Summary

  • Kohli 43*, Karthik 18*

  • Sixth-wicket stand worth 32

  • India slip to 78-5; Broad two wickets

  • Eng 180: Curran (63) rallies from 87-7

  • Ishant 5-51, Ashwin 3-59

  • First Test of five-match series

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton and Matthew Henry

  1. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    There's going to be a real atmosphere here. An early wicket or two...

  2. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Young Sam Curran has given England more than just a hope with that knock.

  3. Joe Root leads England out onto the field.

    The hosts need 10 wickets. India need 194 runs.

    This could be a long session, with the delay for bad light earlier, while play could be extended if a result seems likely.

    Get a brew (or something stronger) and settle in. Here we go...

  4. Cheers, Matt.

    Here's the reason India will be batting after tea - Sam Curran finally falling for a fantastic 63.

    Would you open the bowling with him? Or will England stick with Stuart Broad, who has been ill during this Test?

  5. England's bowlers are warming up on the outfield.

    This should be a brilliant session. Jack Skelton is here to talk you through it.

  6. Ishant Sharma has been excellent today. Phil Tufnell compared him to Freddie Flintoff earlier - big praise indeed.

    The wicket of Stuart Broad have gave him five in the innings, his eighth Test five-for.

  7. England's lead was only 100 when Jos Buttler got out at the start of that session...

    Sam Curran lived dangerously at first...

    But he then took the attack to India and has given England something to bowl at...

  8. Is Sam Curran the most popular man in England right now? If you're going to bring up your maiden Test fifty, you may as well do it in style...

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  10. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    India will have to make history to win this Test match and will need some real magic. We saw it from Virat Kohli in the first innings, but can anybody else do it here?

    We're set up for a brilliant final session.

  11. Tea - Eng 180 all out

    India need 194 to win

    That wicket also means tea. We'll have a 20-minute break and then Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad will be roared on by the Birmingham crowd under cloudy skies.

    Early wickets are a must.

  12. Amy Lofthouse
    BBC Sport at Edgbaston

    Virat Kohli applauded a visibly gutted Sam Curran as he left the field. That's one almighty compliment.

  13. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That 63 stands out like a beacon on a foggy day.

  14. wicket

    WICKET

    Curran c Karthik b Umesh 63 (Eng 180 all out)

    Sam Curran tries to guide a single to third man but gets a thin snick to the 'keeper. He looks to the skies in disappointment but that's a fine knock. Who knows? It could win England the game. Without it they had no chance but with it England have a sniff.

    India will need 194 to win.

  15. Eng 180-9

    Not the cleanest hit but four more! Curran pulls over mid on. Two balls left in the over. The field comes up, Can Curran find a single?

  16. Eng 176-9

    "Ooooo Jimmy, Jimmy," is bellowed from the stands. Anderson joins Sam Curran. Can he stick around?

  17. Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    With the last man in, tea could be delayed.

  18. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Stuart Broad has hung around well enough to help Sam Curran but that was a beautiful ball.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Broad c Dhawan b Ishant 11 (Eng 176-9)

    Stuart Broad can't help himself. Full and swinging from Ishant Sharma and edges a drive to first slip. That's still a decent enough knock from Broad. He put on 41 with Curran.

    it's also five for Ishant and a big celebration from the Indian quick, punching the air with both fists. He's been brill.

  20. Get Involved

    Text 81111

    If Kohli is cricket's Ronaldo, does that make Curran cricket's Messi?

    Martin, Leeds