Summary

Boundaries, flying bats and dropped catches - Pant's 'box office' innings

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by Timothy Abraham, Elizabeth Botcherby & Karan Vinod

  1. IndiaGetty Images

    Shoaib Bashir will bowl the first over after lunch.

    India are 177-3. Rishabh Pant has 41 (35) and Shubman Gill has 24 (41).

    Remember, Pant was dropped on 10.

  2. The umpires are back out.

    The afternoon session is about to get under way. India lead by 357 runs with seven wickets in hand.

  3. The key moments in Rishabh Pant's innings so far...

    Zak CrawleyGetty Images
    Rishabh PantGetty Images
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    Very poor showing from England and Ben Stokes this morning. Field placings too defensive and dropped catches. Catches win matches. Needs to mix it up in the afternoon session. These two get set and it’s game over as India will take the game away from England. Stokes needs to be brave and put pressure on the Indian batsmen. The great captains know when to press and when to stick. Lot of thinking to do for Stokes this lunchtime!!!

    Damian

  5. A costly drop?

    England had a couple of chances to remove Rishabh Pant before lunch.

    A diving Chris Woakes, who had covered a lot of ground, could only get his fingertips to the ball with Pant on 31.

    However, earlier in the innings, Zak Crawley dropped this routine chance with Pant on 10...

    'What happened there?' - Pant dropped by Crawley at mid-off

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    This bowling attack will get slaughtered down under. Surely Wood, Archer and Atkinson would come in for these seamers if fit? And not sure what Bashir is offering on these sorts of wickets. Could bring Bethell in and use him and Root in tandem?

    Jamie

  7. However, since walking out in the 30th over, Rishabh Pant has been at his counter-attacking and entertaining best.

    He's already got 41 (35), including five fours and two sixes. Shubman Gill has 24 (41).

    'He's not keeping quiet today!' - Pant hits 10 off two Tongue deliveries

    'What an extraordinary shot!' - Pant sends Tongue for six again

    'He threw it for six!' - Pant sends his bat sailing into the air

  8. England did pick up two wickets.

    Karun Nair (26 off 46) was caught behind by Jamie Smith off the bowling of Brydon Carse before Josh Tongue bowled KL Rahul for 55 (84).

    Nair caught behind off Carse for early England breakthrough

    'Absolutely cleaned him up' - Tongue bowls Rahul for 55

  9. It's been another good session for India.

    They started day four on 64-1 and have pushed their lead above 350 by lunch, with KL Rahul scoring a half-century.

    Rahul brings up 50

  10. Italy eye first World Cup

    Joe Burns and Italy's players at a sub-regional qualifying tournament.Morris Paganotti

    Here's an interesting tale. Could Italy be headed to their first T20 World Cup?

    Former Australia batter Joe Burns is captaining the Azzurri in a European qualifying tournament in the Netherlands which starts today.

    The top two sides qualify for the event in India and Sri Lanka next year and Burns, who played 23 Tests for Australia, reckons the Italians "got the team" to make it.

    BBC Sport has caught up with Burns to hear about Italy's chances and what is driving him to play for them at the age of 35.

    Here's some lunchtime reading....

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  12. England Women keep T20 series alive

    This isn't the only series between England and India taking place this summer.

    On Friday night, England Women beat India by five runs at The Oval to keep their five-match T20 series alive. India lead the series 2-1.

    You can read Ffion Wynne's report here.

    Final-ball wicket helps England keep India T20 series alive

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  14. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist at Edgbaston

    Ben Stokes has just waited for each of his teammates, the last of them being Ben Duckett who was fielding in the deep, to give them a high five by the boundary before leaving the field.

    It looked a clear attempt to keep spirits up. England looked tired at times there.

  15. Thanks Tim.

    I think Rishabh Pant has made Tim's week after he complained yesterday that I was getting all of the good action.

  16. Surely even the most die-hard England supporter watching at Edgbaston wouldn't mind another 30 minutes or so of Rishabh Pant after lunch?

    I'm going to hunt down a sandwich so will leave you in the capable hands of Elizabeth Botcherby, who will talk you through the interval and beyond.

  17. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    India are in total control. England have done well, they have created half chances and now you've seen with Rishabh Pant and those two dropped chances but once he's in, he is so hard to get out.

  18. India 177-3 at lunch

    India reach the lunch break with a lead of 357.

    If anything sums up the joyous unbridled chaos since Rishabh Pant arrived at the crease it is in this clip.

    'He threw it for six!' - Pant sends his bat sailing into the air

  19. Ind 175-3

    Our colleague Karan has just said that Rishabh Pant was heard on the stump mic telling Shubman Gill that he was very tempted to slog a Shoaib Bashir delivery in the last over but resisted it.

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    Looking forward to the Ashes with a weak Aussie batting line-up and very strong bowling against England's very weak bowling line-up and decent batting. No score draw?

    Mark in West Oz