Summary

  • Duckett hits sublime unbeaten 133 as England close on 207-2, trailing by 238

  • Pope trapped lbw on review by Siraj for 39

  • Ashwin dismisses Crawley to reach 500 Test wickets

  • India 445: Rohit 131, Jadeja 112, Sarfaraz 62; Wood 4-114

  • Third Test, day two, Rajkot - series level at 1-1

  1. Postpublished at 04:17 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    That's the perfect start for England with little energy wasted on the nightwatchman. Enter another debutant...

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    WICKETpublished at 89.4 overs

    Kuldeep c Foakes b Anderson 4 (Ind 331-6)

    That's one more down!

    Anderson finds the edge of Kuldeep Yadav's bat - a little prod to a ball that angled in from around the wicket. It's an easy take for Ben Foakes, who throws the ball up in the air in celebration.

    In comes debutant Dhruv Jurel.

  3. Postpublished at 04:13 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    This is a really important morning session for both teams. India need to get well beyond 400 and will want the nightwatchman Kuldeep to hang around as long as possible.

  4. Ind 330-5published at 89 overs

    Kuldeep sees out a Joe Root maiden, delivered with much encouragement from a cadre behind the stumps that now includes Jonny Bairstow at second slip.

    He's pretty close and fielding on his knees - no helmet though.

  5. Ind 330-5published at 88 overs

    James Anderson takes the ball at the other end - it's just four overs old with England taking the new cherry just before the close yesterday.

    Ben Foakes offers a half-hearted appeal behind the stumps, but it's clear the ball clipped Jadeja's thigh pad on the way through.

    Just a couple of singles from the over.

  6. Postpublished at 04:05 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Rajkot

    Last night, after play, India coach Rahul Dravid and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin were out there having a long look at the pitch. Yesterday, it offered a little for the bowlers before flattening out. It's a cool morning again, so England will be hoping for a touch of moisture to help along that second new ball.

  7. Ind 328-5published at 87 overs

    Touch of turn and bounce for Root. Kuldeep Yadav guides him past slip for two, the only runs of the over.

    A group of England fans belt out Jerusalem - if there's anything like the same number of school children in the ground as yesterday then they'll have their work cut out making themselves heard, but they appear to be unrivalled at present.

  8. Postpublished at 04:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

    The teams are out on the field in Rajkot, so if you're planning to make a dash to the kitchen, do it now.

    Joe Root is going to open the bowling for England.

  9. Postpublished at 03:54 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

    It was Wood that took two of England's three wickets in the first hour of day one, seeing the in-form Yashasvi Jaiswal caught in the slips before drawing another edge from Shubman Gill to have him caught behind.

    He then popped up in the evening session to remove centurion Rohit Sharma, and ran out debutant Sarfaraz Khan with an impressive direct hit.

    Can he have similar impact today?

  10. Postpublished at 03:52 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

    England seamer Mark Wood talking on TNT Sport: "You have to work hard, put in some toil and then suddenly there's a ball that gives you some interest.

    "I think the outfield is quick and green, same with the square. You haven't got those bare patches, the wicket is quite hard, maybe that helped with the reverse swing.

    "Yesterday was hot, especially the middle session. We're a team that thinks about taking wicket, sometimes the game is slow, but we're not being slow deliberately - we're tactically trying to think about taking these guys out."

  11. Postpublished at 03:45 Greenwich Mean Time 16 February

    India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja raises his bat in celebrationImage source, Getty Images

    Now then.

    It might be too early to say England's prospects in this Test rest on the fate of one man, but Ravindra Jadeja returns to his home ground on day two of this Test on 110*.

    Take his wicket, and Ben Stokes's side may still fancy their chances of restricting India to a decent total.

    Fail to do so and the hosts may be set for a gigantic first innings in Rajkot.

    England took three early wickets on day one, let's see if they can repeat that this morning.