Postpublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 27 August 2021
And then the key moment on the stroke of lunch.
An absolute blinder of a catch by Jonny Bairstow at second slip sent KL Rahul packing. It was just rewards for England, who had bowled really well.
It leaves India 34-1 at lunch, still trailing by 320. Rohit Sharma will be joined by Cheteshwar Pujara when we get back under way at 13:40 BST. Pujara has looked seriously out of form in this series so far.