England bowled out for 178 - India need 420 to win or to bat for just over a day
Root top-scores with 40; six wickets for Ashwin
England choose not to enforce follow-on but lose Burns first ball
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Two wickets each for Leach and Anderson as India bowled out for 337
First Test, day four, Chennai
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I don't want to panic or go too extreme here, because with this pitch as soon as England get one, they could get two, three or even four quite quickly.
But, this is the fear isn't it? Do England have the quality to take 20 wickets?
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Shane O'Neill: This is really lacklustre bowling by England. Just begging to be hit around.
Need another 81 runs to avoid the follow-on
Since that first ball with the new nut it has done next to nothing for England. There hasn't been any extra bounce, there's no movement. This is a slog.
To add to the pain Ravichandran Ashwin is looking better and better with every passing over too. He picks up four more with another lovely cover drive.
Remember talk of the follow-on? We might not even have the possibility at this rate.
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Sachin Mainkar: Why does Root not bowl himself?
We've seen some lovely cricket shots in this Test, but that is right up there from Ravichandran Ashwin as he drives beautifully through the covers for his first four.
He's got four Test centuries so he's definitely capable of hurting England here.
India have added 36 runs in nine overs this morning.
Top work, Ollie. Thank you for all the incredible work you and your colleagues are doing right now, have done in the last 11 months, and will continue to do in the future.
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This is going to be an absolutely crucial period in this game now. England need to make at least two breakthroughs with this new nut.
Archer's reached 85mph in that over. Let's hope he can ramp that up.
The first ball gets a little bit of extra bounce out of the pitch and raps Washington Sundar on the glove.
England have taken the new ball.
Nine balls too late.
England are persisting with the old ball. What is going on?
Old ball or new ball that is a beautiful shot from Washington Sundar. He stands tall and on-drives Archer for another boundary. That was a lovely stroke.
I'm teetotal, Ross, so I'm probably not the best placed to answer this.
But have you got work/uni/college or whatever this morning? If you have I'd say it is probably time to swap now.
If you haven't you'll know when the time is right, I'm sure.
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Ross Gregory: At what point do you switch from the beer you were drinking watching the Super Bowl, to the coffee to accompany the cricket? Asking for a friend.
Need another 95 runs to avoid the follow-on
Well, if you went in that over, then you're wrong. Anderson decides to bowl the whole over with the old ball. Maybe he was looking for some reverse swing.
Either way, it wasn't the best over from England's GOAT. He was a bit too wide to Washington Sundar.
James Anderson is on, but he's going to start with the old ball.
For how long? One ball? Two balls? Three balls?
Take your pick and if you're right you can have a coffee.
Need another 95 runs to avoid the follow-on
Image source, BCCISundar looks like he's got a cricket brain. He's only 21, but after that boundary there is a good use of his feet to come down the track and manoeuvre a single.
The new ball is due. It seems inevitable England will take it.
Ind 283-6
Too full from Jack Leach and Washington Sundar drives from under his eyes, through the covers, for another boundary. That'll be his 50.
Two Tests and two half-centuries for Sundar. Some talent.
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Need another 100 runs to avoid the follow-on
Another full toss ends the over from Dom Bess. That may be the last we see of him for a little while with the new ball due after the next over, but England are going to need him to bowl much better than that as the day and Test progresses if they want to win this game.
Four more!
A tad short again from Dom Bess and Washington Sundar rocks onto the back foot and crunches through the covers.
That's the 50 partnership and Bess has conceded 20 runs in nine balls.