Ben Jones
CricViz analyst

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That is Ollie Pope's first successful review as England captain. He'd previously had 14 reviews that weren't overturned.

Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

That was the fuller length and Yashasvi Jaiswal was just nowhere.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

What a good review that is from Ollie Pope. He looks very happy.

Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special

Ollie Pope has not had a lot of luck with his reviews as captain. It's close.

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Here's a first job for Ollie Pope. He had a terrible record with reviews last summer but has gone for one here.

If Jasiwal hasn't hit this then he's in trouble.

That amount cricket has played it's part in this series finale taking place between two much-changed teams. Chris Woakes, to his credit, has played in every match. He must be creaking.

Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician

There have been 391 overs per match played so far in this series. The Ashes series two years ago was 309 overs per match and 326 against India in 2021.

So there has been a lot more cricket played in this series than those previously.

Cheer up, Graham. It's not even midday.

KL Rahul clips Chris Woakes for the first boundary of the day.

Gus Atkinson's only matches since his injury have been a game in club cricket and one for Surrey Seconds. Despite that, this is an encouraging start with the final ball testing Yashasvi Jaiswal's angles like a GCSE maths paper.

Gus Atkinson is going to share the new ball. We haven't seen him since the Test against Zimbabwe in May because of a hamstring injury.

His first delivery climbs nicely into the gloves of Jamie Smith.

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The stand-in captaincy hasn't gone to Ollie Pope's head yet. He's put himself at short leg under the helmet.

Chris Woakes beats Yashasvi Jaiswal's edge with his final delivery. Groans from the crowd.

Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special

You get the feeling there's a bit on this game and for the future. If India draw 2-2 then it's not bad, and if England win then they go to Australia full of confidence.

Seconded.

Chris Woakes has made a gentle start. A touch too short.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket reporter at The Oval

That's a strange India team. They have essentially replaced Rishabh Pant with two players: Dhruv Jurel for the keeping and Karun Nair for the batting. Given they need to take 20 wickets to level the series, lengthening the batting seems quite defensive. Washington scored a century in the last Test, and is down to bat eight. Do they really need Nair? England have four seamers, India three. England have no spinners, India two.

Anthems done. The players are ready.

Chris Woakes has the new ball in hand...

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

The toss does feel quite important today. It's grey, it's humid, it's overcast. And speaking to the ground staff, it does feel like it's going to do something.

There was a lot made of England's preference to bowl first earlier in the series. This one was a no-brainer.

That said, Surrey did score 820-9 in the most recent County Championship match here.

Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician

In the last 22 times there has been a first-class matches here, the toss winning captain has elected to bowl.