ENG beat IND by an innings and 159 runs | India vs England, Highlights And Cricket Score 2nd Test Match - Commentary

The players are out in the middle. Two southpaws - Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings, will open as usual for the home side. Ishant Sharma will bowl first up to Cook. Here we go!

Right then. 96 overs. Will India get to bat today itself? Not that England cannot bat the whole day but you know... these days... batting 90 overs is a massive task for batsmen from any country whether the conditions be conducive or not. That temptation to set the tone early will be there and in that process, if India manage to snaffle a few early wickets, they can run through this not-so-strong England batting line-up.

Interesting thoughts from Sourav Ganguly. He reckons that there might not be too much purchase for the spinners early on but all is not lost. What he does warn the Indian side though is - DO NOT TRY AND DEFEND 107. Look at the target to restrict England to as 200. He expects the pitch to have uneven bounce on Monday, so if India manage to defend 250 in the final innings, we could have a nice game on offer.

PITCH REPORT - Sanjay Manjrekar doing the pitch report says that there are no devils on top of the surface. A few red marks are seen, a few indentations but nothing much. As far as the seamers are concerned, he reckons that keep it outside off on a nice length. For the spinners, he is ASSUMING the dryness of the pitch will help Ashwin and Kuldeep. But then, he also admits that it is too early to expect because it is just a Day 2 pitch - to be honest, not even a Day 2 one, with less than 40 overs bowled.

WEATHER REPORT - Wow. After the storm, comes the calm, goes the saying. We have been brooding for the last 2 days over the fickle weather but today, it is bright and sunny. What is more, there is only 12 percent forecast of rain, which we hope, is as good as 0. Beautiful conditions to play cricket.

Two days, 10 wickets taken. What thought comes to your mind? Ok... the team batting first might have batted long and hard and might not have felt comfortable enough to declare. Wrong. Very wrong. Someone did fight long and hard... long enough to frustrate the spectators and fans. RAIN. However, we did have some play and in that 'little' period, Jimmy Anderson's 5-fer skittled out India with terrific seam and swing bowling for 107. Paltry or enough? Only time will tell. Hello and a warm welcome to the third day's play of the second Test between England and India at Lord's.

... DAY 3, SESSION 1 ...

England are obviously on the front foot. A whole day tomorrow and they'll come out fresh in the morning and look to add to India's woes. The visitors will rely on the weather tomorrow, massively, to assist them as it did England today. It was evident that when the sun came up today, the ball wasn't moving much, so the clouds and the wind would be their best friends. Should be another exciting one on Day 3, weather permitting. So join us at 1100 local (1000 GMT) for all the action. See you folks then!

With the rain intervening and playing a crucial role in the toss, England chose to bowl and James Anderson, like he so often does, took full advantage of the swinging conditions on offer. He got rid of both the openers and set it all up from there. Cheteshwar Pujara's unfortunate run out at the hands of his skipper didn't help either. It seemed like a mere procession from that point on. Chris Woakes, along with Sam Curran, joined in and induced further damage. Anderson came back towards the end and finished with a fifer. With that, he now has 99 Test wickets at Lord's, one short of an important milestone.

So, after more stops than starts on this rain-marred Day 2 of the Lord's Test, we've had a lot of action towards the final leg of the day. India's batting frailties came to the fore once more and were exposed, rather embarrassingly, as they were bowled out for just a mere 107, in effectively just under a session. The ball was doing a lot, but you'd expect more from the no.1 ranked Test team in the world. If Ravichandran Ashwin is your highest-scorer with 29, there are some serious questions which need to be asked.

James Anderson to Ishant Sharma. OUT! 26th Test 5-fer for James Anderson! He walks off the field with the ball in his hand. Takes his cap off, waves to the crowd and acknowledges their support. Beautiful bowling. Length ball on off, coming in and then going away. Ishant Sharma is squared up as he looks to defend but is caught on the back pad. Big shout and the finger goes up. INDIA ARE BOWLED OUT FOR 107!

Even if India get bowled out in the next two overs, it will be Stumps.

James Anderson to Ishant Sharma. Fired full and outside off, Sharma looks to squeeze it out but can't connect.

Stuart Broad to Mohammed Shami. FOUR! Shami with another wild swing and Shami with another vital boundary. Full on the stumps, Shami clears his front leg again and swings with all his might. A top edge and it goes over the slip cordon again for back-to-back boundaries.

Stuart Broad to Mohammed Shami. Big edge and FOUR! Doesn't matter how the runs come, as long as they come. India have got to the 100-mark with this. Full and attacking the stumps, Shami swings by clearing his front leg and gets a bit of a top edge over the slip cordon. The fielder tries chasing it down, but it's just in vain.

Stuart Broad to Mohammed Shami. A little fuller, outside off and Shami needs no second invitation to have a go at it. Lofts it over covers and manages to get two runs for it.

Stuart Broad to Ishant Sharma. Length delivery swinging down, goes off Ishant's pads as he looks to work it away. There is a man at leg slip. He dives forward to catch but it falls just short. Through him and a leg bye is taken.

Ishant Sharma is the last man in for India.

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. OUT! There was bat involved, but it came after it went off the pad. Ashwin is a dead duck. Full, fast and swinging back in from around off, Ashwin looks to drive this away but is caught on the front pad. Loud appeal, the finger goes up and instantly the batsman takes the review, probably as he thinks the inside edge will save him. The TV umpire comes into play and replays show that the ball goes off the pad first, and then the bat. So India's highest-scorer in this innings is gone.

Another review. Ashwin the man in question with regards to an lbw decision. Inside edge the only thing that could save him. Seems to be the case since he took the review almost immediately. Let's see what happens here...

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. Short and wide, Ashwin cuts this square through point. Doesn't take a run even when he can get it, wants to keep strike.

Mohammed Shami to take the bat next.

James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav. OUT! Never in doubt. Anderson was trying this in this over. Just brings it back in straighter and swings it in. Kuldeep Yadav looks to flick but is rapped flush on the pad in front of the stumps. Big appeal and the finger goes up. Kuldeep, for the sake of it, since there are two anyway, takes a review. It's taken upstairs and replays show all three reds ticked.

Review time. Kuldeep Yadav is caught leg before and given out. He's taken the DRS, but he looks dead plumb. Seems he'll be gone.

James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav. Wide outside off stump, the batsman leaves it alone.

James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav. Risky leave. That wasn't far away at all. Landed full around off, shapes in slightly as Kuldeep leaves. Whiskers past the off stick and goes into the keeper's gloves.

James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav. Fired full, it doesn't swing back in. Holds its line and beats the outside edge of the bat as Kuldeep goes for the drive.

James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin. Bit too straight in line, flicked through mid-wicket for one.

James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin. Hurls it too far outside off, an easy leave for the batsman.

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. Some bat involved there, otherwise he was going to be plumb. Full and swinging in, Broad doesn't go the other way. Raps Ashwin on the front pad, but not before it takes the inside edge. Rolls away on the leg side and a single is collected.

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. Good length ball outside off, Ashwin once again uses the depth of the crease, it provides him a few extra seconds to play the shot. Punches it on the off side.

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. Straightening up a shade around off, a play and a miss from the batsman.

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. FOUR! A shot executed with complete control. Terrific. Short ball on off, Ashwin stands tall and pulls it right off the meat. Doesn't bother to keep it down, there's nobody there. Gets it through the gap in the mid-wicket region and earns another boundary. With this, Ashwin becomes the highest scorer in this innings.

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. Short and outside off, he looks to play the ramp shot but misses.

Stuart Broad to Ravichandran Ashwin. FOUR! Some width offered and Ashwin puts this away. He's no amateur, make no mistake. Man has four Test hundreds. Length delivery outside off, he rocks back and firmly punches it through the covers for a boundary. Also, he becomes the highest boundary getter for the Indian side in this innings.

James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav. Full and outside off, tamely pushed off the front foot to the cover area.

James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin. That squares him up. Angles in first and then shapes away. Ashwin opens his body up a bit before defending it away on the off side. A quick single is stolen.

James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin. Using the depth of the crease here as Ashwin goes back and blocks it down on the off side.

James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin. The ball is way outside the off stump, easy leave for Ravi Ash.

James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

James Anderson to Ravichandran Ashwin. Length delivery just around off, going away from the batsman. Ashwin tries to put bat on ball but misses.

Sam Curran to Kuldeep Yadav. Shaping in first before going away, Yadav hangs on the back foot and pushes it out.

Sam Curran to Kuldeep Yadav. Too far outside off, moving further away, another simple leave.

Sam Curran to Kuldeep Yadav. Well left. Sam attacks that off stump channel, pitches it on a length and gets it to move away. The southpaw raises his bat skywards and lets it go.

Sam Curran to Kuldeep Yadav. Full and swinging away on off, Kuldeep plants his front foot forward and defends it well.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Nudges this in front of square leg and gets to the other end.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Landing and then seaming away outside off, on a length, Ravi Ashwin has nothing to do with it.

James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav. Moving away from outside off, left alone for the keeper to collect.

James Anderson to Kuldeep Yadav. Good length delivery in line of the stumps, Kuldeep pushes it back down the track.

Kuldeep Yadav is the next batsman in.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. OUT! Jimmy does what Jimmy does best. Was brought on to get a wicket and a wicket he does get. Superb. Conditions are somewhat overcast, so he gets swing. Enough of it at least. Lands it fuller outside off, Rahane prods forward to defend but gets an edge due to the slight away movement. Behind to Alastair Cook at first slip who collects it in his palms. Needless to say, India in serious peril in London.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. Well played, Jinx. Showing superb technique to play that. Full and swinging away on middle after angling in, Rahane stays behind the line and pushes it to short mid-wicket.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. Doesn't even go near it. Full and wide outside off, left alone.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. Full and swinging away from outside off, left alone by Ajinkya.

James Anderson returns. One final burst before the close of play. Can he provide another breakthrough?

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Length ball on off stump. Ashwin gets a good stride forward and defends it with relative ease.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Fuller and attacking the stumps. Ashwin defends it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Full and swinging in, Ashwin tries to flick this on the leg side. Misses the ball and it raps him low on the back pad.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Plays inside the line here. Length ball outside off, holds its line and Ashwin keeps his bat near his body to let this one go past to Bairstow.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. FOUR! All important runs here for India. Ashwin gets the rare bit of width and the ball is also a bit on the shorter side. He rocks back and punches it through to the cover-point boundary.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Starts with a length ball on off stump. Ashwin blocks from the crease with a straight bat.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Flicks this through the gap on the leg side and keeps strike with a run.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. A bit of a loose shot from Ashwin. Outside off on a back of a length, the batsman tries to punch it on the up through the off side but can't connect.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Close! Good stuff from Chris Woakes. Length ball around off, moves away ever so slightly and Ashwin has no choice but to play at it. Past the outside edge and into Jonny Bairstow's mitts.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Full and outside off, pushed firmly through mid off for a couple more.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. In the air... and it's safe! Bit comical really what's happened, even Chris Woakes has a chuckle at it. Shortish and going down, Ashwin tries to work it away but gets a top edge which lobs in the air towards mid on. Adil Rashid at short mid-wicket somehow loses the ball midway and has no clue where it's going to fall. Would have been a catch otherwise. A brace taken.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Touch short and going away from the batsman, Ashwin gets an edge but he plays it with soft hands. It falls in front of third slip.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. Curran keeps it around that off stump channel, makes the batsman play. Jinx plants his front foot forward and blocks it out.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. On a driving length, outside the line of off stump, Rahane looks to drive it wide of mid off but can't beat the fielder there.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. Solid in defense, is Rahane. Didn't look comfortable at all in the first Test, but has been assured since he's come out to bat. Fuller in length on off, coming back in, it's patted to mid off from the front foot.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Tap and run stuff from the batsman. Sensibly and decisively done. It's dropped in front of point and a brisk single is stolen.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Too far outside off, full in length. The line ruins it and nullifies the inswing there itself. Ashwin leaves it alone.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. Through the gap and it's well played by Ajinkya Rahane. Full and swinging in, he leans ahead and flicks this through the gap in the mid-wicket region for a single. Should have been two, but Ashwin was slow off his blocks.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Second edge in a row. He's living on the edge of the knife here. Similar ball to the earlier one as it's angled in, pitches and moves away. Ashwin tries a defensive block, the ball takes the edge again. Falls short of the same fielder, again. Some wonderful swing bowling by Woakes here.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Length ball moving away, squares up Ashwin, the away movement takes the edge. However, the soft hands of Ashwin means the ball drops short of the second slip fielder.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. FOUR! Uppish through the covers as Ashwin gets attacking. Goes for the expansive drive through covers against this moving ball. Gets enough bat to beat the chasing cover fielder and the ball runs across the boundary.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Beaten! Much better this time from Woakes. Fuller delivery angling in, makes Ashwin play. Moves away after pitching. Luckily for Ashwin it beats his bat.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Appreciable movement, still. Ashwin shoulders arms again.

Chris Woakes to Ravichandran Ashwin. Length ball outside off, moves away after pitching. Ashwin has nothing to do with it and lets it go.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. On the fuller side of the length, around off, kept out off the front foot easily.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. FOUR! Full and swinging down, easy peasy for Rahane to flick it fine down the leg side. No chance for fine leg to stop that one.

Sam Curran to Ravichandran Ashwin. Off the mark. Already scored more than Karthik here. Ashwin nicely leans into the drive and times it sweetly through the covers for three runs. The fielder chases it down and keeps it inside the rope.

Ravichandran Ashwin makes his way out to the middle.

Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik. OUT! BOWLED 'EM! From no movement to so much in the space of a few minutes. First Woakes, now Curran. Perfect left-armer's delivery to a right-hander. Fires it full and swings it back in. Karthik loosely drives away from his body and gets an inside edge. Back onto the stumps and they are shattered. He walks back and takes that calm head of his back to the pavilion with him. Curran jumps and celebrates with a fist pump.

Just an FYI, a silly mid off is in place.

Sam Curran to Dinesh Karthik. Fraction straight in line, worked away on the leg side.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Stays behind and keeps it out with the full face of the bat.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Does well on this occasion. Opens the face of the bat and dabs it to backward point.

