Mark Burt: No control, no threat, not a great combination.

Leach squeezes one onto Rohit's pad, at least England think he have. They go up for an lbw appeal but ultimately decide against a review. It was far closer than the one they reviewed earlier.

That said, this one was missing too.

Good fielding from England's pirate Rory Burns prevents Pujara getting a boundary at the end of the over.

I have a story to tell you about Denis Compton but I'll save that for later in the day.

Good news. Joe Root is back on the field.

Robin Johnson: Denis Compton as Denis Compton surely?

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Moeen comes back well with a run of probing deliveries. Pujara comes down the pitch and plays with bat and pad close together.

Back in Chennai, Pujara joins the run-scoring party by clicking a full ball from Moeen over the shoulder of short leg and away for four.

This really is ominous for England.

What a player. But what about Phil Foden for Pope? England's next big thing.

Rohit hasn't slogged but he is rattling along. England need to slow the scoring.

50 for Rohitpublished at 14.4 overs

14.4 overs

A full toss from Jack Leach is smacked away for the second time in the over.

Rohit raises his bat to the sound of 15,000 delighted India fans. It has taken him just 47 balls.

England are struggling to constrain the might of Rohit. He sweeps for four and the crowd chants his name.

Uh oh. I'm sorry to report Joe Root is heading off the field. He took a little tumble fielding at mid-off in that over.

Hopefully that's nothing serious.

Absolutely Bazz. That's a certainty.

Moeen has replaced Dom Bess in this England line-up after Bess bowled a load of full tosses in the last Test. Moeen starts with one here but then gets into a good line and length. Pujara uses his feet to defend.

Bazz: Surely James Milner would be Geoffrey Boycott.

Moeen Ali is coming into the attack for the first time. This is his first Test since August 2019.

It's great to see him back.

Ind 48-1published at 13 overs

13 overs

Turn and bounce for Jack Leach and the ball takes the shoulder of Rohit Sharma's bat... Ben Stokes tries to scoop the ball up at slip but it falls short. What were we saying about the pitch?

It's a 'new' pitch, apparently.

Freddie Adam: Are they playing on the same strip as last week?? Huge footmarks and big spin 9 overs into the test, that’s mad even for India, it looks like a day 4 pitch. The BCCI must want to kill any competition between bat and ball and decide the series on who wins more tosses.

That's not the worst first hour for England given Stone got the early breakthrough but Rohit looks very ominous.

That Rohit six got the biggest roar of the day and there was even a loud cheer when the big screen showed Kohli applauding his team-mate from the dressing room.

Already Kohli looks more pumped than the previous Test. The impact of crowds being back?

That's drinks.