Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Gautam Gambhir is one England will be disappointed not to see - they get him out quite cheaply. But good to see the young lad, KL Rahul. He plays his shots. 

For the first time since August, Jimmy opens up the bowling for England. His second ball is angled down leg and Vijay gives it a helping tickle down to the boundary. Anderson's radar is a little off. There's a mix of nice, off-stump deliveries and some not so nice leg-side stuff that Vijay works away for a couple.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It's a lovely stadium, we are right on the Bay of Bengal. I haven't been surfing yet.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

It's a day where England will have to take every single chance. Everything will have to go their way today. 

England huddle and Cook delivers a brief pep talk before the players go charging up to the wicket. They're followed by Vijay and KL Rahul, who has recovered from a hamstring injury.

Joe Root and Virat Kohli are making their 50th Test appearances for England and India. Head to head, there's not much between them...

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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

England have won most of their recent Test matches in India when they've bowled first. I'm looking for crumbs of comfort. They have got to bowl India out today for a manageable total. You feel if they get over 300 that that's not a manageable total. 

Both sets of players are out for the national anthems. There are 10,000 school children inside the stadium today and they're making their presence known.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Having strolled on to the surface, it certainly looks like a good toss for India to win. It's very dry and will certainly spin, probably today and certainly by day four. It looks like it will crumble. I was amazed by the pitch in Rajkot. 

England have got confidence and are playing nicely but this is a bigger challenge. There will be a result - I don't see it going five days and being a draw.

Another week, another Test debut for an Indian ground. After Rajkot made its Test bow by hosting the opening match of the series, so Visakhapatnam - also known as Vizag - stages its first Test this week.

The wonderfully named Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium - in the state of Andhra Pradesh on India's east coast - has staged six one-day internationals and one Twenty20.

It will not have escaped England's attention that in the most recent ODI at the ground in October, India bowled New Zealand out for 79, external as leg-spinner Amit Mishra claimed 5-18.

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Here's a look at that pitch from yesterday. Get ready for England batting last on this beauty...

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Carl Carritt: Now we'll see how competitive England are, batting second on a pitch that will crumble...

England: Alastair Cook (capt), Haseeb Hameed, Joe Root, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Adil Rashid, Zafar Ansari, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

India: Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Jayant Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami.

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Rod Tucker.

TV umpire: Chris Gaffaney; Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle.

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England captain Alastair Cook on James Anderson's return in place of Chris Woakes: "It's part of the rotation policy - Chris Woakes has bowled a lot of overs and Jimmy is as ready as he can be without any match practice. It's great to have him back."

England captain Alastair Cook on losing the toss: "It looks like a crucial toss to win. We have now nothing to lose. There's a lot of pressure on India on this kind of wicket in their home conditions on a turning track. If we can get a result here it would be a great start for us.

"This looks like it will turn. It's going to be a result wicket. There's a little but of tackiness there this morning and we need to restrict India to a manageable total."

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India captain Virat Kohli: "It looks like a pretty decent pitch to bat on first up, and then there will be a little bit of turn later in the day or on the second day. Rajkot was pretty good to bat on but this will be much more challenging."

So, James Anderson returns for England, which is tough on Chris Woakes. Woakes had a minor knee niggle yesterday and, with a lot of cricket coming up, it's the most sensible decision to rest him.  

For India, KH Rahul slots back in at the top of the order in place of Gambhir, while all-rounder Jayant Yadav makes his Test debut.