Chris Woakes to Dinesh Karthik. Edged and it's just short. This is getting intense now. Length ball outside off, seaming away as Karthik feels for it and gets an edge. It goes towards fourth slip where the fielder gets low and stops it.

Dinesh Karthik is the next batsman in. He's known to have a calm head on his shoulders, India desperately need that in heated situation right now. 5 slips and a gully in position for him.

Chris Woakes to Hardik Pandya. OUT! Gone this time! That dropped chance hasn't cost England anything. Buttler first dropped Kohli and caught Kohli on the next ball, same here with Hardik. Length ball on middle and off, straightening up after angling in, Pandya hangs his bat to defend and it goes off the edge. Straight to Jos at second slip who gets low and takes it this time. India in deep trouble here.

Chris Woakes to Hardik Pandya. Missed chance! Woakes clearly and rightfully agitated at that. He makes it known. Full and swinging away heavily outside off, Pandya plays away from his body and gets a thick edge. Flies to Buttler at second slip who moves to his right and completely makes a mess of it. Right through his palms and that's a boundary to third man.

Chris Woakes to Hardik Pandya. Fuller in length and outside off, blocked off the front foot.

Sam Curran to Hardik Pandya. Driven just wide of mid on for a single.

Sam Curran to Hardik Pandya. Pandya isn't able to read Sam at all. He's coming forward even before the ball has left Curran's hand. Full and swinging in again, goes off the inner half of the bat through backward square leg. Two to the total.

Sam Curran to Hardik Pandya. Angling across, on a good length, Pandya stays back and taps it away on the off side.

Sam Curran to Hardik Pandya. FOUR! Oh good lord! Almost went through the gate. Deary me. Full and swinging in from Curran, Hardik doesn't pick this up at all as he comes forward for the elegant drive through the covers. It takes the inside edge and goes past the leg stump for a boundary.

Sam Curran to Hardik Pandya. Short of a good length outside off, kept out off the back foot.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. The 50 up for India. Rahane works this length ball on his pads square on the leg side for a single.

Chris Woakes to Hardik Pandya. Well outside off, left alone. A successful over from Woakes comes to an end.

Chris Woakes to Hardik Pandya. Length ball on off, kept out by Hardik from inside the crease.

Hardik Pandya is the next batsman in.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. OUT! His luck finally runs out! This is a big wicket for Woakes and England. Woakes comes from wide of the crease and angles in a full ball on off, it swings away late as Kohli looks to flick it away on the leg side. That becomes his undoing as the ball goes off the edge and flies behind towards Jos Buttler at second slip who makes no mistake when moving to his right. Kohli will be feeling that, more especially since he got Pujara run out earlier. Not good for India. Not at all.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. FOUR! Living the risky life here. This has somehow gone through everyone. Kohli a bit undecided on this one? Length delivery outside off, the skipper tries leaving this late as the ball goes off the outer part. Through first and second slip and away to the boundary line.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. Outside off on a good length, run down towards gully.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Defended off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.

Sam Curran to Virat Kohli. Did not pick that up! Close. But well done on Kohli's part. The good thing is he doesn't reach too far forward to get to the ball, which is partly the reason why he didn't edge this one. Holding its line as it's going across, Kohli looks to block but is beaten.

Sam Curran to Virat Kohli. Stays well behind the line and keeps it out from within the crease.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane comes on the front foot and pushes it to mid off. Root tries to cut it off from short extra cover but lets it through. Single taken.

Sam Curran to Virat Kohli. Swinging down after pitching on leg, goes off the thigh and rolls on the leg side as the batsmen take a leg bye.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. Full and swinging in on off stump, Rahane with a big stride forward meets the ball with the full face of the bat and drives it through mid off. Three good runs result.

Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane. Tad straight in line on middle and leg, worked straight to short mid-wicket.

Sam Curran on to bowl.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. Once again. Oh, dear! He knows better than most he shouldn't be doing that. The dots possibly getting to him. A calm head required. Deep breaths, big man.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. Leaves it alone. Going away from outside off, no shot offered.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. Edged behind but he's played that with soft hands. Well played. Some extra bounce on off, going away, Kohli dabs it behind in front of second slip.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. No, no, no, Virat! Got to stay disciplined. Let them be. Full and outside off, Kohli goes for the expansive cover drive, only to be beaten barely past the outside edge.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. Just short. Just. Moving away from a good length outside off, Kohli with a slightly opened face dabs this behind off the outer half. Not in full control, it flies towards Pope at fifth slip who dives low to his left but the ball falls short.

Chris Woakes to Virat Kohli. Too far outside off, too easy for the batter to let it be.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Quick running. Decisive this time and no run out results. Kohli drops this in front of gully and sets off. Pope collects the ball, fires a throw at the bowler's end but misses. Had he hit too, don't think it would have mattered.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Kohli watches the ball throughout. Knows it's full and well outside off, another leave.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Good length ball in the off stump channel, left alone.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Nicely done. In good control as he plays that. Opens the face of the bat and runs it past the diving gully fielder well. Earns a couple of runs for himself.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. The captain of India shoulders his arms to let that one through.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Pitched on a length outside off, it moves away, no reason for Kohli to have anything to do with it.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Fraction too short but it's still a maiden over. Shortish outside off, Jinx opens his body up and dabs it away to the man at gully.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Keeps it quite close to off, makes the batsman play at it, which is important. Rahane taps it away in front of cover.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. He's getting appreciable movement straightaway. Plus, the way he gets extra bounce is going to be a nightmare for the batsmen. Length delivery outside off, Rahane has a feel for it but misses.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Just outside off, on a length, pushed on the off side for nothing.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Well played, Ajinkya Rahane. But good bowling Chris Woakes too. He's already opening the batsman up in his stance. Bangs it in hard, on middle, comes in first and then moves away. It's played down square on the off side, but he's going to have to be wary here.

Chris Woakes to Ajinkya Rahane. Fuller in length on off. It moves away but angles in first. Rahane stays right behind the line and brings down a straight blade in defense.

First change for England. Chris Woakes is brought into the bowling attack. Three slips and a gully for him.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Well done, Jimmy. Good bowling. Keeps it marginally behind a length outside off, it moves away late as Kohli is forced to poke at it. Beaten this time around as well.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Short and outside off, left alone.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Well played and well fielded. Shortish outside off, VK rises on his toes as he taps this down in front of fourth slip. Ollie Pope there dives to his right and makes a good stop.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Good connection on this but it's straight to the fielder. Full and too straight in line, Kohli wrists it to mid-wicket. He'll feel he's missed out.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Beaten! Length delivery just outside off, the ball holds its shape as Kohli hangs his bat out to dry. Just past the outside edge and into the keeper's gloves.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Some away swing for Anderson, well played by Kohli too as he comes forward and opens the face slightly to drive this square on the off side. A couple of runs taken.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Arms are shouldered to this one. End of the over.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Watches the ball closely on this occasion, it's outside off and Jinx makes a safe leave.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Just ahead of a length, close to off, met with the full face of the blade.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Outside off on a good length, Rahane has nothing to do with it.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Shouts for a leg before, correctly turned down by the umpire. Height always the issue and Jonny Bairstow makes sure Stuart Broad doesn't even think about taking the review. Indicates it's going above the stumps. Length ball on middle and off, coming back in with some extra bounce. Rahane is half-forward to defend as he's rapped on the pads.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Darts it in quicker on a length on middle, kept out safely off the back foot.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Too far outside off, another leave. A maiden from Anderson. Good, probing over comes to an end.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Better. Has his head steady this time. Watches the ball closely, keeps his patience and lets the ball go.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. And there's a Jimmy Anderson beauty! Superb. Doesn't matter how good you are, a ball of that quality can get anybody. Angling in on off, lands and then shapes away. Kohli is squared up as he hangs his bat out to defend. The ball whiskers past the edge and goes into the keeper's gloves.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. A bit of swing now and he almost gets Kohli. Full and angling in before shaping away on a fuller length, Virat Kohli goes for the expansive drive through the covers but misses it. Could have been gone.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Brings it in closer to off, full in length, Kohli is well forward before pushing it to mid off. Anderson was getting immense swing earlier in the day. No clouds hovering above, different story now.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Hurls it on the sixth stump line, left alone.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. The batsman chooses to leave the ball outside his off stump.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Full in line of the stumps, defended off the inner half towards square leg. Another run taken.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Pushed away into the covers and the batsman calls his partner through. Comfortable single collected.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Off the pads, so the muted appeal has no value here. Rahane, much like his captain, isn't showing the bowlers much of the stumps. Walks across again as the ball is seaming down, tries flicking it but it brushes his pads. Bairstow does well behind to dive low to his left and stop it from going past him.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Bit of extra bounce for the pacer here. Length ball on off, goes off the higher part of the bat as Virat tries defending it. On the off side and a quick run is collected.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Again, minimal movement here as Broad pitches it on a length outside off, Rahane punches it to the covers and gets to the other end.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Good leave. Good length ball outside off, shaping back, Kohli covers the line and leaves it alone.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. Coming in again, goes off the pads on the leg side as Rahane fails to make connection. Leg bye taken.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. Jagging back in from a length on off, Ajinkya Rahane leans across a touch before defending it down with his bat.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Not much swing available for Anderson here. Could fall in trouble if he doesn't get it soon. Fuller on middle and leg, flicked down towards fine leg for a single.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Closes the bat face to this length ball and flicks it to mid-wicket.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. In the corridor of uncertainty, on a length, no shot offered.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Dropped! Should have been taken. Joe Root, the skipper, the culprit here. Slight movement away from a full length outside off, Rahane is forward to drive but the ball takes a thick edge. It flies towards Root at fourth slip who sticks his right hand out to take it but instead spills it. This one to prove costly?

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Ajinkya Rahane chooses to let the ball through outside the off stump.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Good running between the wickets. Kohli taps it down on the leg side and calls his partner through immediately. Rahane responds and both complete the run with ease.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Rahane works it off the inner half on the leg side and completes the run.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. FOUR! Too full from Broad. Wide outside off. Rahane has no problem to lean into this and drive it sweetly through the cover region for a boundary. Good timing on that one.

Stuart Broad to Ajinkya Rahane. Seaming back into the batsman, on middle and leg, Rahane works it down with soft hands on the leg side.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Some good fortune for Virat Kohli. That was close. Fuller in length, with a hint of movement inwards. The Indian skipper strides ahead to block but the ball takes the inside edge and whiskers past the leg pole. Rolls down to fine leg and two runs are taken. With this, Kohli becomes the leading run-getter in international cricket in 2018, going past Jonny Bairstow's 1389.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Some extra bounce for Anderson. Bowls it outside off, VK covers the line and leaves it alone as the ball shoots off the surface a bit.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Positions himself perfectly behind the line of the ball and defends it down on the leg side gently.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Shaping away after being served on a length outside off, left alone for the keeper to collect.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Well adjusted. Jimmy bangs it in shorter, so Virat hangs back this time and defends it down in front of point. Does well to open the face and play that away.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. FOUR! Shot. Overpitched but you'd rather be full than short. Maybe should just drag it back ever so slightly. Kohli on this occasion leans into the drive and caresses it past the cover fielder, leaving him no chance to stop it with the chase.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Back of a length on middle and leg, a single to end the over as Virat Kohli nudges it down to fine leg for a single.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Too far outside off, Virat is never going to bother himself with it. Needs to be more probing here, Broad. Should be backing up Jimmy better than that.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Moves inside the line with a step across his stumps and wrists it to the man in front of square leg.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Touch fuller on this occasion, in line of the stumps this time, worked away straight to square leg.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Good one. Cutting back in from a length, around off, raps Kohli high on the thigh pad as he looks to put bat on it.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Good length delivery in the channel outside off, Kohli lets it be with a lunge forward. Broad came steaming in there, England will want a better spell from him.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. Short of a length around off stump, Ajinkya plays it with soft hands towards the slip cordon.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. Similar length ball, defended off the back foot solidly.

James Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane. That's a jaffa to begin with! Back of a length ball around off, seams away after hitting the deck. Rahane has a feel for it and almost edges it behind.

Right, then! The players and the umpires walk out to the middle. The sun is basking in all its glory at the Lord's, the brightest period it has been this day so far. There are still 29 overs left in the day, 29.3 to be precise. Play can be extended up to 1930 Local. Ajinkya Rahane is the new batsman in. James Anderson steams in to complete his over. Five slips waiting for the outside edge!!! Here we go...

There we go again! We are being promised of a 1710 local resumption. My colleague Gawdy being really gaudy, predicts rain at 1720 local. Don't see that happening in my opinion...

EARLIER INSPECTION? Interesting... really interesting. It was supposed to happen at 5 pm local but the umpires have turned up 10 minutes before. Hang on to that hope of more play today...

Update 1625 local - The word is that there will be an inspection at 1700 local time. Now, everything will come down to that. If any play is to be had, then it has to decided then itself. Otherwise, it's safe to assume play will be called off.

Update 1525 local - EARLY TEA HAS BEEN TAKEN. It's absolute pelting down at the moment with the outfield taking a lot of beating. Good decision to call it early, as if just in case the rain decides to let up, play can be started ASAP. We'll keep you updated as and when we hear more.

Update 1530 local - Well, here's something new! Play was about to begin, after all the clearing and maintenance work was done, the heaves opened up again and IT'S POURING DOWN ONCE MORE. We're as disappointed as you are, if not more.

Update 1515 local - PLAY WILL RESUME 1530 LOCAL TIME, provided there is no more rain of course. Tea will be taken at 1720 local time. There are, however, dark clouds moving towards the stadium. So, you know what to do...

Update 1445 local - There's good news! The sun is shining, the skies are blue and it all looks perfect. There will be an inspection in 15 minutes to assess the conditions. Let's see how that goes.

So the rain gods offered one more chance before they came down hard but that's all England needed. They have another wicket under their belt, and even though Anderson didn't pick it himself, it did come in his over. Pujara, coming back into the side, a man who likes to occupy the crease for significant periods of time, got run out by his skipper and India have lost their third. It is raining down quite heavily, got pretty dark too. But there is some hope that once this cloud passes, things should be much clear again. Fingers crossed.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. OUT! PUJARA IS RUN OUT! England get what they wanted and Cheteshwar Pujara is dismissed. A huge mix-up has left him stranded in no man's land. Unbelievable. Pujara taps this length ball down in front of point. He looks at his captain and then takes off. Suddenly in between, Virat Kohli decides to bail out seeing the debutant Ollie Pope rush to the ball. Kohli gets back inside the crease, leaving Che hanging and Pope has all the time in the world to take the bails off. Ravi Shastri is seen with an unimpressed look on his face. Terrible stuff.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through.

