Summary

  • KL Rahul 199 (311 balls); adds 161 with Nair

  • Nair (71*) dropped on 34; hits maiden Test fifty

  • Parthiv (71) & Rahul in opening stand of 152

  • Eng 477 (Moeen 146, Root 88, Dawson 66*)

  • Final Test; India lead series 3-0

Live Reporting

Jamie Lillywhite and Stephan Shemilt

  1. Here's Jamie Lillywhite. If you're lucky he might tell you how he was kept awake by a party of Paraguayans last night...

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    Tom Holt: Fawlty Gowers - David Gower opens a small hotel in a british seaside town. Hilarity ensues.

  3. Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Rashid hasn't quite managed to frustrate them enough. Rahul has played him very well, one of the shots of the day was shimmying down the wicket and working him through mid-wicket.

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    Jack Mendel: Rashid doing absolutely nothing. Getting through overs as if they're a chore. No pressure, no threat. Cook letting game meander.  

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  6. Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    If there's a surprise it is of course that Kohli got out for under 20. Broad changed it around a bit, they managed to stop him scoring and he made a mistake. It silenced the crowd, but they have been richly entertained by Rahul. It's hard to see how England are going to rip through them.

  7. Interval - Ind 256-3

    Bails removed, time for a brew. England's session, the two big wickets of Pujara and Kohli. Still, with India 256-3, you can hardly say that their cup is overflowing. Two more quick ones, though...

    India's Viary Kohli looking frustratedReuters

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    Dave Mason: Assuming Root has a bowl at some point has there been any other instance where all 4 England spinners have also got 50 or more?  

  9. Ind 249-3

    Trail by 228

    Moeen Ali is called upon for a token over before the tea break. Remember when he was England's number one spinner? Round the wicket to the pair of right-handers, every delivery greeted by an excitable grunt from Jonny Bairstow. Maybe only one over to go before the break.

  10. Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    As they used to say in a rather weak defence; 'It was alright when it left my hand,' but down came Rahul and made it into a half volley with fleet feet.

  11. Ind 246-3

    Rahul 130, Nair 12

    Lovely from Rahul, moving like man in dancing shoes to send Rashid to the cover boundary for four. When Rahul works on the leg side, Alastair Cook dives over the ball like a bridge raising to allow a ship to pass. After the pair of earlier wickets, England are back at the coal face.

    India's RahulReuters

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    Ian Davies: Good Knight Sweepheart - Nick & Heather Knight go back in time to track down an ancestor who first played the reverse sweep.

  13. Ind 239-3

    Trail by 238

    Ben Duckett is on as sub fielder, taking the number of wicketkeepers England have out there to three. Unusually, the sun dips behind a cloud as the beanpole figure of Jake Ball pads in. Rahul has to hurry we he wants a single, but Liam Dawson's throw misses. I'll be honest, it's pretty sleepy stuff.

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    Stoney: Monarch of the Glenn McGrath... After Scotland finally gain independence he is found to be next in line to the throne. Hilarious  

  15. Ind 236-3

    Trail by 241

    Rashid in the sunshine, fielders spread far and wide for ton-up KL Rahul. When Nair is on strike, the tourists return to the same post code. In the India dressing room, Virat Kohli chats with Che Pujara, explaining the he simply didn't fancy scoring any runs today and he wouldn't have got out unless he wanted to.

  16. Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Ball has a very nice high action and that one bounced more than Rahul anticipated.

  17. Ind 233-3

    Oooofff. Have some of that. Jake Ball gets a cobra to leap of out the basket, hitting Rahul on the glove, then in the ribs. That's a rare sign of life from this surface. The rest of the over is what we come to expect. Where did that come from? Just a bit of a tease, really.

    India's Rahul and England's Jake BallAP

  18. Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    There is something there for the wrist spinner but of course Mishra struggled, the lack of pace in the pitch perhaps. 

  19. Ind 232-3

    Trail by 245

    Morning. Are just waking up? This time next week it will be Christmas Day. Are you ready? How have the England players managed to do their shopping? They might be dishing out a lot of gift vouchers. Better from Rashid, length with a touch of loop, causing Rahul to nutmeg himself when he attempts a sweep.

  20. Sunil Gavaskar
    Former India captain on BBC Test Match Special

    India are still a long way behind and overtaking and piling up a big lead will be far from their minds now.