sweep behind square, one of the first such strokes that India have attempted today, then a crisp drive through the covers as Bashir over-corrects.

But back comes Anderson, with his appetite for the battle whetted. The first ball of his next over is a genuine nick, but with only one slip it too slips away to the third-man boundary. But he merely hits the seam once more on a fractionally wider line, Gill pokes forward and Ben Foakes swallows a flying edge with a leap to his right! It's Anderson's 691st Test wicket, and his first of 2024, making it the 22nd consecutive year that he has claimed a Test wicket. Simply remarkable.

Sampath informs me that Gill now averages 7.8 in Tests against Anderson. Seven innings, 39 runs, five wickets.

A stunning moment in the second hour of this Test match. Rohit Sharma, India's captain, closes the face on an offbreak from the debutant Shoaib Bashir and tucks his leg glance straight to Ollie Pope at leg slip! A maiden wicket in only Bashir's fourth over, and a richly deserved one too, as he had earned the right to that extra close catcher thanks to the solidity of his line and length right from the outset of his spell. It's only the 11th wicket of his first-class career, and what a big fish to land!

Rohit had been steadfast all morning, not a single boundary in his 41-ball 14, which was a tribute both to England's discipline and also India's determination to make amends for their slapdash first innings in Hyderabad, in which each of their top five had fallen to attacking strokes. This time, however, the entrenchment proves the captain's downfall. It's still a belter of a wicket, so plenty scope for India to cash in, but it's a callow line-up in the absence of Kohli and KL Rahul.

The moment has come for the new boy. The 12th over of the day, India 27 for 0 and sitting pretty. His first ball is a bit of a nervy long-hop but Stokes' field is sympathetic and Jaiswal can only cut it straight at point. Thereafter he's onto a better length from round the wicket, with a hint of turn away from the left-hander, and all delivered from that rangy 6'4" frame.

It's not quite a maiden, as Jaiswal flicks his sixth delivery off his toes for a single, but overall it's an encouraging introduction. Tom Hartley has just replaced Anderson at the other end. Only Rehan of the specialist options has yet to get a twirl this morning.

When you've picked three specialist spinners and need a new-ball option, who do you turn to? It's Joe Root, obviously, who shares the honours with the recalled James Anderson, and is immediately into a battle as Yashasvi Jaiswal comes out swinging in his first over. Root's first ball, full and wide outside off, is slashed in the air through the covers for four - a stroke that is greeted with an encouraging clap from Ben Stokes, who doesn't mind India taking on his ring of catchers in the off side.

Anderson, meanwhile, settles into a solid rhythm after two leg-side sighters in the first over of his 184th Test, and though there's not much movement to speak of, he finds it anyway with a hint of each-way nip, particularly against the right-handed Rohit Sharma. Overall though, it looks a good toss for India to have won. No real threat in these conditions just yet, and the promise of a long day of toil for England's attack.

Rohit Sharma calls correctly, and India will bat first. "It looks a good pitch, we've got to play good cricket to win the game," says Rohit Sharma. "What happened in Hyderabad, we'll take some positives and move quickly on. We didn't bat with the same intent in the second innings and it was a brilliant knock by Ollie. Hopefully we can correct those mistakes and not repeat them."

He confirms a debut for Rajit Patidar, while Kuldeep Yadav and Mukesh Kumar also come in for KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj.

Ben Stokes would have batted first. "New game, new week. We'll take the confidence but we'll start again. It's an amazing atmosphere to bat in front of, and the opportunities for our young guys will stand them in good stead."

Anderson and Shoaib are confirmed, in place of Wood and Leach, who handed the new boy his cap before the start of play.

The pitch, according to Eoin Morgan, is "an absolute beauty" and should suit England's style of play, but it's India's batters who will get first use of it.

India YBK Jaiswal, RG Sharma*, Shubman Gill, RM Patidar, SS Iyer, KS Bharat†, R Ashwin, AR Patel, JJ Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav

England Z Crawley, BM Duckett, OJ Pope, JE Root, JM Bairstow, BA Stokes*, BT Foakes†, Rehan Ahmed, TW Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, JM Anderson