Eh? What's happening here? The players were taken off the field, and as soon as the two Indian batsmen were entering the dressing room, they were called back. Don't think they will be out there for too long though. Let's see how much time we're afforded by the rain gods.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Good length delivery outside the line of off stump, Pujara lets it be.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Well left! Landed on a good length in the channel outside off, shapes back in a touch but VK has no trouble leaving it alone.

Uh-oh! A big black cloud is seen hovering over the stadium now. Some sunlight still available, but the rain has started. Coming down swiftly. Doesn't look like the players will be staying out for long now...

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Outside off on a good length, Kohli looks to play but misses.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Nicely played. Full and on middle and leg, Virat Kohli flicks it away with the wrists through backward square leg and takes two.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Was that a leg spinner from Broad? Because the way the ball moved, it certainly did seem that way. Length ball just outside off, Kohli hangs his bat out and the ball jags off the deck and goes way past the outside edge.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Yikes! Talk about too close for comfort. Inches away. Broad lands it outside off, Kohli shoulders arms as the ball comes back in. Whizzes past the off stick, barely. That was close.

Stuart Broad to Virat Kohli. Back of a length on the hips, Kohli looks to tickle it fine down the leg side. Does so, but off the thigh pad. A couple of leg byes result.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. That is a jaffa. On a length around off, Pujara looks to defend but the ball cuts back in a long way and goes right through bat and pad, just over the stumps. There is a noise heard, might be the ball hitting the trousers.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Gets across his sticks and works it towards mid-wicket.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. On a length around off, watchfully defended back to the bowler.

Wow. Tell me I am not dreaming. Pinch me. Slap me. It is bright and sunny. Correction. It is bright, sunny and overcast at the same time. Nature never ceases to amaze. The players are back out in the middle and the King Of Swing is ready...

Update 1320 local time - This is England. The conditions have become brighter now. We are expecting a start at 1340 local time. That 9-letter word - EXPECTING - is a very crucial one in this Test. All the covers have been removed. Fingers crossed. Stay tuned...

Update 1310 local time - The rain seems to have stopped. But there is plenty of water on the covers. Add to it, more of the drizzle is forecast for the coming hours...

Not totally unexpected as the umpires have called for an early Lunch. Hopefully, play resumes after the break. Though, one of our friends at the ground observes a huge black cloud approaching. Yikes. Stay tuned...

Update 1240 local time - Scratch the previous update. We were all ready for play to begin, the covers were removed and just when we thought cricket will resume, the rain gods have their say again. It's pouring now. In all likelihood, Lunch will be taken soon. Just one of those days...

Update 1220 local time - Even better news! The match is set to resume at 1245 local, provided there is no more rain. Lunch has been extended by 45 minutes, which means it will be taken at 1345 local. Be with us as the action is not far away...

Update 1205 local time - Good news, folks! The rain has stopped as of now and the weather has cleared up somewhat. The covers are coming off. We will keep you updated...

It has gone from really dark to really really dark in a matter of minutes. More covers are in place now as the rain droplets get bigger. Hopefully, we get action resuming soon. Stay tuned...

Cannot blame the Indian batsmen much. They have been put to a stern test of patience and skill but the master is the master. He found out ways to go past the defense of Vijay early and then nipped out Rahul. Broad has not been that incisive from the other end. As great seers usually would say - Even the best of batsmen would have been found wanting in this period. You will get beaten on numerous occasions in such conducive conditions but you have to remain calm.

Excellent bowling from the master of swing. He is back. Talk about the slope at Lord's - Jimmy's reaction would be - 'Oh c'mon. I don't have 94 wickets here just like that.' Make that 96 now. Will he get the remaining 4 in this innings itself?

Pretty much expected. The players are going off. The drizzle is a bit heavy for play to carry on. This could be the norm for most of the day, so the players need to be prepared accordingly - especially batsmen. That is why India will be very disappointed - more so Rahul. The play has been stopped just 2 balls after he got out.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. Kohli is off the mark! Fuller length ball around off, tapped in front of point for a run.

James Anderson to Virat Kohli. A jaffa to welcome the Indian skipper! Back of a length in the avenue of apprehension and the ball seams away late. Kohli has a feel for it but the ball whizzes past his outside edge. Anderson has a wry smile on his face.

The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli strides out to bat. He was the lone man standing tall for India in the first Test at Edgbaston. With his side in some early trouble, can he rise to the occasion?

James Anderson to Lokesh Rahul. OUT! The move to promote KL Rahul to the opening slot hasn't worked for India! The wily old fox, James Anderson, has made some early inroads. This time he bowls a fuller length ball around off. Rahul is unsure whether the ball will move in or go away. This time, it shapes away late to catch the batsman off guard. He ends up poking at it and the ball flies off the outside edge behind. Bairstow moves to his right and accepts a regulation catch. Both the openers are back in the hut. 350th Test wicket for James Anderson in England, the first to do so.

Stuart Broad to Cheteshwar Pujara. An appeal for an LBW is turned down! Broad goes wider of the crease and angles in a fullish ball substantially. Pujara tries to keep it out but seems to have got an inside edge onto his pads. The English players appeal in unison but the umpire shakes his head. Broad indicates to the slip cordon that there was some wood involved. Had Pujara missed it, he was a clear candidate for LBW.

Stuart Broad to Cheteshwar Pujara. Fractionally overpitched in line of the stumps, defended solidly off the front foot.

Oh dear... it has gone very dark and has started to sprinkle too. The crowd is busy getting its raincoats and jackets on. Ahem...

Stuart Broad to Cheteshwar Pujara. Smart bowling this! Pitches this on a length and the ball seams in after landing. Pujara comes ahead gingerly and gets an inside edge onto his pads.

Stuart Broad to Cheteshwar Pujara. On the fifth stump channel, Cheteshwar points his bat skywards to allow it through.

Stuart Broad to Cheteshwar Pujara. No ball! Broad continues to bowl full and gets it to move in. Pujara dead-bats it. Broad has overstepped and he has to reload it again.

Stuart Broad to Cheteshwar Pujara. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot.

Stuart Broad to Cheteshwar Pujara. Nice channels these! On a length around off and the ball straightens a touch. CP fiddles with it and gets beaten again.

James Anderson to Lokesh Rahul. FOUR! Easy pickings! The first bad ball of the innings and it has been put away. Full ball straying on the pads, all Rahul has to get is a tickle on it and he does just that. Gets it through fine leg to find the ropes for the second time in the innings.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Full length ball on middle and leg, turned around the corner for an easy single. Pujara is off the mark as well.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Similar ball outside off, Cheteshwar remains circumspect and makes another leave.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. In the channel outside off, Pujara leaves it alone.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Anderson is bowling like a dream. Bowls a pitched up ball around the tight off stump corridor and gets it to swing away very late. CP fails to account for it and is beaten all ends up.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Beaten! Poor from Pujara. Fullish ball outside off, swinging away. Pujara pokes at it late and gets foxed. Needs to be careful.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Straighter on this occasion, perhaps the only delivery that is on middle and leg. Rahul comes forward and presents a water-tight defense towards short mid-wicket.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Good length ball outside off, shaping in a touch. Rahul knows where he his standing, has his off stump covered and allows it to sail into the gloves of the keeper.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. FOUR! The first runs of the day and it has taken almost 4 overs! A brilliant shot from Rahul to get going. Fractionally overpitched outside off, Rahul leans ahead, opens his bat face a touch and caresses it through cover-point to find the fence. That will do his confidence a world of good.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Fuller in length, swinging in. Rahul takes a confident stride forward and blocks it with authority.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. On the fifth stump channel this time, Rahul is calm and lets it go.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. You will get beaten on numerous occasions in such conducive conditions but you have to remain calm. On a length outside off, comes in with the natural angle as Rahul feels for it and is beaten.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Well outside off, left alone. Third maiden in a row.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. A play and a miss! That was a beauty. Pitches on a good length outside off and straightens enough to go past the tentative poke of Pujara.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. This one is wide outside off again, on a fullish length. Cheteshwar ignores it.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Well played! Fullish on middle, swinging away late. Pujara eases it towards extra cover.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Wide outside off, shaping away. Pujara lets it go.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Peach! Almost got the better of KL Rahul. Angling in substantially to go past the forward defense of the opener and bamboozling him completely. Broad also starts off with a maiden.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Good skills from Broad! He brings this one in by landing it in the avenue of apprehension. The batsman leans ahead a touch gingerly and eventually, makes a tentative leave.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Broad needs to keep the batsman playing. This one is well outside off and swings further away. He has no problem in letting it go.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Back of a length ball around off, swerving in. Rahul is cramped a touch but does well to answer it with a straight bat.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. In a similar channel, swinging away a touch. KL comes forward and allows it through.

Stuart Broad to Lokesh Rahul. Starts off with a fuller length ball well outside off, Rahul doesn't flirt with it.

Stuart Broad to share the new ball from the other end.

James Anderson to Cheteshwar Pujara. Ooh.. well bowled! Fuller in length, swinging away late. Pujara fiddles with it and gets an outside edge that falls short of the third and fourth slip fielder. A wicket maiden to begin with for Anderson.

Cheteshwar Pujara comes out to bat. He has got a chance and he needs to make the most of it. England on the attack, five slips in place for him!!!

James Anderson to Murali Vijay. OUT! A peach would be an understatement! It was literally a dream delivery, one which even the best of batsmen would have been found wanting against. Vijay departs for a duck in his 100th Test innings. Coming back to the ball, it is a full length ball on middle and it swerves away like a banana. The only mistake that he does is that he tries to flick it across the line. The ball whizzes past the outside edge of his bat and crashes into the off stump. Jimmy is up and running and so are his teammates. Can England keep the pressure on?

James Anderson to Murali Vijay. This one lands on a length around off and then seams away after hitting the deck. Vijay points his bat skywards to leave four balls in a row.

James Anderson to Murali Vijay. If the previous one moved way, Anderson shows his skills by bringing this one in. Murali knows where his off stump is and makes an assured leave.

James Anderson to Murali Vijay. Better from Anderson! He bowls this one in the corridor of uncertainty and gets the ball to move away after landing. Vijay shuffles a touch, keeps his bat inside the line and lets it go.

James Anderson to Murali Vijay. Starts off with a harmless delivery, fuller in length and well outside off. Vijay plants his front foot across to allow it through.

We all are in readiness. The concerned men walk out to the middle. Murali Vijay and KL Rahul to open the batting for India. Good opportunity for the latter to cement his place for the opening slot. James Anderson to steam in with the first new cherry. Three slips and a gully in place. Here we go...

India skipper, Virat Kohli, says that they would have bowled first as well, with the weather around. Mentions that it is a hard and dry surface, a good cricketing one overall. Feels that every kind of player will be in with a shot on this track. States that the guys are confident and they have to just get their mindset right. Informs there are two changes - Cheteshwar Pujara comes in for Shikhar Dhawan and Umesh Yadav makes way for Kuldeep Yadav. Adds that KL Rahul will move up the order. Ends by saying that two seamers, two spinners and an all-rounder gives them a good combination.

England skipper, Joe Root, mentions it is a fresh surface and with the conditions being overcast, they have a chance to take wickets. States that they are going in with a 4-1 combination. Informs that Chris Woakes comes in and Moeen Ali is unfortunate to miss out. On being asked about the thought to play two spinners in this Test, Root admits that he has been thinking that over the last two days but looking at the green tinge on the surface, took the call to omit Moeen this morning. Reckons that Ollie Pope who his making his debut is a fascinating young player and he is raring to go.

TOSS - England win the toss and opt to field.

PITCH REPORT - Sanjay Manjrekar finally gets to see the pitch today. Observes that it a green top, so green that we can barely see the deck! Well, he says he is JOKING now. Comes to the real track and notices that there are no real bare patches on the surface. There might be something for the spinners, though he predicts that it will be a one-spinner track. Win the toss and bat first, he reckons.

Hello and a warm welcome to the second Day of the 2nd Test match. We are starting from scratch and there is a lot of anticipation building up. After a scintillating first Test, we are in for another cracking contest. The two skippers, Joe Root and Virat Kohli, are in rich vein of form and that augers well for the respective sides. Both the teams are well balanced and have some game-changers in the ranks. There is rain on the radar as the day progresses but let's hope the dark clouds pass away. Pitch report, toss and team news coming up in a while...

Jonny Bairstow missed out on his ton yesterday but Chris Woakes continued on, smashed his maiden century and stole the limelight. For India, Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers. He bowled with intent and picked up three wickets but the rest of the bowlers largely struggled. The tourists are staring down the barrel, trailing by 289. Can they lift themselves up? Or will England affect a collapse under the dark clouds? An absorbing passage awaits, provided the rain doesn't interfere. Join us on the other side of the break.

When you are struggling, sometimes the best way to get out of it is to be positive and attack. Woakes and Bairstow did just that and came out with flying colours. From a tricky position, they managed to not only break the morale of the visitors but actually dominated them. Their 189-run stand took the game away from the tourists.

So, the declaration has come from Joe Root as England finish in pole position. A brilliant show from the duo of Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes has given them a massive lead of 289. The latter along with Curran also added 39 quick runs this morning to help their cause. Yes, England were struggling in the initial phases. They had lost 2 wickets for only 32 on the board. A brief resistance from Root and Pope was also cut short but then the star pair got into the act.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. OUT! Pandya strikes and there comes the declaration from Joe Root! Good length delivery around off, Curran backs away and goes after it but gets a top edge that flies towards third man. Shami stationed there pouches it safely. ENGLAND HAVE DECLARED ON 396/7!

