Stokes points his inked arms towards the beardy Jadeja, belting his bat against the ground like a man digging for gold. Jadeja, now reunited with his shades, whips his tweakers down a tube at bullet pace. A blink-and-you-miss-it maiden,

Spin from both ends as R Ashwin replaces Shami. In the morning session, Ashwin bowled at glacial pace and fielded like a man who has never played cricket before. Speaking of glaciers, this outfield is quicker than a sheet of ice. A Bairstow back-foot punch Usain Bolts it to the cover fence.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Spinners like bounce. There's not going to be much  on this pitch - it's going to get lower and lower.

Still Jadeja, unusually bowling without his shades. There's no great turn out there, which makes England's predicament all the more bewildering. We're close to the airport, so big bird after big bird flies overhead, making a right din. Stokes' forward defence is Fort Knox.

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James Billington: Woke up startled after a strange dream involving Andy Caddick. Checked cricket score. Wish I was still dreaming about Andy.

Rob Meech: Woke up, checked my phone in a dozy state, saw several wicket alerts, assumed they were England's. Proved correct, sadly

If you're just waking up, this is not a Christmas repeat. England lost four wickets in the morning session, three of which were horrific. Now Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes are counter-attacking, naturally. A Stokes' on-drive down the ground off Mohammed Shami is the sort of cricket stroke you could take home to meet your mother.

There are all sorts of luminous colours out there. Yellow on Stokes' pads and gloves, orange on the back of Jadeja's spikes. In the stands, it's fancy dress day. Everyone has come dressed as a plastic seat. Single down the ground for Stokes, then an edge brings Bairstow a couple. 

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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Ben Stokes is in good form. He's so balanced. He's worked hard on making sure his head is over off stump.

James, I'll reiterate my stance on a frozen windscreen. The scraper is mightier than the deicer. Streaky from Stokes, flashing at a wide one from Shami to edge between second slip and gully for four. It's all along the ground, so no hint of a chance. India move gully to third slip after the horse has bolted, with Stokes following up with a falling-off-a-log clip to the mid-wicket fence.

James Gerencser: 3 things guaranteed on winter mornings: Darkness, a frozen windscreen, and waking up to an England batting collapse.

Bat out of Hell isn't exactly a power ballad, but any excuse to play some Meat Loaf. He's the man that links Wayne's World and Fight Club. Every day is a school day. Hazy sunshine in Mohali, but not uber-warm. Lovely drive from Bairstow brings him a couple off Jadeja, followed by an even better version of the same shot to earn a boundary. 

Mohammed Shami, excellent this morning for one wicket and two dropped catches, shares duties after lunch. Beard bowls to beard as he hustles in to Bairstow, with the England keeper showing high-elbowed defence. One more for India and England could be at the point of no return.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

India's fielding has been shocking - unathletic, dropped catches. That was a run-out opportunity if he had reacted quickly.

Jadeja, the left-arm tweaker, is over the wicket to Ben Stokes with only a slip and short leg in place. Keeper Parthiv Patel has a helmet on. He's so unused to playing for India it doesn't even have a badge. Buzzers! Short single from Jonny Bairstow, throw misses everything to give England a bonus five. It might have hit Stokes' bat on the way through. England will take anything that comes.

I wonder what Jos Buttler is thinking as he sits with his mums and dads on. It's not the ideal situation to return to Test cricket, is it? Ravi Jadeja has the ball for the first time today.