Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

That really wasn't too far away.

On another day, two yards finer and it was straight into the hands of gully!

Catch it!

A bit of width from Ben Stokes and KL Rahul slashes through point for four.

A little bit thiner and it would have been straight into the hands of an England fielder at backward point.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

They're too excited, they've gone out too early!

We're just waiting and waiting, and waiting some more.

The players and umpires are out on the field a little early and we can't get going until the official time.

Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

England are still favourites for me. But India have come in to form at the right time and the support here is unbelievable.

Ben Stokes has the ball in hand.

He's bowled well in the tournament so far. Can he find an early breakthrough?

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the Adelaide Oval

All set in the TMS box.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

Wow. That noise is quite something.

The national anthems are done.

The England team are spreading round the Adelaide Oval and KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma are making their way out to the middle.

It's almost time.

Tymal Mills
England pace bowler on BBC podcast, Good Pace for Radio

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On Suryakumar Yadav...

He's a lovely man, very friendly, very chatty. He's 32 now has been around for a while. he was our best batter throughout the comp (IPL).

We played India for three games this summer and he scored 100 at Trent Bridge. The boys still talk about it, some of the shots he played, really memorable shots. Everything just comes out of the middle of his bat.

And despite all that talk of Virat Kohli, it might be that Suryakumar Yadav is the India batter that England most need to be aware of today...

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the Adelaide Oval

As ever Virat Kohli gets the biggest cheer as the India team is read out.

From where I am sitting I can see five England flags and about 100 India.

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It's not exactly a surprise to hear that Virat Kohli will be a threat to England today, but even more so at Adelaide.

It is a ground he loves.

"I absolutely love playing on this ground," Kohli said, external. "Right from the nets at the back, as soon as I enter, it makes me feel at home."

He hit his first century in Test cricket at 23, and across all formats, the right-hander averages 75.58 at the ground.

He has hit two one-day international hundreds to add to his three in four Tests, and in two Twenty20 matches he has never been dismissed.

The 34-year-old hit a sublime 90 not out against Australia in 2016 and an unbeaten 64 against Bangladesh in the group stage of this World Cup.

England need to be wary.

Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

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Phil Salt doesn't bat number three in county cricket. He's an opener, but it's a tough call because you don't want to disrupt the openers you've already got.

I don't think Stokes should be in the top six, really. This is a day where you want at least 50 from the first six overs, do what Pakistan did yesterday.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

No Mark Wood is a huge blow.

But we saw Pakistan chase with ease yesterday. There have been good wickets here at Adelaide, there hasn't been much spin despite how many games have been played here.

England are backing their strengths and that is chasing.

Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

Chasing big totals is so difficult in a crunch game like this. But Jos knows that England's strength is in their batting, it's definitely not in their bowling.

It's like the Barcelona thinking of, "we'll just score more goals than you". So whatever India get, he's backing them to get that.

England: Jos Buttler (capt & wk), Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid.

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

India captain Rohit Sharma: "We would have batted first anyway. We've played some good cricket but this is a crunch game and it's quite important for us but it's another opportunity for us to come out and play like we have throughout the tournament and hold our nerve.

"We've played this guys a fair bit in the last few years and we do understand their strengths and weaknesses, so it is important to try and exploit that. It is important to stay calm and just try and do what we want to do as a team.

"My hand was an injury scare, but it seems absolutely fine now. The talent that we have is a tough one, but we want to keep the same team and to have the flexibility."

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the Adelaide Oval

England chasing on a used pitch? Jos Buttler did say yesterday it looks a good surface regardless.

England say it's a right hip injury which has ruled out Mark Wood, incidentally.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

I'm interested in Jos Buttler's decision there. We know it's a used pitch, but he can't be too worried about that because he's given them first use of it!