Hardik Pandya comes for a bowl.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Woakes moves away to loft this one towards sweeper cover and takes a couple. 17 from this one.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Runs coming thick and fast for England! Fullish ball attacking the stumps, Chris throws the kitchen sink at it but gets an outside edge past the slip cordon. 15 from the over already.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Full ball, driven crisply to mid on for a run.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Sprays this one down the leg side, Curran tries to flick it away but misses.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. SIX! What a shot! Seemed like he had got beaten for pace but he still connected beautifully. Well-directed short ball on middle and off, Curran makes a bit of room and pulls it hard over mid-wicket. It is going, going and sails into the stands. The signal might have been to go for the runs. Declaration seems to be around the corner.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. FOUR! Well placed! Length ball on off, angling in. Curran backs away and places it through point. It has been timed well and the ball whistles away to the fence. England's lead moves to 276.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. On a length in line of the stumps, answered with a straight bat.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Sharma continues to bowl full as Sam places it through point to rotate strike.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Fuller length ball down the leg side, Curran tries to glance it but misses. Someone appeals but there was no wood on it.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Good length ball in the off stump corridor, defended solidly off the back foot.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. The batsman has attempted to put bat on ball but fails.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Short ball around off, Curran pulls it towards wide mid on. Vijay dives to his left but fails to stop it cleanly. A couple of runs are taken.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Down the leg side, Chris misses his flick. Another good over from Shami.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Beaten again! Good length ball outside off, pitching and moving away. Woakes feels for it and the ball goes past his outside edge again.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Full outside off, pushed to covers.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Woakes must have had his heart in his mouth! Shami has gone past his outside edge on several occasions but has been unlucky. Full ball around off, shaping away appreciably. Chris goes for a drive but misses. The ball just goes past the off pole. How close!

Nasser Hussain makes a good point on air. He says that he saw the Indians playing well on a minefield in the third Test in South Africa and they responded quite well which shows that they are not flat-track bullies. However, they are under-prepared here and their technique hasn't been good.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Played to mid-wicket region by the batsman. One run added to the total.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Fuller in length outside off, tapped towards third man for a single.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Runs coming at will! Back of a length outside off, tapped towards the point region for a single. 10 runs from the over.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Ishant drags his length back a touch as Chris stays back to stonewall it.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Fractionally overpitched, defended solidly off the front foot.

Third slip has been taken out.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Length ball outside off, Woakes opens his bat-face at the last moment and glides it through backward point. Ashwin runs after it from covers while Kuldeep moves to his right in the deep from point. The latter reaches it and tries to stop it with a slide. Seems to have done well. The umpires check for it. Well, the replays show that his back leg was touching the ropes while he had the ball in his hand. That brings up the 50-run stand between the two. The English lower order is flying high.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Streaky runs but England won't mind it! The lead continues to swell. Pitched up ball outside off, Woakes goes for a full-blooded drive but gets a fat outside edge. Rahane at third slip dives to his right but the ball goes past him in a jiffy.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. On a length around off, Curran taps it to mid off and scurries across to the other end.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Beaten third time in a row! A man who is batting on 121 has no answers about these. Shows that when the conditions are overcast and the ball is moving, batting is a battle here. Similar length ball in the same channel, Chris tries to defend it but gets foxed again.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. This is testing stuff! Lands this one in the avenue of apprehension and gets it to seam away late. The all-rounder hangs his bat out but misses it.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. That's a peach! Bowls a fuller length ball around off and it takes off a touch. Chris tries to keep it out by staying inside the crease but the ball moves away at the last moment to leave him bemused.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Shortish ball and some width on offer, punched away off the back foot through point for a single.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Shami has his tail up! He is bending his back and is keeping Curran on his toes. Bowls a back of a length ball in the corridor of uncertainty and gets it to curve in with the natural around the wicket angle. Sam tries to keep it out with a straight bat but is beaten all ends up.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Good length ball in the corridor outside off, Woakes dabs it away towards backward point for an easy run.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. In the channel outside off, left alone. A maiden to begin the day from Sharma.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Fuller in length outside off, Sam drives it crisply but finds the man at covers.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. The batsman defends it from within the crease.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Hangs back to the good length ball and blocks it with a straight bat.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Fractionally overpitched around off, Curran pushes at it nicely towards mid off.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Sharma is right on the money to begin with! Bowls a good length ball around leg stump from around the wicket and gets it to straighten a touch. Curran stays back to block it but misses to get hit on the back pad. The Indians appeal but bail out of it soon. The reason being it was pretty high. Replays also show that.

Ishant Sharma to bowl from the other end.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Almost, almost! On a driveable length outside off, shaping away a touch, drawing Woakes into a stroke. He falls for the bait and goes for a booming drive but the ball whizzes past his outside edge. Good comeback from Shami after the first wayward ball.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Shami switches his angle to around the wicket and bowls a pitched up ball in line of the stumps, turned around the corner for a single.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Full length ball outside off, shaping away late. Curran goes at with minimal foot movement and gets foxed.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Stump-to-stump line and on a length, Sam stays back and stonewalls it.

Michael Atherton on air informs us that Virat Kohli has not taken the field. Says that he might be having a hamstring niggle and hence, he doesn't want to risk it. Strangely, he was suffering from a stiff back yesterday.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Well bowled! Full length ball outside off, shaping in a touch. Curran drives it towards mid off.

Mohammed Shami to Sam Curran. Four Byes! Bad start for Shami. Starts off with a fullish ball well outside off, it swings further away. Curran shoulders his arms though. Karthik moves to his left but gets beaten as the ball runs to the fence.

We are all set to go. The men concerned come out to the middle. There are some dark clouds hovering around and India will want to use them to their advantage. Chris Woakes comes out to bat along with Sam Curran. The talk might be to stretch the lead to 300 to gain that psychological advantage. Mohammed Shami to run in with the second new ball which is only 1 over old. Three slips in place. Here we go...

Sanjay Manjrekar is interviewing the man of the moment, Chris Woakes. The English all-rounder says that it is an amazing feeling to contribute to the team. Says that it was surreal to score a ton and raise his bat to the Lord's crowd. On being asked about batting at the No. 7 position for the first time, he mentions that he came out with a positive mindset and it worked well for him. Adds that they were big shoes to fill in place of Moeen Ali and he praises his mate of being a great all-rounder. On being asked about Virat Kohli, he opines that he is a world-class batsman. Is happy that he got his wicket. Adds that he gets along well with Virat when he plays with him for Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. Reckons that with the weather being overcast, the ball will still move around. Ends by saying that they have to ensure that they are right on the money with the ball.

Alright... now that we have some time to go for the game to begin, let us focus on India's second spinner - Kuldeep Yadav. He has bowled just 9 overs so far and apart from 1, he has primarily struggled for the remaining 8 overs. Why is it so? Harsha Bhogle and Graeme Swann try to dissect. The former starts off, saying that he had interviewed Afghan leggie Rashid Khan when his team were playing India in the one-off Test in Bengaluru. Rashid said that till Tea, he was simply not able to feel the grip on the ball, meaning he was not comfortable with holding it. Could that be the difference between the SG and the Dukes ball? Could it be why Asian spinners struggle overseas, particularly England? Swann opines that it might be the case. It is never easy for a spinner to do well if he is not used to the grip of the Dukes ball and hence that might be the reason Kuldeep was struggling with his lengths yesterday. He was more or less short and when he tried to bowl full, he delivered full tosses. So it could be that he might become a better bowler overseas - either if he is brought on very late, or if he is used to gripping that type of a ball.

Sanjay Manjrekar is out on the ground and informs us that the pitch is covered. Adds that the conditions are overcast and some showers are expected. Mentions that if England have to win the game, they should declare straightaway. States that they need to remind India the horrors of Day 2 when it was overcast and they ran through the opposition.

Well, initially the visitors would be aiming to clean up the lower order as soon as possible. After that, they have to bat out of their skins to compete against the explosive English seam bowling. Can the tourists rise to the occasion? Or will the home side continue its juggernaut? All fingers crossed regarding the weather, though India will not mind if it rains for the next two days...

Graeme Swann has mentioned in the pre-match show that he saw Woakes walking out with a bat in his hand sometime back. Not sure it is the right tactic from the hosts though as there is plenty of rain on the radar. Might well have been a sensible decision to declare overnight and have a go at the shaky Indian batting order right in the morning. All said and done, what can India do?

Hello and a warm welcome to Day 4 of the Lord's Test. Let's start on a bright note as there is no rain at the moment. Though there is forecast of heavy rain throughout the course of the day, we are optimistic to seeing some exciting cricket in the middle. England are in a position of immense strength, courtesy Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes' monumental effort with the bat.

... Day 4, Session 1 ...

Okay then! What is in store for Sunday? Rain, rain and more rain, says the forecast - 92 percent to be precise. India will certainly wish it to be a repeat of Day 1. England might declare overnight. Or they might bat till the lead reaches 300, if possible, so that the batsmen in the opposition are not fresh. The Indian batters can take heart from how their English counterparts did today - especially the lower middle order - and try and guts it out in the middle, whenever they get the chance to bat. Given the poor forecast, only one team can win from here while India can draw it, with some help from the weather. Do join us at 1100 local (1000 GMT) for all the action from Day 4, assuming it does happen. Cheers!

Many times, the saying comes to life - When you are down and out, hit your way out of trouble. Today was one of those times. Bairstow and Woakes started to counter-punch India, especially the latter and the visitors were pushed on the back foot. Ishant and Shami were brilliant first up but the other three bowlers - Hardik, Kuldeep and Ashwin - were nowhere close to being supportive. The chinaman was extremely disappointing, struggling with his lengths while for some reason, Kohli kept delaying the introduction of Ashwin. He was brought on as late as the 39th over. Baffling.

In spite of losing wickets, they have scored runs freely, amassing more than 350 runs in a little over 80 overs. At one stage during the second session, they were scoring at more than 6 an over - all thanks to the counter-attack from Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes. What a partnership - 189 from 261 balls - 104 of those runs coming in boundaries. Bairstow was unlucky to miss out on his century but boy, did Chris Woakes enjoy himself etching his name for the third time on the Lord's Honours Board - first it was for a 5-fer, then a 10-fer and now, a century. Take a bow. Proper definition of an all-rounder.

So there you go. That did not take long. STUMPS ON DAY 3. What a Saturday for England. Rocked early, struggling at 131/5, with just 24 ahead, they have now swelled that to 250 - for the loss of just 1 wicket. That is the depth of this team with the bat.

1802 local - Well, the light was fading and the umpires have taken the players off. Looks pretty dark and don't think light will improve. We might not be far from Stumps.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Magnificent bowling. Luckless has been Ishant. Luckless have been India. On a length outside off, Woakes looks to defend but the ball comes back in a long way and cuts him into two.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Flashed and flashed hard. Short and outside off, Woakes backs away a touch and slashes it over point for a boundary. THE LEAD IS NOW 250. Woakes moves to 120 from 158 balls, with his 18th boundary.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Full and outside off, Woakes looks to drive but does not counter for the swing available with the new cherry. There is no feet movement and the ball nearly goes through the gap between bat and pad. Luckily for him, it takes the inner half of the bat and goes towards mid on.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. The batsman defends it from within the crease. One run added to the total.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.

Ishant Sharma to Sam Curran. Outside off, eased through point for a couple. Moves to 21 from 22 balls.

The second new ball has been taken. India will look to wrap things up quickly now. If they don't, they might concede in excess of 400 today itself. Ishant Sharma will make the first use of it.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Full and around off, watchfully defended back to the bowler.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Gets right behind this one and blocks.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. FOUR! As mentioned earlier, the contract seems to be of giving at least one boundary an over. Short and outside off, Woakes punches this through the covers and gets a boundary!

Here's Ashwin. Not surprising. Kuldeep's last spell read 3-0-16-0.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. The batsman has punched that ball through the off side.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot for a single.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. Outstanding keeping from Karthik. Full and miles down the leg side, Curran lets it go and the ball keeps swinging further down the leg side. But Karthik flings himself to his right and manages to get a glove to it. Keeps the batsmen to a bye.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. On a length, very straight defended from the crease.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. Full and straight, pushed towards mid on.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. FOUR! Brilliant batting. Fractionally short outside off, Curran goes back and cuts it through point for a boundary. Talk about rivers and lakes flowing yesterday, it is boundaries today. 45 already!

Kuldeep Yadav to Chris Woakes. Full and around leg, watchfully defended.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. A bit of loop, on middle, flicked through mid-wicket for a single.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. Full and around middle, pushed back to the bowler.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. Better. Much better. Kuldeep gives this a lot of air, lands it outside off and then gets it to spin away. Curran looks to defend but misses.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. FOUR! Another freebie. One more full toss, on middle, whipped through mid-wicket for a boundary. The lead is now 232.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. Full and around middle, pushed back to the bowler.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. FOUR! A short ball, around off, Woakes swivels and hooks it over square leg for a boundary!

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. Poor from the bowler. SC pushes this back to Hardik who is lazy in getting down and allows it to go through to mid off. An easy single.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. Much better, gets in line of the ball and defends.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. Outside off, on a length outside off, Curran looks to punch it through the off side but gets a bottom edge back to the bowler. Seems like Sam has come out there just to enjoy himself - not quite focussed on gritting it out there. Has looked flashy so far.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. On middle and leg, worked through mid-wicket for a single. The stand is worth 10 from 9 balls.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. Full and outside off, driven straight to cover.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. Better from Kuldeep, tosses it, lands it as well, closer to the off stump, the batsman defends.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. FOUR! Oh dear... 'Cheteshwar Pujara is in danger...' says Sourav Ganguly on air. This is a hip high full toss, outside leg, Curran lines it up nicely and heaves it over short leg, through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. The batsman defends it from within the crease.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. FOUR! A full toss on leg stump, Curran whips it through mid-wicket for a boundary.

Kuldeep Yadav to Sam Curran. The batsman rocks onto the back foot and punches the ball.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. On a length outside off, Curran runs it down to third man for a run and gets off the mark.

Hardik Pandya to Sam Curran. Down the leg side, Curran misses his flick shot.

Sam Curran comes out to bat.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. OUT! The end of a drought for India in overcast conditions! Look at the irony. What a brilliant catch from Dinesh Karthik! Fuller length ball outside off, Bairstow goes at it with hard hands with minimal foot movement and gets a fat outside edge. Karthik like a goalkeeper lines it up and flies to take a stunner with his right hand. A sad end to a good knock from Jonny as he misses out on his ton. End of the 189-run stand from 261 balls. An association which has firmly put England on the front foot. Can India clean up the lower order in a jiffy though?

