Summary

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

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by Timothy Abraham, Elizabeth Botcherby & Karan Vinod

  1. Ind 376-4

    Lead by 566

    If you are wondering why India have not declared yet then scroll down and read Steven Finn's observations. It's all about having two bites with the new ball this evening and then again in the morning.

    Of course, if weather interrupts things tomorrow then India will leave themselves less time to bowl England out.

    Three runs off Shoaib Bashir's over.

  2. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Gill reaches his third Test century in four innings

    Shubman Gill is only the fifth player to have 400 runs in one Test. The others being - Brian Lara, Graham Gooch, Kumar Sangakkara, and Mark Taylor.

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    I know chasing down big totals with lots of boundaries is fun, but if we persist we've these pitches we might as well just wheel out bowling machines instead of players.

    Dom

    This England dog's dinner of a bowling unit is crying out for Tuffers at his peak.

    Rich in Worcester

  4. 6 runs

    Ind 381-4

    Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja knock Shoaib Bashir into the gaps but pick up just one run off the bat from the over. First two balls of Joe Root's next over and Shubman Gill twice heaves him into the stands for sixes.

    India's lead is 561 now.

    Gill hits Root for back-to-back sixes

  5. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What you are doing in this situation is looking at India's dressing room to see who has their whites on and if you see the bowlers with their whites on then the declaration is coming soon. But if you see them with their flip flops on, then the punishment is continuing.

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    India showing their class. Great batting from Shubman Gill, leading from the front and deserves man of the match despite Jamie Smith's heroics.

    Anon

  7. Ind 367-4

    Joe Root completes another over. India continue to rack up the runs. On we go.

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    Let's face it England have been largely outplayed over the two Tests, winning the first one due to India's lapses in concentration. A major rethink is needed for the third Test.

    George in Glasgow

  9. Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    India's total for the series now is 1780 runs and that is the most a team has ever scored in the first two Tests in a series anywhere.

  10. 50 runs

    Half-century for Jadeja

    Jadeja hits Root for four to reach half-century

    Ravindra Jadeja cuts Joe Root behind square for four. He has a half-century off 94 balls.

  11. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There are still 27 overs left from the end of this over and even with the two overs that you lose. It kind of makes sense for them to bat on, the pitch isn't deteriorating enough for it to spin. The new ball and the second new ball is the most critical aspect of this Test.

    If India were to declare with 15 overs - that is one new ball stint, your bowlers rest up and freshen over night and you come back tomorrow morning with similar condition and you have another attempt with a 15-over ball - that is your second bite and you are giving yourself another chance with the second new ball later tomorrow.

  12. Ind 358-4

    Shoaib Bashir wheels away

    Ravindra Jadeja moves to 47 by cutting Bashir behind square for four.

    Bashir's one wicket has now cost 101 runs.

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    Having been an avid fan and watcher of Test cricket from the 70s to current day, I have watched and admired some true greats of the game from various countries. I now truly believe I am watching a modern day great in Shubman Gill. He is making batting look ridiculously easy!

    Anon

  14. Ind 351-4

    Chris Woakes wisely withdrawn from the attack after being tapped. Joe Root into the attack for England. I say 'attack' in the loosest sense of the word, but given he's bowling wide outside off stump in a defensive way.

    Everybody waiting for when this declaration will come.

  15. Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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    This hour until the declaration is going to feel slow but then the game is going to heat up.

  16. Ind 347-4

    I think the amount of overs England's bowlers have sent down means their attack has to be refreshed to some degree for the next Test at Lord's which starts on Thursday.

    Umpire Chris Gaffney has just given the left-handed Ravindra Jadeja a ticking off for running up the pitch again during Shoaib Bashir's last over.

  17. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I thought India's target of 520 was reasonable but they got there an hour earlier.

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    When was the last time England or anyone changed an entire bowling attack from one match to the next? Dawson, Overton, Atkinson, and Archer for the next Test please!

    Aidan in Derby

  19. Ind 341-4

    TV pictures have cut to the India dressing room where Mohammed Siraj is with Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant rummaging around in a box of Dukes balls, picking the cherry they want for when the declaration does come.

  20. Ind 339-4

    Shoaib Bashir emerges from the remainder of his over relatively unscathed.

    England still working hard in the field, putting their bodies on the line as Chris Woakes attempts to keep it wicket to wicket.