Summary

  • England slip to 52-3 - Malan 26*

  • Root 21 - bowled by Umesh beauty

  • Bumrah removes Burns & Hameed

  • India 191: Thakur 57 (36), Kohli 50

  • Recalled Woakes 4-55, Robinson 3-38

  • Thakur counter-attacks from 127-7

  • England drop four catches

  • Fourth Test, Kia Oval; Eng won toss

  • Five-Test series level at 1-1

  1. Ind 39-3published at 20 overs

    Kohli 5, Jadeja 0

    Jadeja has scores of 56, 40, 30, four and three in this series - decent enough I guess - but this still seems like a big call from India. From number seven to number five is a big jump.

  2. Postpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    When you put the opposition in to bat, it's sometimes difficult to know whether you made the right decision. But three wickets before lunch, you'd usually say that it's justified.

  3. Postpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Now then. Ravindra Jadeja has been promoted above both Rahane and Pant to number five!

  4. Postpublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Pujara lingered there for a bit, he didn't want to go. The umpire was playing cat and mouse with him I think, asking are you going to walk? And when he didn't, the finger went up.

    It zipped through nicely from Anderson, just a bit of movement away.

  5. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 19.4 overs

    Pujara c Bairstow b Anderson 4 (Ind 39-3)

    Nervous, Moe? Anderson strikes! It's an absolute beauty from England's greatest who finds movement off the pitch to take Cheteshwar Pujara's edge. It took a long while for the finger to go up but eventually - and correctly - it did.

  6. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

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    If England bowl India out for less than 100, I will get a tattoo saying 'England' on my forehead.

    Moe

  7. Ind 38-2published at 19 overs

    Overton has his collar turned up as he bounds in. He continues the tight stuff with yet another maiden but not a massively threatening one.

    Back to Anderson v Kohli.

  8. Postpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Test Match Special

    A beautiful shot and very wristy from Virat Kohli to get off the mark.

  9. Ind 38-2published at 18 overs

    Oh but now Kohli's away. A straight drive with a hint of a wristy flick. Anderson doesn't even turn to watch the ball reach the boundary as he stomps off to his fielding position.

    It's time for Craig Overton for the first time today.

  10. Ind 34-2published at 17.5 overs

    Kohli drives straight to the fielder. He's still yet to score after 12 deliveries.

  11. Ind 34-2published at 17.4 overs

    The crowd gets excited as Anderson swings one into Kohli's thigh. There's no appeal from the England players.

    Short leg is in.

  12. Postpublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Jimmy Anderson, below is best earlier, is back to resume his Kohli duel.

  13. Postpublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Chris Woakes has had one county 2nd XI game in a year, essentially. But he's come back in like he has never been away. It's something the modern bowler is so good at doing. They can just slot back in.

  14. Ind 34-2published at 17 overs

    Pujara 4, Kohli 0

    You guessed it. Another maiden from Woakes. It's like he's never been away.

    I've sold my flat since I was last sat in this Test live-texter's chair. Anyone else got any news?

  15. Postpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Test Match Special

    Cheteshwar Pujara appears to be taking his mindset from the last Test into this game. He is looking a lot more proactive and not been too many dead bat defensive shots. He's looking for the gaps even though he hasn't found them just yet.

  16. Ind 34-2published at 16 overs

    Pujara 4, Kohli 0

    The slips look like they're performing some sort of school disco dance as they all put their hands on heads in unison when Kohli plays one a little awkwardly.

    Simon Mann reminds us that it's 51 international innings without a ton for Virat. You'd normally back him to rack up a handful in that time.

  17. Postpublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Test Match Special

    I wonder if we will see Moeen Ali a little earlier than you would normally expect. I looked at the pitch earlier today and I think there is definitely something in it for the spinners. I'd give him three overs before lunch.

  18. Ind 32-2published at 15 overs

    Pujara 4, Kohli 0

    Pujara heads back into his shell after that boundary with no runs coming from the rest of the over.

    Robinson is going to bowl an eighth over on the spin.

  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 2 September 2021

    #bbccricket

    Rachel T: India are making progress. Kohli is out to bat 50 mins later than at Headingley!

    Peter Watson: Everyone keeps talking about Pujara being out of form. He's India's third-highest run-scorer this series after the openers. Kohli, Rahane and Pant should be more concerned.

  20. Ind 32-2published at 14.1 overs

    Woakes bowls his first bad ball of the day and Pujara gleefully flicks away a boundary to end a run of 44 minutes without a run.