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Full ball outside off, driven to sweeper cover for a single.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. The batsman defends it from within the crease.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Four Leg Byes! On a length down the leg side, Woakes tries to flick it but the ball brushes his thigh pad and flies behind. Karthik dives but the ball goes past him to the fence.

Kuldeep Yadav to Chris Woakes. Fullish ball, eased through mid on for a single.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Played with soft hands for an easy single.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Safe! A comical moment on the field here. Tossed up outside off, spinning in. Bairstow comes forward to defend it but misses to get hit on the pads. The ball rolls past the keeper as the players are busy appealing. Umpire Aleem Dar shakes his head. Kohli goes after the ball but it goes past the ropes. Kuldeep has a discussion with the keeper as the time keeps ticking. Kohli from the ropes decides to take the review. Dar signals him to come up with his hand and has a smile on his face. Virat indicates from his body language that what can he do! Time for the replays. There is nothing on the Snicko. The Hawk Eye rolls in now and shows the impact to be outside off. India lose both their reviews. Four leg byes the end result.

Review time! It is regarding an LBW decision against Jonny Bairstow. Kuldeep has a chat with Karthik while Kohli signals the 'T' from the third man ropes. Seems like the impact is outside off.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Floated ball around off, kept out watchfully.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Kuldeep Yadav to Chris Woakes. Slower through the air, Woakes comes forward to defend it. A quick single taken.

Kuldeep Yadav returns.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Overpitched outside off, creamed to sweeper cover for a single.

It has gone darker now and the artificial lights are taking effect.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Well bowled! On a length just outside off stump, angling in. It is in an area where the batsman is unsure what to do. Woakes comes ahead gingerly and gets an inside edge that dribbles on to the leg side.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Almost a replica of the previous ball as Woakes stonewalls it.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Angling in from a length, Chris covers the line to defend it nicely.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Back of a length ball around off, Woakes makes use of the depth of the crease and pushes it to the off side.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Fuller in length, milked down to long on for a single. The lead now touches 200 for England. Things are looking gloomy for India.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Tossed up delivery, defended solidly off the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. On a flatter trajectory and shorter in length, blocked off the back foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Fullish ball in line of the stumps, knocked down to long on for a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Tossed up ball, helped through mid-wicket for a single.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Maiden Test hundred for Chris Woakes! His return to the side has been a fruitful one. An innings of real substance from him. His team was in a precarious situation but he has stood tall to push all the doubts aside. Coming back to the ball, it is short around off. Woakes pulls it over mid-wicket. Ashwin chases it down and slips near the fence but manages to keep it in play. Three runs taken. Chris pumps his fist in the air and beams with a big smile. The Lord's crowd is up on its feet applauding his feat. He has emerged as a game-changer with the ball on Day 2 and with the bat on Day 3.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Driven through the covers by the batsman. One run added to the total.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Foxed again to add to his tally of a series of those! Length ball outside off, Bairstow goes for a drive on the up but misses.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Overpitched outside off, creamed to sweeper cover for a single.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Woakes hangs back to the length ball and stonewalls it.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Fractionally overpitched outside off, patted gently towards covers.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Pitched up ball in line of the stumps, knocked down to long on for a single. Woakes also moves into the nineties.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Full delivery on middle and off, pushed back towards Ashwin who doesn't stop it cleanly but recovers to deny the run.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Punched off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! This is going from bad to worse for the visitors! Drifting down the leg side, Bairstow paddle sweeps it away to the fine leg fence.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Short ball outside off, placed easily off the back foot towards sweeper cover for a couple.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Floated ball around off, Bairstow lunges in defense.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Pitched up ball outside off, driven towards covers.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. England go ahead on their merry way! On a good length outside off, Bairstow tries to punch it through the line but gets an outside edge. The ball falls short of the wide slip fielder and goes past him. A run is taken.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman appears to have been struck on the thigh pad.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Brilliant fielding from the substitute, Ravindra Jadeja. The rest of the fielders need to emulate him. Back of a length ball outside off, forced off the outer half past backward point. Jadeja in the deep hares like a cheetah to his left, slides and attacks the ball. Only a run is taken. Shows the difference a good fielder can make.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Another play and a miss! Pitched up ball outside off, Woakes goes for a full-blooded drive but is beaten.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. FOUR! An outside edge is induced but doesn't carry to first slip. Full ball outside off, Woakes goes at it with hard hands but gets an edge behind. Pujara gets low to his right but the ball goes past him in a flash.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Turned with the spin to the leg side for a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. On a flatter trajectory, kept out watchfully.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Poor delivery and gets the treatment! Full ball down the leg side, Woakes whips it through fine leg to pick up another boundary. The 150-run stand is up between the two. Ashwin's half century also comes up by conceding that boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Leans ahead again to the floated ball and blocks it with authority.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Tossed up ball, defended solidly off the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Spinning down the leg side, tickled towards fine leg for a run.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Fuller length ball outside off, the batsman goes for a drive but gets it off the inner half through mid-wicket. A run taken.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Lady luck is shining bright on Bairstow! He has played and missed on occasions and has also edged a few but he has got away with them. Back of a length ball outside off, Jonny tries to punch it on the up but the ball whizzes past his outside edge.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Some width on offer outside off, placed through point for another run.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Good length ball on off, skids after pitching. Woakes does well to adjust in his crease and block it out.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Back of a length outside off, tapped past point for a single.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. On a length around off, defended solidly off the back foot.

Hardik Pandya to have another burst.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Slower through the air around off, smothered by coming on the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Streaky runs! Seems like someone has cast a magic spell at Lord's. The batsmen are flourishing while the bowlers are not getting anything their way. Tossed up outside off, drifting away. Woakes pushes at it but gets an outside edge well past Rahane at first slip. He chases it but only comes second best.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Straying on the pads once again, helped beside the pitch on the leg side.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Slower through the air, Chris lunges in defense.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Straighter in line but not enough spin on this, flicked towards mid-wicket.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Tossed up delivery, kept out watchfully.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Hangs back to the length ball and stonewalls it.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Short ball on middle, pulled all along the ground to deep backward square leg for a run.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Straight as an arrow! Fuller length ball, angling in, Woakes leans ahead and drives it down the ground. It is not off the meat of the bat but has enough on it to roll to the ropes. Both the batsmen are on parity, scoring 79 each.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Perhaps, the morale of the Indian side has gone down with this counter-attack. No intensity from the visiting players. Shortish ball outside off, eased towards sweeper cover as the fielder jogs to his right to stop it. A couple taken.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Short of a length ball in line of the stumps, defended stoutly off the back foot down the track.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Good placement! Back of a length and some space to work with. Woakes uses that to good effect as he glides it with an open bat-face behind backward point. Kuldeep Yadav in the deep runs to his left and puts in a desperate dive but fails to stop it.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Flighted ball on middle and off, knocked down to long on for a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Good running! Full ball on middle and leg, driven down towards long on. The batsmen run aggressively and complete the couple with ease. That brings up Woakes' highest score in Test cricket. His previous best was 66 vs Sri Lanka, also at Lord's. Seems like he fancies the Mecca of Cricket.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. This one drifts away from around off, Woakes comes forward and deals with it nicely.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Slower ball around off, driven off the front foot to mid on.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. A seam up ball around off, answered with a straight bat.

Sarcasm at its best. The substitutes are itching to give Bairstow a replacement bat - 4 with them. Mike Atherton on air takes this opportunity to have a go at Nasser Hussain, saying, 'Nass - you needed just one for the whole season, didn't you?'

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Short ball but it is down the leg side, ducked under easily by Jonny.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Better from Ishant! Bowls this one in the avenue of apprehension and gets it to seam away after landing. Bairstow is circumspect in approach as he allows it through.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. A play and a miss! Shortish ball well outside off, angling in. Bairstow goes for a cut but is beaten by perhaps a bit of lack of bounce.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Full length ball around off, defended solidly off the back foot.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! England's lead goes past 150! A customary boundary coming in almost every over. The Indians are on the firing line and they are not responding well to it. Short and room on offer, asking for trouble. Bairstow cuts it through point and there is no chance for the man in the deep to cut it off.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Tentative! Fuller length ball, swinging in appreciably. Bairstow tries to drive it with minimal foot movement and gets an inside edge onto his pads.

Ishant Sharma is back.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries! Nasser Hussain on air says that's the problem with Ashwin. Once someone goes after him, he messes up his length. Tries to overcompensate this time by bowling a short ball outside off. Woakes rocks back and cracks it through cover-point for a rocketing boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. FOUR! The wheels are coming off for India now! Slower through the air around off, Woakes crouches and slogs it over mid-wicket. One bounce and over the ropes.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Woakes comes forward to the tossed up ball and blocks it nicely.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Short ball, spinning in, turned to the same region for a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Drifting towards the pads, helped towards mid-wicket.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. A tight run but well done eventually! Bairstow drives this one towards Kuldeep at mid off and takes off. He has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Rahul fumbles a touch at mid-wicket but Jonny has run a long way through.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. No pressure being applied as the scoreboard keeps moving. Pitched up ball, knocked down to long on for another run.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Full but too straight, Jonny turns it around the corner to rotate strike.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Full length ball, angling in, tucked with a close bat face towards mid-wicket.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Short ball on middle, takes off and then moves away late again as Bairstow sits under it. Karthik fails to gather it cleanly but doesn't concede a run.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Beaten! Once again some excitement was building up but nothing there. Full ball on a driveable length outside off, shapes away late to go past the flourish of the bat from Bairstow.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Waits for the ball to turn into him and places it towards the mid-wicket region.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Spinning in from outside off, smothered by coming on the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Tossed up full ball on off, driven crisply to the man at mid on.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman flicks it away with a wristy shot. The batsmen have run through for a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Nothing is working for India at the moment. Ashwin tries a seam up ball outside off but it is shorter in length. Allows ample time to Bairstow to rock back and slap it through point to find the ropes.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Too full and down the leg side, worked through mid-wicket for a run.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Pitched up again, eased off the front foot beside the track.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Full ball at 141 clicks attacking the stumps, patted gently towards the bowler.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Dug in short, Jonny ducks under it.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Beautiful! Half volley outside off, Bairstow leans into it and strokes it through covers for a boundary.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Was there an edge? There was certainly a noise which got us interested. Not sure though. Good length ball in the corridor of uncertainty, cutting in. Bairstow tries to force it through the line but the ball seems to have gone past his inside edge into the mitts of the keeper. Karthik appeals but Shami is not that excited. The replay shows that there was some daylight between bat and ball.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Good stuff from Shami! He surprises Bairstow with a nippy bouncer. Bairstow who is shaping to pull it away has to bail out quickly.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Fullish ball around off, kept out watchfully.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Strides forward to a tossed up ball to block it right under his eyes.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman has driven it through mid on. They pick up a single.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Very full ball on leg stump, jammed off the inner half down the track.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Too close for comfort! Ashwin is displaying his tricks. He undercut the previous ball but this time he provides a lot of revs to the ball. It pitches on a similar area as Jonny is unsure. Pushes at it tentatively as the ball spins in to go past the big gap between his bat and pad and almost takes the off bail out.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Brilliantly bowled! This one is tossed up around off as Bairstow comes ahead to block it but the ball drifts away at the last moment to go past the outside edge of his bat.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. On a length this time on off, Woakes hangs back and defends it stoutly. Another maiden for Shami.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Pitched up delivery on middle, eased off the front foot to mid on.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Back to the short of the length stuff, Woakes remains untroubled as he defends it from the comfort of his crease.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Shami pitches this one up, attacking the stumps. Woakes clears his front leg and drives it back to the bowler.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Identical ball to the previous one, tapped to the off side with soft hands.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Back of a length ball, swerving in from around off, Chris covers the line and pushes it towards covers.

Mohammed Shami to bowl from the other end.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. This one pitches on off and then skids through, Jonny rocks back and blocks it.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Floated delivery on middle and leg, milked down to long on for a run. That brings up the 100-run stand between Bairstow and Woakes. The whole England dressing room is up on its feet and is clapping for the duo.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Straighter one from Ashwin, the batsman hangs back to answer it with a straight bat.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Drifting in towards the leg stump, Woakes tries to clip it away but is hit on the pads as the ball lobs to the vacant short leg region.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Similar delivery but around off this time, Chris is solid in his front foot defense.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Tossed up ball on a fullish ball on middle and leg, Woakes comes ahead and dead-bats it.

We are back for the final passage of play. There are some more clouds building overhead and India will hope that the ball starts to do more. Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes to resume their innings. Ravichandran Ashwin will bowl first up after Tea. A slip and a leg slip in place. Here we go...

... Day 3, Session 3 ...

Bairstow and Woakes, both have gone past their fifties, scoring at a very brisk pace. They are threatening to accumulate more runs. The game is running away from India as the lead is now of 123 and they have to do something about it sooner rather than later. Their bowlers have to hit consistent lines and lengths to create chances. Do the tourists have it in them to surge back? Or will the Englishmen continue to dominate? Join us on the other side of the break.

Session highlights - 30.2 overs, 141 runs, 1 wicket. England's period by a country mile. 20 boundaries have been scored which reveals a lot about the way the hosts approached the game. Chris Woakes and Jonny Bairstow have mixed caution with aggression to perfection to lead the home side into a position of strength. It seemed that India would open up the English lower order after Shami foxed Buttler but that wasn't to be. From being slightly on the front foot, the visitors have been pegged back.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Length ball shaping in, Bairstow stands tall and blocks it nicely. THAT'S TEA ON DAY 3!

