Gambhir & Vijay survive 23 overs until the close
Stokes makes 128 after being dropped twice
Root 124, Moeen 117, Bairstow 46
First Test in five-match series, Rajkot
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Stokes 104, Ansari 6
I wonder if we might see some Ben Stokes fireworks now he has reached three figures? After numerous dives for his ground, he's got a smear of brown dirt on the front of his shirt as he waits for Ravichandran Ashwin. He gives himself room, exposing the stumps, but can't pierce the field.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
Forget the all-rounder tag, Ben Stokes is a fine batsman in his own right He can play.
Eng 478-8
Image source, ReutersOn yes! Ben Stokes rocks back and hammers Ravi Jadeja through the covers for four to bring up his fourth Test hundred. The last time he played against India, he got three ducks, now he has a ton. There's been luck - three times he could have been caught - but there have also been some lovely straight drives and brutal strikes through the leg side. He removes his helmet and waves to the England balcony. It's quiet in the ground, though. The home fans aren't sharing this moment.
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
England have only had three hundreds in an innings once before in Asia, against India in 1961., external
This times Stokes decides that discretion is the better part of valour, prodding Ashwin for a sedate single on the off side. He will have the strike on 99...
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
Ben Stokes won't be poking around at Jadeja's tiddly left-arm spin once he gets to his hundred!
Eng 472-8
Ben Stokes! He looks to get there with a big shot, only gets a leading edge and is lucky to see the ball dink over the covers. Stokes closes his eyes in frustration, but remains. 98 not out...
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Stokes 97, Ansari 3
I'm looking again at the chap who has his entire torso painted in the India flag, with Pujara on his belly. Does he do that every day? I mean, you wouldn't go to bed like that, would you? Does he need some help getting the paint on? It must be tricky getting around the back. Ansari is doing his bit for Stokes, defending Jadeja, getting a couple via an overthrow. Stokes will have the strike on 97...
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Jonathan France: Judging by how Ansari went in Bangladesh, England need 500 just for his expensive bowling!
Image source, ReutersIndia will test Stokes' patience, recalling Ravi Ashwin to the attack. Is Stokes up for waiting? A reverse sweep suggests not, but it still brings him a single off an edge. Slip and silly point, cat and mouse. How are you going to get to a century, Ben?
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Stokes 96, Ansari 0
Stokes looks like a man who might get to a century in singles. Defend, defend, defend against Jadeja, then nudge a comfortable one through mid-on. Four more needed. Ansari holds up his end of the bargain.
Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
If I was England captain, I'd be tempted to tell Rashid he's batting at 10 behind Ansari in the second innings after that shot.
England have lost three wickets for 23 runs. Any thoughts of a score well in excess of 500 may have to tempered for now. Zafar Ansari is the new man - number 10 very low for a man who averages 30 in Test cricket (the question of if Ansari is the best option to bowl spin and bat 10 in this side is a different conversation entirely).
Stokes! Single pinched to mid-off, Ashwin throws. Stokes dives and may well have been toast, but the shy flashes by.
Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
It wasn't a great dismissal. He played five dot balls and then goes for a lofted clip into the leg side. It's a soft dismissal. He could have just played out a maiden, knowing Stokes is bristling at the other end.
Rashid c Yadav b Jadeja 5 (Eng 465-8)
Image source, ReutersAdil Rashid, this is awful. You have Ben Stokes at the other end hunting a century, the chance to put India on the barbecue, and you play this shambolic stroke. Is it a flick? A clip? What exactly is he trying to do? Working against the spin of Ravi Jadeja, he presents a simple catch to mid-on. Not the work of a man who has 10 first-class hundreds.
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Stokes 94, Rashid 5
That's the third time that Stokes has had a life today, following two drops in successive overs by keeper Wriddhiman Saha. He lives on, his quest for a fourth Test ton underpinning England's glut of more than 150 runs already today. Shami comes round the wicket to the left-hander, firing in a yorker than has Stokes dancing like a cowboy who has just had a bullet fired at his feet. Dug out, two taken.
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LancLad: Another 100 or so runs and then a Broad Special Spell to celebrate 100 caps, that would make work bearable, please.
Sachin Mainkar: Since 2012, Ashwin has destroyed visiting oppositions to India, AUS and NZ and SA. This test he has seen quite the opposite.