Player of the Match
Player of the Match

10.36am Well, that escalated quickly. Robinson's reverse-sweep leads to a clatter of three quick wickets either side of the drinks break, but those 51 extra runs are definitely a bonus for England, especially from 112 for 5. Joe Root finishes unbeaten after a magnificent knock, 122 not out from 274 balls, and Jadeja sneaks in with a quietly effective performance, another four-wicket haul to go along with his five-for in Rajkot. It's a score on the board... how do India respond, against a rested England bowling attack?

Bilal: "DISAPPOINTED that Root ended 0.15 short of a 50 average!" He's been hovering around that mark for years, can never quite nail his colours either side! But that was an innings of rare class.

Ajay: "Btw this is only the 6th time England have played more than 100 overs under Bazball era"... indeed, and by a distance their lowest return for such endurance... a slower rate even than their relative grind against South Africa at Old Trafford, the innings that perhaps best resembles this performance. In fact, filter it by strike-rate, and it's their third-slowest of this period too. Their only slower performances are their first of the era, at Lord's in 2022, and their last at Rajkot. Make of that what you will.

104.5
W
Jadeja to Anderson, OUT, lines up the sweep, makes a meal of it! Dharmasena thinks for an age and raises the finger! Anderson reviews, this looked pretty adjacent, but was it maybe going over? Certainly no bat involved. Nope, smashing the top of off... England are all out!

JM Anderson lbw b Jadeja 0 (7m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Kritki: "Jurel looks like a big upgrade from Bharat. If can score some milestone marks this will be his job to loose. I like what i have seen so far." Yes, looks lively with good hands

104.4
1
Jadeja to Root, 1 run, full face of the bat, pressed through the line to long-off. This time Root does jog through for the single
104.3
0
Jadeja to Root, no run, rocks back, Jadeja finds extra lift from a tight line, glided down to deep third, again no run taken
104.2
0
Jadeja to Root, no run, emphatic sweep from Root, nails the stroke to deep midwicket but turns down the run
104.1
0
Jadeja to Root, no run, round the wicket, tight line angled in at the right-hander, who presses forward to defend

Morning all. Well, this pitch continues to confuse. Nothing especially remarkable about the conditions this morning, even with the new ball in hand - certainly compared to the dramatic seam movement on the first morning. What can Root chisel out of this last-wicket stand?

END OF OVER:
104 | 1 Run | ENG: 352/9

  • James Anderson0 (3b)
  • Joe Root121 (270b)
  • Kuldeep Yadav12-4-22-0
  • Ravindra Jadeja32-7-66-3

Time for drinks. A sluggish first hour got jolted in that over that two wickets fell. What lies in store? Andrew Miller with the rest of the session

103.6
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Anderson, no run, flighted outside off, defended nicely
103.5
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Root, 1 run, and he takes the easy single on offer with a push to long-off

The field doesn't come up

103.4
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Root, no run, right forward to smother the turn again
103.3
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Root, no run, well forward to defend this flighted delivery

India 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st84RG SharmaYBK Jaiswal
2nd15RG SharmaShubman Gill
3rd1RM PatidarShubman Gill
4th20RA JadejaShubman Gill
5th0SN KhanShubman Gill
6th72Shubman GillDC Jurel