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Short ball from Shami but doesn't have much fizz on it to trouble Bairstow as he ducks under it.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Full ball outside off, driven with an open bat face through point for a couple.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. No need to go for such strokes with Tea approaching. Careless stuff! Full ball around off, Jonny goes for a booming drive but gets it off the bottom half towards the keeper. Wasn't far from the off pole.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. An appeal for an LBW falls on deaf ears! Good length ball, swerving in from around off. Bairstow tries to play it across but is hit above the knee roll on his back leg. Up go the Indians but umpire Marais Erasmus stays put. No review taken as height might be the factor. The replay confirms that it was going over the stumps.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Crisp! Fractionally overpitched outside off, Woakes drives it elegantly through covers to pick up another boundary. 10 from the over.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Shortish delivery, kept out off the back foot.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! How lucky? Time and again, we have seen inside edges running past the stumps. This is the fifth occasion at least, in my opinion. All said, Woakes has reached his 5th Test match fifty. He has dug in quite nicely and is taking the game away from the visitors along with Bairstow. Coming back to the ball, it is in the corridor of uncertainty, Woakes tries to glide it late but gets an inside edge that runs past the stumps to the fine leg fence. He raises his bat and soaks in all the applause from the crowd. England lead by 117 now.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Sharma bowls this on a fuller length but there is no swing on offer. Woakes counters it with ease.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Similar length ball in the same channel, answered with a straight bat towards covers.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. A pacey back of a length ball in the off stump corridor, Woakes goes at it with hard hands in order to force it through the line but gets it off the outer half towards third man. A brace results. Every run must be pinching the Indians.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. On the sixth stump channel, no problem for Bairstow as he ignores it.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! As smooth as butter! Everything right about that shot - the head position, the front foot to the pitch of the ball and a high elbow. Length ball around off, Bairstow strides ahead to cream it through covers for a delightful boundary.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Back of a length this time on off, punched nicely again but straight to the mid off fielder.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Stump-to-stump line from Shami as he hits the deck hard. Jonny hangs back to punch it towards covers.

Here is a comment from another friend of ours. What's his name? Ahh.... nice one. The one who rocks the world - 'Is it only me or have I not seen a single slower ball bowled today? Change of pace can be effective in Tests too. Not just necessarily in limited-overs cricket.' @Theonewhorockstheworld - Yup sir. Totally agreed. Batsmen might just get used to a similar pace from the bowlers. Variation is a must.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Back of a length ball and some room on offer, glided by using the pace of the ball towards third man. A run results.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Starts off his new spell with a length ball on middle, Woakes turns it towards mid-wicket.

Mohammed Shami returns. He has been the most impressive bowler on display for India till now. Can he break this stand?

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Good length ball, straighter on this occasion. Jonny rises on his toes and tucks it towards the square leg fielder.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Confidence personified! Length delivery around off, Bairstow leans ahead confidently and defends it solid as a rock.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Fuller in length, angling into Bairstow as he leans ahead and drives it crisply towards mid on.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Sharma continues to hurl length deliveries around the off stump channel. Jonny rocks back and punches it towards the extra cover fielder.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Back of a length outside off, Chris places it through the point region for a single.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. On a length outside off, doesn't take off as expected. Woakes lifts his arms to allow it into the mitts of the keeper.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Played through mid-wicket by the batsman.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Walks towards the fullish ball and drives it nonchalantly to long on to rotate strike.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow leans ahead and across to flick this one with the spin through square leg. A run taken.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Straighter one from Ash outside off, dabbed away square of the wicket on the off side for a single.

Leg slip comes in place now after the boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Innovative and quite effective! Slow through the air on a fullish length on middle, Woakes has ample time to line it up. He kneels and paddle scoops it over the keeper for a boundary. Runs coming at a good click for the hosts as the lead goes past 100. Ominous signs for India.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Ashwin changes things up as he comes from around the wicket now. Tosses it up in line of the stumps, Chris comes forward to block it.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Pitched up delivery again, defended solidly off the front foot.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Good length ball in the corridor of uncertainty, Bairstow plants his front foot across and lets it go safely.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. The batsman has flicked the ball off his pads. They pick up a single.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. In the zone outside off, left alone.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Brilliant surprise ball from Sharma. Bowls a pinpoint yorker and it reverses in substantially. Woakes is almost foxed but does well to jam it out in the end.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Controlled supremely well! Short ball on middle and leg, sits up nicely for Woakes. He stands tall and pulls it with aplomb through backward square leg. The fine leg fielder has no chance to cut it off.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Turning in from outside off, helped to the leg side for a single. The 200 comes up for England and it is met with a huge cheer from the Lord's crowd. They are going strong.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Ashwin goes wider of the crease, trying to do something different. However, Chris is not fazed as he blocks it solidly.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Spinning in from a shorter length as Chris works it to deep mid-wicket for an easy brace.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Slower through the air, defended solidly off the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Nothing happening at the moment for the Indians. They perhaps need a moment of spark in the field or a magical piece of bowling. Full ball on off, knocked down to long on for a run. England's lead moves to 90.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Spinning in from a shorter length, turned to the man at leg slip.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Back to Test match length in the off stump corridor, Woakes goes deep in the crease to answer it with a straight bat.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Pitched up delivery around off, some nibble in the air. Chris strides forward to ease it towards extra cover.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. On the fifth stump channel, fuller in length, asking Woakes to do something fancy. He is in no mood for it though as he lets it through.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Short of a length well outside off, glided towards backward point for an easy single.

Ok... so Goa Rocks is back again with another fine observation. Says - 'I am disappointed with Kuldeep. Not because he is not taking wickets. But because he is not varying his pace at all. He is bowling slowly through the air and on this slow pitch, batsmen are getting all the time in the world to play him off the back foot. Look at Ashwin. Bowling in the high 90s. Kuldeep should learn from him.' @GoaRocks - Yeah, fair point, mate. Hopefully he will learn with more exposure and experience. Just his 5th Test, you know...

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Good batting! These two are keeping the scoreboard ticking. Good length ball, angling in on middle and leg, Bairstow tucks it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Back of a length delivery around off, played with soft hands towards the cover region to rotate strike.

Ishant Sharma is back on.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Waits for the ball to spin in and places it against the spin past backward point for a run.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. FOUR! There have been quite some boundary balls and they are not helping India's cause. Ashwin perhaps tries the carrom ball but gets it awry. Sits up nicely for Woakes who whacks it through cover-point for a rocketing boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. The off stump channel again, dealt with solidly off the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Similar length but the line is straighter, Woakes is calm in his approach as he defends it.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. On a shorter length around off, kept out watchfully.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! 19th Test fifty for Jonny Bairstow! He was struggling initially but has come into his own now. A vital knock it has been. Coming back to the ball, it is the second one of the over and it has been dealt with. Loopy ball on a driving length outside off, Bairstow strokes it again through extra cover for another boundary. 8 from the over.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Almost a replica of the previous ball as Bairstow is solid in his defense.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Kuldeep drags his length back and Jonny goes deep in his crease to account for it.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Bread and butter stuff for Bairstow! Half-volley well outside off, Jonny comes ahead and nails the drive through extra cover to find the ropes. That brings up the 50-run stand between the duo, the first of the game in fact. Goes onto show that run-scoring has been a battle on this track.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Good channel from Kuldeep! Floats this one on a fullish length just outside off, Bairstow is not quite sure whether it is the conventional leg spinner or the wrong one. Ends up getting an inside edge onto his pads.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Floated right up under the eye-line of the batsman as he defends it solidly off the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Fuller ball and loopy as well, eased down towards mid on.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Covers the spin to this one and blocks it down the pitch.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Ashwin is bowling in the tight off stump corridor, Woakes has no trouble in dealing with it as he blocks it.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Gets right forward to the flighted ball and defends it stoutly.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. The batsman defends it from within the crease.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. On a flatter trajectory, around off, Woakes presents a water-tight defense.

Kuldeep Yadav to Chris Woakes. Tossed up on middle and leg, another easy single on offer on the leg side. 5 singles from the over.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. The wrong one at 76 kph from Kuldeep, Bairstow works it around the corner to change strike.

Kuldeep Yadav to Chris Woakes. Much slower in pace, in line of the stumps, Chris waits for the ball to do its bit off the pitch and then turns it with the spin to deep mid-wicket. A run results. The partnership between these two is 46 now, which is also the highest for this innings.

Kuldeep Yadav to Jonny Bairstow. Half-volley on middle and off, belted down to long on for a run.

Kuldeep Yadav to Chris Woakes. Waits for this one to turn into him and works it through square leg to rotate strike.

Kuldeep Yadav to Chris Woakes. Floated delivery around off, Chris leans ahead a touch and blocks it right under his eyes.

Kuldeep Yadav is back.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. On middle and leg, turned defensively to the leg side.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Comes ahead to the floated ball to block it right under his eyes.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Spinning in from well outside off, Bairstow shuffles a touch and goes for the big sweep but misses to get pinged on the pads. The Indian start appealing but realize soon that it is an optimistic one. The impact was well outside off.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Straying on the pads, helped around the corner for a run.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. A bit fuller and more flight on this, Woakes lunges and blocks it solidly.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Loopy ball around off, Chris comes ahead to dead-bat it.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Pandya drags his length back a touch, defended solidly off the back foot.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Cracking shot! Square of the wicket on the off side is Jonny's favoured area and he uses it to good effect. Length delivery outside off, Bairstow drives it on the up past point to find the fence.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. On a length, angling in, tucked through mid-wicket. A misfield from Ashwin allows the batsmen to take a couple, not good from the spinner.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Driven through the covers by the batsman.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Full delivery attacking the stumps, answered with a straight bat.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Close shave! Good length delivery around off, angling in appreciably. Woakes perhaps tries to chop it away towards point but doesn't have space to work with. Gets an inside edge which just goes past the stumps towards fine leg. A run taken.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Wide! Pandya attempts the bouncer but it is wayward. Too high and down the leg side as well as Woakes fails to hook it away. Umpire Aleem Dar signals a wide and also one for the over.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Tossed up ball outside off, eased to covers.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Stays back to the flatter ball to keep it out.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Spinning in sharply, Jonny tries to flick it but is hit on the pads. A casual appeal follows but it rightly turned down. Was going down leg.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Was there an edge? Probably not. After pitching around off, this one stays low and skids through. Bairstow is beaten by pace and Karthik does well to get low and stop it.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Bairstow has made his intent clear, he is not going to let Ashwin settle. Clears his front leg to the full ball in line of the stumps and lifts it cleanly over mid on for a boundary.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Well bowled! Ashwin is varying it nicely. Bowls this one on a flatter trajectory and at a quicker pace, Bairstow does well to block it.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Fuller in length outside off, tapped towards covers for an easy run.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Full length ball, straying on the pads. Woakes flicks it with good timing towards deep square leg for a single.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. In the channel outside off, left alone.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Probing stuff from Pandya. Pitches this one up outside off, Chris goes for a booming drive but only connects with thin air.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. That keeps a bit low! On a length outside off, Woakes is taken aback by the lack of bounce and the ball goes under his bat.

India need wickets quickly or the game might just run away from them. A lead of 100 might be too hot to handle on this track. We saw that in the previous Test as well when England's lower order bailed them out of trouble from a precarious position.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Fuller in length and straighter in line, kept out watchfully. Decent start from Ash.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. A bit wider outside off, played with an open bat face towards backward point for a run.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Slower through the air, more revs on that one. Woakes leans ahead and defends it calmly.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. The batsman has driven that ball straight back.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Chris Woakes. Loopy full ball around off, defended solidly off the front foot.

Ravichandran Ashwin to Jonny Bairstow. Tossed up ball, Bairstow clips it away towards square leg and takes a single.

Finally, Ravichandran Ashwin comes into the attack. Let's see what he has got up his sleeve.

Drinks are on the field. India somewhat still on the front foot, as they picked up Buttler's wicket. But since then, Bairstow and Woakes have added some vital runs to England's tally. A steady partnership of 26 is brewing between them, with some batting still left to come. The tourists need wickets and they need them fast. Could very well happen too with the reverse now coming into play.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. On the fuller side of things, patted square to point to end the over.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Good save, Rahane. Another solid effort in the field. It's driven hard towards cover-point where he moves to his right and dives to stop it.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Beauty! Length delivery around off, holding its line, Woakes hangs his bat out to dry and almost nicks it.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. He's found the gap there. Woakes takes a step outside and drives it past the diving cover fielder. He makes a half-stop which allows his teammate to chase after it and keeps the batsmen down to two. The lead is now 50.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. Darts this well down leg, Chris misses his flick as DK moves to his left and collects it.

Hardik Pandya to Chris Woakes. FOUR! And he's welcomed with a boundary. All these are vital runs for England. Length ball outside off, Woakes just waits for it and plays this late. Quite deft as he runs this across the third man fence for a boundary.

Hardik Pandya is handed the ball.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Just behind a driving length, outside the line of off stump, Bairstow mistimes the drive to mid off.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Works it off his pads and places it down on the leg side.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Well left. Bairstow sees the line well, covers the stumps and allows the ball to go past him.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Marginally behind a length, outside off, pushed away towards cover-point.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. In the channel outside off, arms are shouldered to this one.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Ends the over with a boundary! Quite full on the pads, Woakes flicks it between mid on and mid-wicket. Perfectly through the gap and that will race away to the boundary line. The 150 comes up for England. They lead by 44.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Full and outside off, solidly pushed to cover.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Reversing again, coming in, flicked to deep mid-wicket for a single. We finally now have our new highest-scorer of the match as Bairstow gets to 30, going past Ashwin's 29. Jonny becomes the first batsman to reach 30 in this game.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Punches this square through point off the back foot and takes two more.

With the ball now reversing, Kohli has now moved a slip fielder to a catching mid-wicket position.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Oh, boy! That couldn't have been more than 3 centimeters away. So, so close. Length ball around off, Bairstow doesn't account for the movement into him and shoulders arms. It just about kisses the off bail.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Shami is reversing it again, on middle and off, Bairstow gets another inside edge as he puts bat on ball. Through backward square leg and seeing Ishant get to the ball, Bairstow calls for the second. Good running.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Outside off on a good length, some inward movement on it, punched firmly to the man at cover.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. The ball hits the batsman low on the pads. The batsmen have run through for a single. The umpire signals Leg bye.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Not out! No bat involved and since the DRS has been taken, they check for the lbw too and Bairstow is fine on that front as well. Shaping back in on leg, going further down as Jonny looks to flick. It goes off the pad and Ishant takes the catch. All the Indians on the field appeal but the umpire remains unmoved. So, they review it and take it upstairs. Replays show all is well for the batsman. No harm done. India lose a review.

