Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst

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Ollie Pope is averaging 56 with the bat this year in Tests, his highest figure in a calendar year.

Ollie Pope takes nine runs from Mohammed Siraj's over to move to 41.

A pair of twos and then a tidy drive past cover for four, followed by a single through mid-wicket to retain the strike.

Tim: We are witnessing greatness before our eyes, Joe Root is a master at work.

Andy: Sir Joe Root soon surely?

Graham: At what point does he become Sir/Lord Joseph Root of Yorkshire?

A change in the over before drinks as Anshul Kamboj comes into attack to replace Jasprit Bumrah.

The debutant had figures of 1-48 from 10 overs yesterday.

His first over goes for five runs, with a pair of twos for Root and a no ball.

England have scored 41 runs from 13 overs in the first hour of the day.

Kevin: Greatest batsman this country has ever produced, now for Ponting and Sachin please, Joe!

Prakash Wakankar
BBC Test Match Special commentator

Only Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar are ahead of Joe Root in terms of most runs in Test cricket and I am sure Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis would be pleased that they've been passed by a player like Root.

Up the rankings Joe Root goes!

Ollie Pope takes a fourth-ball single off Mohammed Siraj to bring his batting partner on strike, and Root immediately knocks the ball into the covers to take the single he required to move past Jacques Kallis and take third in the all-time Test run-scorers list.

Root now has 13,290 Test runs, he needs 120 in this innings to pass Ricky Ponting in second place.

Lovely little back foot punch from Joe Root, sending Jasprit Bumrah's delivery out through backward point for four.

That takes him level with Rahul Dravid on the all-time Test run-scorers list and a further single through third takes him past the Indian legend and puts him level with Jacques Kallis.

One more single from Ollie Pope through backward square means England now trail India by fewer than 100 runs.

The words of the BBC Sport online wicketkeeper there.

When he bothers to turn up, that is.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter at Old Trafford

Just on that Root run-out chance. Why do fielders/bowlers/keepers never get to the stumps? The increased amount of direct hits has taken that out of the game.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Shubman Gill is only four games into his captaincy but you could make the case that the selection is very safe primarily because of not playing Kuldeep Yadav but that is also down the management and not just the captain.

Another low delivery!

This pitch has seemingly become quite variable, and Mohammed Siraj finishes his over by getting another ball to pass the shins of a stumbling Ollie Pope.

Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician

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Jasprit Bumrah's average speed in this innings is 83.9mph and that is his slowest in a Test innings since February 2021.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

I've been watching Bumrah's pace and it's not up to 88mph. I don't know if it's because of fatigue or if he's not got his rhythm. But this is a pitch where they should be looking to make serious inroads.

Pulled away!

Ollie Pope gets on top of Jasprit Bumrah's delivery and sends it away to the boundary behind square.

250 up for England.

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport journalist at Old Trafford

There's a England flag on the newer of the two hotels here with the word 'Derbados' written on it.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

It is the kind of pitch India really should fancy, a little bit of low bounce, and sometimes it bounces really high. England have to bat the day and they are going to get another 300, aren't they? And that is pretty much the series done.

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Close to a run-out!

Joe Root faces five dot balls from Mohammed Siraj then sees the final delivery of the over spit up off the pitch and fly off his bat towards gully.

Ollie Pope calls his partner through for a run and makes it three-quarters of the way down the pitch, but Root hesitates and Ravindra Jadeja swoops down on the ball and fires at the non-striker's stumps.

His rapid throw is some way wide of the stumps, but Root would have been out by miles if there'd been a direct hit.

That's the fifty partnership from 97 balls.

Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst

Joe Root now has 1000 runs at Old Trafford in Test cricket at an average of 66.66. No player has more Test runs on this ground. Only at Lord’s has he scored more runs (2166)