Jason Ess: About to fly to Brum from Dublin. I hope there's another DRS review now so I don't miss a ball...

Jayant is very unhappy with Root, who pulls out of his stance at the last minute. Jayant raises his arm, Root grins at him as though butter wouldn't melt, and umpire Erasmus hovers nearby. Root then makes sure Bairstow is alert with a quick single that leaves Bairstow haring up the wicket to run his bat in.

Good sign work from some India fans, incidentally...

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Shami greets Root with a bouncer that the temporary opener sways under it. Cut to the England dressing room, where everyone is sitting with arms folded and fingernails firmly in mouth. Shami isn't quite on the mark yet. He hasn't made England play enough and he's been a touch too short.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Root and Bairstow have to be there at the close, and you would think that they have to be there when England wipe out the deficit.

Nice from Bairstow, rocking back and cutting Jayant away. He and Root run three after an excellent piece of fielding from Shami, who stops the ball going over the rope by treading on it. Jayant responds with a delivery that Root turns into his pads, but short leg can't scrabble forward in time to get the ball as it pops up. 

James Clark: Safe to say nothing warms the heart more than England struggling on a dust bowl and an exaggerated amount of captain bashing!

Matt Barron: Once, just once I would like to wake up to see England have made at least 100 without losing a wicket.

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The skiddy Mohammed Shami returns, Bairstow in his sights. The shadows from the stands are just starting to encroach on the wicket, Bairstow cutting the ball away into the darkness for a couple. Shami bowls a little shorter than he has done, and Root and Bairstow are able to negotiate a few singles.

Ashwin takes a breather, with some fine figures of 2-19 from his 11 overs. It'll be Jayant Yadav to turn his arm over. Root seems a little more comfortable using his feet to him. There's a few verbals going off out there; first Ashwin, fielding at mid on, has a little chat with Bairstow, before Jayant pulls out of his delivery stride twice. Ashwin jogs over at the end of the over to pat Bairstow on the backside. The only way to apologise in cricket.

Adam Jacobs: Cook looks drained by the captaincy. He has won over doubters and developed into a fine leader, but Root should step up now.

Dan Pritchett: Cook is first English player to 10k runs. 2 Ashes wins. First tour of India win since 84. Countless records.  

Shot. Deftness from Bairstow, working a full ball from Jadeja through midwicket for a boundary. That rolled along the ground all the way, not a hint of danger. Runs aren't easy to come by at the minute.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

It's been quality cricket from India today, first with the bat and then their spin bowlers got more out of the surface than England. 

Ashwin isn't getting an outrageous amount of turn. It's the length and speeds that he mixes up so well that has caused England problems. He flights one up, trying to tempt Bairstow into a drive, but Bairstow's having none of it. These two have just under an hour to make it to stumps.

Hugh in France: Please. Please tell me that that was tongue in cheek, Glen Meskell.

DPH: If you're judging Cook on current form with the bat, then you might as well drop everybody except Bairstow.

Jadeja mixes up his speeds nicely. Bairstow greets everything with the bat. The fielders around the bat ramp up the noise every chance they get. It's all a bit fraught.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

That was the first boundary since the fifth over.

As a Yorkshirewoman myself, I highly approve of that tweet, Clayton. This is another big ask of Bairstow though. He was at the crease for 260 minutes in the first innings, then 138 overs crouched down behind the stumps. A cover drive by Root releases a tiny bit of tension, picking up England's first boundary for some time.

Clayton Hodges: Right, Yorkshire vs India it is then. Ee bah gum, let's do this, lads.

Jonny Bairstow is the next man in England's steady procession to the crease. He's got a man right under his nose at short leg. The dressing room looks a very unhappy place to be right now. Bairstow adds to their nerves with a nasty cross batted shot that bounces up in front of the stumps, but trickles away for a single.