Review! India have taken it for a caught and bowled decision against Jonny Bairstow.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Play and a miss! Full and coming back in from outside off, Bairstow plays a flashy drive and leaves a big gap between bat and pad. The ball whiskers past the off pole. Close.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Beautiful. Ishant swings it back in on the stumps, Bairstow just about manages to jam it out.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Fullish in length on middle and off, driven right back at Ishant, who collects the ball and gives him a little stare.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Skidding off the deck after being served on off. Bairstow just about manages to bring his bat down in time and keep it out off the inner half on the leg side. Single taken.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Punched off the back foot by the batsman. The batsmen have picked up a couple of runs.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Quite full on middle stump, driven back down the ground. The man from mid on moves to his left and cuts it off.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Goes after this one, it's well outside off, a play and a miss from the batsman.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Some reverse for Shami? The ball is moving quite a lot now. Holds its line at first as it lands on a length outside off, then it goes away late and beats the outside edge of Bairstow's bat.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Short ball angling into the body, with a little swivel Woakes pulls it down to fine leg. Ishant out in the deep fumbles a bit, but fortunately for him he doesn't concede an extra run.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Full and straight, driven to mid on.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. In the channel outside off, Bairstow plays away from his body and gets beaten past the outside edge.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Waits for the length ball to come to him before running it down to third man for a single.

Here are some interesting bytes from our number-freak mate, Copper. He observes that the current batting average in this Test is 14.93 - LOWEST IN ENGLAND SINCE 1958!!!

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. Sharp bumper out of nowhere. Takes Chris Woakes by surprise. Has no clue about it and just awkwardly somehow fends it down in front of him. That will keep him on his toes now.

Ishant Sharma to Chris Woakes. On the fuller side of the length, outside the line of off stump, pushed to the covers. No run taken.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Fraction straight in line, on a length, worked away through square on the leg side. One run to the total.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. FOUR! Woakes gets off the mark in a streaky manner. Full in length, outside off, Woakes drives away from his body and gets a thick edge past the diving third slip fielder for a boundary to third man.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Almost! Keeps firing it up there, on middle and off this time, Woakes plays this off the inner half in front of square leg.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Full and straight from Shami, that's where he should be to Woakes at this stage. The batsman with another drive to mid off.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. On the sixth stump line, going further away, arms are shouldered to this one.

Mohammed Shami to Chris Woakes. Full ball aiming the base of off stump, a hint of movement away, Woakes drives it to mid off.

Chris Woakes strides out to the middle.

Mohammed Shami to Jos Buttler. OUT! Buttler's little shimmy has done him in. Ishant and Shami both were looking for that line, the latter has got the job done. He picks up his third of the innings. Full and swinging back in, Jos walks across to flick it again but this time maybe does it a little too much. Gets caught low on the pads and a big appeal is made. The finger goes up and rightly so too, because that looks plumb. England have half their side back in the pavilion.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Shaping back in on a back of a length, Buttler walks down the track and clips this down towards fine leg for a single.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. The ball is way outside the off stump, easy leave for the batsman.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Length delivery close to off, the batsman gets an inside edge back onto his pads.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Excellent stop from Ajinkya Rahane. That's what needed in the field, always. Superb. Buttler drives this full ball towards mid off and the ball is destined for the rope. But Rahane from short extra cover moves to his right and puts in a good dive to get a hand to it. Keeps the batsmen to just two as the ball rolls towards long off.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. That should give Jos something to think about. Ishant brings out the short one and bangs it in hard. The batsman ducks.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. FOUR! The placement is immaculate from Jos Buttler. Full and outside off, Buttler steps out of the crease, reaches out and places this through gully. Ashwin from deep backward point tries to stop it with a dive, but the ball was already away from him.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Full delivery fired just outside off, a mistimed drive to mid off to end the over. 8 runs came from it.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. YJB has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Back of a length outside off, punched away into the off side. Dot ball.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Two in two for Bairstow! Shami overpitches it again outside off, the batsman leans into the shot and drives it neatly through extra cover for another boundary.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! That should settle the nerves. Surely. Probably the shot of the day? Full and attacking the stumps, Bairstow drives it straight back down the track with the full face of the bat. No chance for anyone to stop it.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow is looking a bit nervy out there. Already has a couple of inside edges. He's feeling it. Length ball outside off, he loosely plays the cut shot and almost edges it.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Wide outside off, no chance the batsman fiddles with it.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Another inside edge! This time Bairstow survives. Ishant Sharma is a bit unlucky. Shortish around off, Bairstow plays that with hard hands, looking to force it on the off side. Gets an inside edge past the leg stump and the batsmen take a single.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Back of a length delivery, coming in on middle and off, played back to the bowler.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. On a length and just outside off, pushed to the off side.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Pushes this one towards mid on and takes a brisk single.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Edged and FOUR! But Jos Buttler could have almost dragged that on. Just behind a length, close to off, the batsman tries to put bat on ball. Slight inward movement and that takes the inside edge. The ball barely misses the stumps on its way to the fine leg fence.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Stays back and offers a solid punch into the off side.

Mohammed Shami to Jos Buttler. Full just outside off, driven to covers for a single.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Buttler walks down the track a long way and looks to flick it away on the leg side. It goes off his pads and falls on the leg side. Big appeal from the slip cordon, but no way that's going to be given. A leg bye taken.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. FOUR! Too full, too straight and Jonny Bairstow has played that well. Shows the full face of the bat and drives it past mid on for a boundary. England are in the lead with that. By 1 run to be exact.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Moving away from outside off, a good length ball, cut hard but straight to the man at point.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Length delivery skidding off the deck, just outside off, Bairstow somehow brings his bat down in time and gets an under edge behind to the slip cordon on a few bounces.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.

A square leg has been brought in place. Kohli following the ball...

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. FOUR! Clipped away and it's gone away for a boundary. Full on middle and leg, Buttler takes a step across and places it elegantly through square leg. Nobody out there, no problem for the batsman.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Cutting in from a length, just around off, met with a straight blade in defense.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Good inward movement for Ishant Sharma. Buttler takes a step out of his crease, plants his front foot across and tries to pad it away. It does graze his pad, goes behind but no appeal made. Impact was too far outside off, despite no shot being offered.

Ishant Sharma to Jos Buttler. Hurled too far from off, no trouble for the batsman to let that one be.

Ishant Sharma to Jonny Bairstow. Angling back in on a length, on middle, Bairstow gets a big inside edge onto his thigh pad and the ball rolls over towards point. Single collected.

Ishant Sharma is back.

Hardik Pandya to Jos Buttler. Punched a bit square through the off side from the back foot. A couple of runs result.

Hardik Pandya to Jos Buttler. FOUR! Nicely done. Some width offered outside off, Buttler stands his ground, opens the face of the bat and runs it down to third man. Nobody out there, so that will be a boundary.

Hardik Pandya to Jos Buttler. Too far outside off, left alone.

Hardik Pandya to Jos Buttler. Edged but it's short. Good from Buttler, he played with soft hands, equally good line and length from Pandya. Length delivery in the channel outside off, Buttler edges it short of Rahane at third slip.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Angling in, too straight in line, easy enough for the batsman to work it through square leg. One run taken.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Good length delivery just outside off, Bairstow defends it from within his crease.

Hardik Pandya to bowl from the other end. He will continue.

Mohammed Shami to Jos Buttler. Touch fuller on off, Buttler gets a leading edge towards mid off as he closes the face a bit too early to flick.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Just outside off, a length ball, Bairstow dabs it to point for one.

Mohammed Shami to Jos Buttler. No ball! Because Shami knocked a bail down at his end on his followthrough. Length ball on middle and off, Buttler walks down the track and works it towards mid-wicket for a single. Gets off the mark with that.

We are back for the second session of play. Conditions are somewhat overcast now, magic time for India? Mohammed Shami will continue his pending over and he'll be bowling to Jos Buttler, who'll be joining Bairstow out in the middle. Let's roll...

... DAY 3, SESSION 2 ...

England would have still been somewhat content, had it not been for Joe Root's wicket. Shami came back and got rid of him too, thereby, more than anything else, giving his side the belief and the psychological edge after the first phase on this excitement-filled Day 3. Don't go anywhere, the afternoon session is going to be as fun, if not more. The action resumes at 1340 local (1240 GMT).

With that last wicket of the big fish, India will be the happier side heading in to grab some grub. It's been a good session for them overall too. On a day where the sun is out and the conditions have been ripe for batting, you have to hand over credit to how Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami started things off. They each got an opener and put their side in front. Debutant Ollie Pope was doing well when he came in and joined hands with his skipper for a solid stand, but Hardik Pandya dismissed him with some excellent disciplined bowling.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. OUT! Mohammed Shami strikes gold right at the stroke of Lunch. Virat Kohli brought him back for one final burst before the break and he's provided just what was needed. The all-important wicket of Joe Root. Though, he was struggling quite a bit out there. Some luck here too as Shami bowls it on a back of a length around off, it cuts back in and stays low too. Root can't bring his bat down in time and a loud appeal goes up. Umpire Marais Erasmus wastes no time in raising his finger and the Indians celebrate. LUNCH ON DAY 3!

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Played through mid-wicket by the batsman. The batsmen have picked up a couple of runs.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Through point again, a single this time.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Hurls this outside off, driven square through point. Bairstow is quick between the wickets, so he calls for the second and gets it too.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Root looking a tentative here. Fullish outside off, Root goes back when he should be coming forward. The ball is, as a result, allowed to move away slightly and almost take the outside edge.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Could have been a run out! Good, early call from Bairstow to send his skipper back in time. Root taps it down in front of cover-point and takes off. Bairstow immediately tells him to go back seeing Rahane rush to the ball. The fielder has a wayward throw, but Root got back in anyway.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Camps back and pushes it towards the covers.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Coming back in on middle and off, on a back of a length, Bairstow leans across and works it wide of mid on. Single collected.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Quite full and outside off, Root is forward as he opens the face and pushes it just wide of point for a run.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Too far outside off, no shot offered to this one.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. On a length, shaping away from around off, played to point.

Mohammed Shami to Jonny Bairstow. Comes half-forward to this one and blocks.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Goes on the leg side again, through mid-wicket this time with the same shot. Single this time.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. FOUR! Full and on the pads, Root flicks it past the square leg fielder and even the man in the deep. Good placement, excellent timing.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Full and wide outside off, Root plays away from the body and gets beaten.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Loose from Bairstow. Full and wide outside off, Bairstow plants his front foot forward and looks to play the cover drive, only to get beaten by the away movement.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Good length ball just outside off, blocked with the full face of the bat.

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Big shout from the Indian players for a leg before but umpire Aleem Dar remains unmoved. He notices the edge on that, much before Pandya, but the remaining players don't. Virat Kohli wants the review but then is told not to go for it. Another superb delivery. Full and angling in before straightening up, Jonny Bairstow looks to flick with a slightly closed face but is hit low on the pads. Fortunately for him, it took a slight outside edge first. That's saved him. Had this been given out, then Bairstow would have been gone, given there are no more reviews that. Imagine the reactions later on that!

Hardik Pandya to Jonny Bairstow. Down the leg side, Bairstow leaves it alone.

Jonny Bairstow will make his way out in the middle. England in a bit of trouble here. He joins his skipper out there and it's now on this pair to last long out there.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. OUT! Hardik Pandya strikes! He finally has a wicket in Test cricket after 351 balls. His last wicket came in Cape Town back in January. Superb delivery, this. He generates some good pace on this as he lands it on a length around off. Angles it in and it skids off the surface a bit as well. Ollie Pope is caught flush in front of the stumps as he tries to play across the line and a loud appeal goes up. The finger follows soon and Pope reviews after a chat with his skipper. It's taken upstairs and replays show that all three reds are ticked. Brilliant. Hardik deserves this wicket, he's been bowling quite well till now. England have lost both their reviews. Needless on both occasions. Should never have been taken, given the decisions were so straightforward.

Review time. Pandya has caught Pope leg before. Height might be the only issue, otherwise he's gone. Remember, England already have lost a review. Over to the TV umpire now...

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Pandya searching for that magic delivery as he pitches this full and angles it in. Wants the away swing but it doesn't happen. Pope flicks it through mid-wicket and comes back for the second.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Angling down leg, Joe misses the flick and the keeper collects it.

Mohammed Shami to Ollie Pope. Good effort, Jinx. Saves a certain boundary. Pope drives it well to the covers, where Rahane dives and makes a half-stop. Keeps the batsmen to just one.

Mohammed Shami to Ollie Pope. Fuller and wider outside off, Pope reaches out to it to drive it through the covers. The away swing takes it just past the outside edge.

Mohammed Shami to Ollie Pope. Beauty! Pope is beaten all ends up. Length delivery around off with the slightest of movement away, that too late movement. Pope hangs his bat out to block but is beaten.

Mohammed Shami to Ollie Pope. FOUR! Nicely played by Ollie Pope. The youngster is looking right at home here. So much confidence. Length ball outside off, width on offer so he goes back and cuts this behind point fiercely. No chance of stopping that once it went past the fielder. Boundary.

