8.45pm: Now, is that more than a hill of beans? Few teams batting first would be happy going in with 124 to defend... not least given bowling is supposed to be England's weaker suit. But we will have to wait and see. In the meantime, here's Shreyas Iyer, who is putting a brave face on it: "From the start we got, we got to a really good total, it's a two-paced wicket. A challenging score, hopefully our bowlers bowl well to defend this. Realised the ball wasn't coming on, bit uneven so I'll play cricketing shots and let's see. Worked out well for me and hopefully a decent total. [Partnership with Pandya?] When it's No5 and 6, we have the best possible chance, don't want to leave the responsibility on those to come. We wanted to wait until the 16th over and take it on. Not sensing dew right now, will help the spinners as well as the seamers on this wicket."

On Iyer's efforts, our stats man Sampath has this:

Highest T20I scores for India batting at No.5 or lower:
79* - Manish Pandey vs SA, Centurion, 2018 77* - Yuvraj Singh vs AUS, Rajkot, 2013
65* - Shreyas Iyer vs ENG, Ahmedabad, Today

Axar Patel is in at the death

Back-of-the-hand slowie from Jordan, that... something he's been working on?

India above a run a ball here [eyebrows]

"India's top 3 scored a total of five runs today. That's India's lowest in T20 internationals." Some stats magique, from Eye of Sauron

Chris Jordan to bowl out. Iyer has carried this innings, but he needs swing a couple more boundaries here...

Here's Deep: "This is going to hurt... but Kohli is beginning to look a bit like Inzi from 2003 world cup... not literally, but metaphorically. All that work on fitness, talk about shedding conservative approach... but the bat isn't walking the talk." Rather you call him aloo than me, eh

"18.3 is only the second time in this match after 17.0 that India touched run-a-ball score," notes santosh battula. They're heading bang on for 120, as things stand...

"Well I certainly missed two things in test series," chirps Abhishek Thodge. "1. All these English bowlers consistently clicking 90 mph. 2. Shreyas Iyer in this red hot form!"

Options, options... Who does Morgan go to for the 19th? Sam Curran it is

Archer finishes with excellent figures of 3 for 23. Can India boff a few off the last couple, and get Motera bouncing again?

"That was too good a hook to get out for!" squeaks Aniket

Washington Sundar, who showed his class with the bat in the fourth Test, out to face Archer on a hat-trick

This is from Matt Roller, by the way - Archer's T20 career head-to-head with Hardik: 34 balls, 35 runs, 3 wickets

Shardul Thakur is sent up the order for a slog

Three overs to go

That's a fine way to bring up the India 100