Shoaib Bashir finding a bit of drift into the breeze.

The left-handed Ravindra Jadeja dances down the pitch to the England off-spinner but does not connect cleanly, inside edges it and England prevent the single.

One in the cap for Bashir.

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A good nut from Brydon Carse, who beats the outside edge of Shubman Gill's defensive prod. That's about as close as England have got this morning.

However, Gill picks up consectuive boundaries off the Durham seamer - the second of them a delicious square drive off one that is slightly overpitched.

Carse bellows 'catch' after the final ball of the over pops up off the edge of Gill's bat but there's nobody within range and the ball plops safe.

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Shoaib Bashir replaces Chris Woakes as Ben Stokes shuffles his pack in search of a breakthrough.

The off-spinner brushes his back between deliveries as he bowls slightly into the breeze. Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja, as was largely the case yesterday, content to knock him into the gaps.

Plain sailing for the tourists so far this morning.

Brydon Carse, shirt untucked, bounds in with a bit of a grimace. He seemed to be carrying a bit of an injury yesterday and has had well-documented problems with his toes.

Neither Ravindra Jadeja nor Shubman Gill seem particularly troubled. It's going to take a good seed or a bit of a brain fade, perhaps, to dislodge them.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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It's interesting that Ben Stokes has gone with himself today because I think Brydon Carse was second best after Chris Woakes yesterday.

There's been a few deliveries that have been short of the length today and have been steeper but other than that it's been a road.

How often has Ravindra Jadeja rode to his side's rescue against England?!

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Shubman Gill has such a glorious cover drive and plays it with so much ease.

Shubman Gill is given a full length delivery from Chris Woakes and beautifully drives it through the covers for four. All balance, poise and elegance.

Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst

England aren't finding as much lateral movement with this second new ball compared to the first (1.4° v 1.1° combined swing and seam), but are bowling tighter, with 35% of deliveries since the change on a good line and length. The breakthrough hasn't come yet, but the foundations are there.

I faced the quickest bowler I've ever faced in Poland, by the way.

A chap called Vineet Sinha, who once won an X-Factor style search for India's next quickest bowler. He got Matt Prior out in a tour game but never quite made it to the top of the game. He was, however, lethal on an artificial pitch with a bit of concrete underneath.

India ticking along nicely here. Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja just picking off the bad ball as Ben Stokes gets through his fourth over of the day.

Gill is unbeaten on 125 and Jadeja is 61 not out.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport journalist at Edgbaston

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Ben Stokes was asked by Vithushan Ehantharajah, our colleague at Cricinfo, before the Headingley Test whether he had considered taking the new ball now he is back to full fitness and has a less-experienced bowling attack.

He looked stunned to be even asked the question but has done so today, albeit on day two.

Stokes probably swings the ball more than any of England's bowlers in this match. There has not been much this morning.

Chris Woakes is profusely apologising to his team-mates after following through to a quick single and then turning to throw down the stumps at the non-striker's end.

He misses the sticks by a mile and Ben Stokes has to set off in hot pursuit to prevent the ball going to the boundary.

Great to hear from you, Zac. Can't beat a bit of interrailing. As it happens I've played a couple of games in Warsaw and Lodz.

In fact, if you're still in Poland next week I can point you in the direction of an interesting tournament.

Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Iceland and Poland - none of whom are members of the ICC - are battling it out for the 'Euro Cup' between 10-13 July in Warsaw.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

India have had another decent partnership here and England will be wanting to get some wickets.

As Chris Woakes said yesterday, England will want to be batting as soon as possible.

A relatively calm and composed start by India so far. Nothing to suggest so far this pitch will be anything but good for batting today.

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Ravindra Jadeja has a half-century off 80 balls with a gentle push off Chris Woakes.

He acknowledges reaching fifty with that exuberant sword waving of the bat before a more orthodox saluting of the gentle ripple of applause from the crowd.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

England would absolutely take fewer than 400. If they did that they will have had a brilliant morning.

If it gets to 450, you'd understand that as there's still a few wickets to go and they'd still be in the game.