Mohammed Shami is back into the bowling attack.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Short of a good length outside off, Ollie Pope gets on top of the bounce and punches it down in front cover-point. Picks up a single for doing so.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Length delivery on off stump, Root leans across to get behind the line and wrists it just wide of mid on. The batsmen complete the run with ease.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Length delivery in the channel outside off, Root covers the line and leaves it alone.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Good line so far from Pandya. Keeps attacking the stumps, not giving any room to Root to work with. All the English skipper can do is defend it.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Root sees the angle into him, so he takes a step across, leans the same way too and keeps it out.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Angling in on middle and off, slightly fullish in length. Root attempts to flick it away but gets a safe leading edge which rolls back in the bowler's direction.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. Plays this away square through point and retains strike by changing ends.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. A little too full, quite slow through the air, Pope sweeps it through backward square leg for one.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Minimal turn on this occasion, Ollie meets it with a straight bat in defense.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Good running between the wickets. Pope comes forward to this fuller ball and taps it wide of first slip. Runs the first one hard and so, is able to comfortably come back for the second.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. A lot of air on this as it's pitched on middle and leg, Joe gets low and sweeps it along the turf through the square leg area. A single is taken as the fielder in the deep mops it up.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Full ball darted on off, driven to mid off. Can't steal a run as it's right at the fielder.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Hits the deck hard, a short of a length delivery outside off, Ollie taps it down in front of covers.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Good balance from Pope. Full and angling in on middle and leg, he leans across with a perfectly still head and flicks it through mid-wicket for two runs.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. That's the channel where he should be staying more. Full and swinging away from outside off, Pope with a slightly opened face drives this square to point.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. On the pads again, it's tucked behind square leg for one more.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. With a scrambled seam this time Hardik angles it in on leg, Ollie Pope moves inside the line and clips this down to fine leg for a single.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. Uses the depth of the crease again. It's a touch shorter in length, so he goes back and wrists it away on the leg side.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. Tossed right up there, in line of the stumps, met with a defensive blade in response.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. Beaten! The googly is out and Root is almost done it. Spinning away from off, Joe has a tentative poke at it and is lucky not to nick it behind.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. Turns it away with the spin but finds the fielder on the leg side.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. A bit too full, allows Root to come forward and drive it to mid on before the ball can even turn.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. Before the ball is even released Root is alredy deep inside the crease, covering his stumps. He waits for it as it's spinning in from around off and blocks it out.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Touch straight in line, flicked through the mid-wicket region for a double.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. First sign of Pope not remaining disciplined. Hmm... Hardik does well to bowl a seam-up delivery, full and outside off, the right-hander reaches well away to drive it from his body but gets beaten.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Angling in at first before shaping away, on a good length, Ollie opens his body up a bit as he works to backward point.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Angling in on middle and off, straightening up a shade, driven down the ground, towards mid on. No run taken.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Much better from Pandya. Bowls it on off and makes Pope play. He stays back and blocks it back down the track.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Length delivery on the fifth stump line, makes it go away, the batsman comes forward, covers the line and lets it be.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Short and flat outside off, this time Ollie punches it through the gap in the covers for a run.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Plants his front foot forward and pushes it away gently.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. FOUR! That's an excellent shot. Ollie Pope is showing some excellent technique here. Quite decisive too. Sees the ball landing short outside off, he quickly rocks onto the back foot and cuts it through point for a boundary.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Landed on a driving length, attacking the stumps, guarded out safely.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Floated on off this time, draws Pope forward and blocks it out with the full face of the bat.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Looped up extremely full outside off, Pope completely misses the ball as he tries to drive it through the covers. Luckily for him, it wasn't in line of the stumps. Yikes.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Solid in defense, is Root. He watches the ball carefully and defends it on the off side.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Touch fuller on off as Hardik brings it in closer, Root closes the face early as he wants to flick this away but ends up getting a leading edge through the covers. A couple result.

Hardik Pandya to Joe Root. Length ball outside the line of off stump, dabbed to point with an open face.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Punches this length ball outside off softly towards covers and brings the 50 up for England with a single.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Good, tight line from Hardik. Attacks that off stump again, doesn't give much room to Pope who can only hang back and block it towards mid on.

Hardik Pandya to Ollie Pope. Length delivery aiming the top of off stump, Pope stays inside the crease and pushes it to the left of the bowler.

Hardik Pandya on as well. Change at both ends for India.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. Stays back and keeps it out. An expensive opening over for the chinaman. 11 off it.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. FOUR BYES! Once more, a delivery which is down the leg side, the spin further takes it away from DK who can't catch it. It races away to the boundary line in no time.

Kuldeep Yadav to Joe Root. FOUR! Shot. Loopy and full outside off, Root leans into the shot and sweetly drives it through the covers for a boundary.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Good use of the sweep. Brings the broom out to this tossed up ball and places it through square leg for a single.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Served around off and it's spinning in, Pope comes half-forward before blocking it out with a straight blade.

Kuldeep Yadav to Ollie Pope. Bit of a false start from Kuldeep. Bowls it down the leg side and it spins further down, Pope tries to flick but misses and so does the keeper. A couple of byes are taken.

Kuldeep Yadav into the attack.

DRINKS are on the field. What a wonderful hour of cricket. Who says Test cricket is boring? Definitely not in England. Perhaps for the first 4-5 overs, things might have been a bit boring but ever since Ishant and Shami have found their lengths, it has been a different story. Consider this comparison - First 4 overs - 20/0. Last 8 overs - 18/2. Brilliant. It will now be interesting to see how the other bowlers support Ishant and Shami after all their hard work.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Outside off, played straight to point.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Around off, on a length, worked straight to mid on.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Good line, just outside off, but Root knows where his off stump is and shoulders arms.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Full on middle, flicked straight to mid on.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Outside off, on a length, left alone.

OUT! BOWLED! The middle stump is out of the ground! But Root continues to bat. How come? Because it is a dead ball. Shami comes charging in and at the last possible moment, Root backs away. Probably because of some disturbance over the sightscreen. Shami is at a point of no return and delivers the ball. It is a pinpoint yorker on middle which uproots the middle stump and nearly causes some damage to the stump mic. All ready now.

Sanjay Manjrekar on air observes that Kuldeep Yadav is warming up. Interesting...

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Full and outside off, hint of swing, Root is late on the drive and gets a thick inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls towards mid off.

Ishant Sharma to Joe Root. Nice fielding from Kuldeep. He has been diving a few times today but this was a very good effort. Full and outside off, Root leans into this one and drives this through point. But Kuldeep Yadav puts in a full length dive to his right from backward point and makes a half-stop. A bit of a hesitation between the batsmen but eventually they take the single. The deficit is now 69.

Ishant Sharma to Joe Root. A length ball a bit wider outside off, not flirted with.

Ishant Sharma to Joe Root. Nice, consistent line,Joe shoulders arms to a ball which is not that far from off stump.

Ishant Sharma to Joe Root. On a length outside off, left alone.

Ishant Sharma to Joe Root. Another good delivery from Ishant Sharma. He lands it on a length outside off and Root hangs back to defend. But the ball shoots low and goes past the outside edge.

Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope. Full and outside off, Pope drives it wide of mid off for a single.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Wayward delivery outside off, comfortably let through. Consecutive maidens for Shami.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. The batsman has attempted to put bat on ball - but fails.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Around off, Root hangs back to that in defense.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. There we go again... fuller and on off, Root looks to flick but gets a leading edge which lands short of gully. Ajinkya Rahane puts in a good diving stop to his right.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. Peach! Well, yesterday England bowled well in helpful conditions. But Ishant and Shami are bowling well in conditions which are good for batting. What a jaffa. Shami lands it on a length around off and Root looks to defend. But at the last moment, the ball nips away and goes off something to the keeper. There is a noise and Karthik looks to appeal but on seeing Shami's reaction, which is pretty disappointed, he holds himself back. Perhaps the ball hit his pad.

Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope. Comes well forward to this one and defends. Double break for India. They have got two new batsmen in the middle now.

Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope. Down the leg side, Pope misses his flick this time.

Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope. FOUR! Excellent cricket all around. First, a lovely delivery from Ishant. He seems to have settled in nicely now. Comes in from over the wicket, with a bit of a wider angle and then gets it to nip back in sharply. But Mr. Pope, as cool as a cucumber, comes forward a touch, then hangs back and flicks it uppishly, well wide of the man at square leg towards the boundary. Shot of a man in supreme confidence. Fine way to get off the mark in international cricket at the Home Of Cricket.

Ishant Sharma to Ollie Pope. A half volley on middle, flicked straight to square leg.

Time for the debutant. Ollie Pope. Receives a huge round of applause from the crowd. Make no mistake, he will be under huge pressure.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. OUT! That is another beauty, this time from the bowler and Cook is out of here! Massive, massive wicket for India. The former English captain might not be in the greatest of form but once he digs in, he can cause lot of problems to the opposition. And he was just beginning to dig in. But from nowhere, Ishant hits that perfect length in the corridor of uncertainty. Alastair looks to defend but the ball moves away a wee bit and takes the outside edge. Karthik makes no mistake. So from being seemingly listless on the field, India have gone bang, bang. Mr. Goa Rocks must be feeling happier now. (Psst... check his frustration in the opening over).

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. FOUR! CRISP! 'It is the best I have seen Cook play in a while', says Sourav Ganguly on air. Half volley outside off, Cook leans into the shot and drives it through covers for a boundary.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. The batsman has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery. A WICKET MAIDEN FOR SHAMI.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. On a length around off, watchfully defended.

Mohammed Shami to Joe Root. The batsman has played it to the point region.

Captain Joe Root walks in at number 3, replacing Jennings.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. OUT! Stone dead and England have lost a review. Did not particularly seem any need to get a second opinion on that, unless Cook thought it might be umpire's call, just to keep the reviews intact. Anyways, he is not that successful. Full and straight, angled in from around the wicket, Jennings plays all over it, getting beaten by the length and misses. Is hit flush on the pads and up goes umpire Aleem Dar's finger on the appeal. Keaton walks over towards Cook and after a bit of a discussion, signals for the review. Not much time wasted on technology as it shows three reds. Jennings' poor form continues for England - after his century on debut at the Wankhede in 2016 against India, he has managed only 272 runs in 15 innings at an average of under 20 with just one half century.

Jennings is adjudged LBW! He has a long chat with Cook and signals for the review. Seems plumb to the naked eye.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. On a length around middle and leg, Jennings looks to tuck but misses and is hit on the pads. The ball drops down beside him. In the first innings of the opening Test, he was dismissed in a similar fashion, with the ball going onto the stumps off the deflection from the pad.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. Full and outside off, driven straight to mid off.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. NEARLY! Ishant almost gets the first wicket. He lands it on a length outside off and it is almost in the corridor of uncertainty. Cook is not sure whether to play at that or let it be and is tentative. Has a poke and luckily for him, the ball misses the outside edge.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. Full and straight, watchfully defended back to the bowler.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. The batsman has played that off the front foot and into the ground.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. Outside off, left alone.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. FOUR! CLASSY! There comes the erratic line on a sunny afternoon. With the ball not doing much, perhaps it is not advisable to bowl too full. Cook comes forward and gently places this down the ground. Usually Test matches do not have mid offs so early in the game and hence, Cook earns his third boundary. The deficit is now 79.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. Full and outside off, not a bad ball at all, Jennings comes forward and just opens the face of his bat a little bit. Gets it behind point and earns three runs for his cheekiness as Hardik Pandya pulls it off with a slide near the ropes. Keaton moves to 11 from 19 balls. Michael Holding feels if Ishant Sharma can get his line and length right, he can move that man at backward point to gully.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. Now he goes back to defend.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. On a good length around off, defended from the crease.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. The batsman defends it from within the crease.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. Outside off, pushed towards point for a single.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. On a length around off, angling in, defended towards mid on.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. On a length around middle, defended watchfully. First maiden for India eventually. They seem to be slowly adjusting to the necessary lengths to be bowled on this surface. England had conceded their first run only in the 4th over. How conditions dictate...

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. The batsman shows the full face of the bat and defends the ball off the back foot.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. Action replay of the previous delivery.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. One more leave outside off.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. The batsman shoulders arms to let that one through.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. Full and miles outside off, left alone.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. Outside off, swinging away, left alone.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. Too easy. A gentle tap towards cover for a simple run.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. Again through the same region. Different batsman this time. This is a genuine half volley outside off and Keaton drives it through the covers. Murali Vijay dives to his right from mid off but is not able to cut it off cleanly. A single taken. Might have been two had Cook run a bit hard on the first.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. Outside off, not exactly a half volley, but full enough. Not much swing and Cook just pushes it through the line and gets it past Murali Vijay at cover. Maybe the rain over the last two days has made the outfield a bit soggy. The ball stops near the ropes and Vijay retrieves it. Three runs taken. The deficit is now 89. Cook moves to 12 from what??? 7 balls!!!

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. Full and straight, much tighter line, watchfully defended.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. A short ball around middle and leg, Jennings looks to tuck it away but gets into a tangle. The ball hits his gloves and then lobs towards square leg. A single taken.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. FOUR! Another gift on the pads. A half volley at that. Cook flicks it past the valiant dive from Kuldeep Yadav at short mid-wicket and finds the fence for the second time today.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. Full and outside off, Keaton comes forward and eases this through the covers for a single. The stand moves to 10 from 17 balls.

Michael Holding on air observes that the Indian slip fielders are standing way too close to each other. 'Almost trodding onto each other', chides Nasser Hussain. There seems to be some continuous hustle between the players with no one being sure where exactly to stand.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. A bouncer now, Jennings ducks.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. The ball is way outside the off stump, easy leave for the batsman.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. Full and in line of the stumps, watchfully defended.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. Well bowled. Full and around off, Keaton looks to defend but the ball seams away past the outside edge.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. FOUR! Poor line, comfortably put away and not the greatest bit of fielding either. The around the wicket angle is used to cause problems to the left-hander but the line needs to be outside off. What Shami does instead is bowl it short in the first place, then angles it further down the leg side. Cook easily tucks it through square leg for what should have been two at best. But Ishant Sharma, perhaps tired after that opening over, barely puts in any hard yards. Just jogs across and the ball meets the fence. The deficit is now 98.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. Comes in from around the wicket, Alastair looks to flick but misses and is hit on the pads.

Mohammed Shami to Alastair Cook. Full and around off, watchfully defended.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. Around middle, swinging in, flicked towards fine leg for a single.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. A bouncer now, Jennings ducks.

Mohammed Shami to Keaton Jennings. Wild delivery. A length ball, miles outside off, comfortably left alone.

Mohammed Shami to share the new ball with Ishant Sharma.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. Both the openers are away now. To loose balls, if I might add. Another length ball down the leg side, Keaton flicks it through mid-wicket and gets it in the gap. Murali Vijay gives it a good chase, gets to the ball, puts in a desperate slide and saves a run for his side.

GoaRocks - 'Uhhh.... Ishuuu! What are you doing? You need to hit the correct length straightaway! Yesterday I did not see a single loose ball from England. Why can't you be on the money from the first ball?' @GoaRocks - Now, now, take it easy, pal. This is just the first over of the day. Pretty sure the bowlers will get tuned up soon...

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. On middle and leg, tucked towards mid-wicket.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. Inconsistent over so far. This is way down the leg side, Jennings lets it go.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. On a length around middle, angling away, left alone.

Ishant Sharma to Keaton Jennings. Defended off the back foot by the batsman.

Ishant Sharma to Alastair Cook. England are away. A half volley outside leg, Cook flicks it through square leg where Kuldeep Yadav dives to his left from short mid-wicket but is unable to stop it cleanly. Concedes a single.