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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent
Quite exhausting watching this: there’s something happening every ball. Bairstow is ticking.
Summary
Root's composed century helps England recover from 112-5 at lunch
Root and Foakes (47) put on 113 for sixth wicket
Pitch offering unpredictable bounce and movement
Debutant Deep takes three wickets in first hour of Test
England win toss; Day one, fourth Test, Ranchi; India lead five-match series 2-1
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Eng 100-3published at 20 overs
Bairstow 33, Root 12
Yep, he's in the mood.
Ravichandran Ashwin is into the attack for the first time, and Jonny Bairstow greets him with a slog-sweep for six!
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Media caption, India v England fourth Test: Ben Stokes bowls in the nets ahead of game in Ranchi
Stokes can have a fun few overs bowling on this, and ease back in with a five-fer.
John, on the night shift
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Michael Vaughan
Former England captainIt’s very early days but this kind of pitch brings England into the game - Anderson & Robinson will hit the cracks.
Eng 89-3published at 19 overs
Ah, the Joe Root special.
He guides Jadeja for four off the back foot with exquisite timing.
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinnerJonny Bairstow is a dangerous man when he has a point to prove.
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Alex Capel: YJB 100 incoming…
Eng 83-3published at 18 overs
Hello!
Bairstow responds with an almighty bottom-handed thump down the ground for four, and follows it with a more classical cover drive for the same result.
Lovely.
Eng 75-3published at 17.4 overs
The skipper Rohit Sharma misfields, and gifts Jonny Bairstow two bonus runs.
I don't think I'd like to misfield off Siraj. He looks raging.
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Image source, Getty ImagesI'm up Matt, because of Bazball. I believe!
Alan, Bristol
Listening from Luang Prabang in Laos. 34 degrees here currently, sat with a beer in hand. Come on England!
Gus
Eng 71-3published at 17 overs
Ravi Jadeja zips through a maiden.
Sensible.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondentInteresting that both teams have gone spin heavy in their attacks. Looks as if pace bowlers will be increasingly awkward with uneven bounce.
Eng 71-3published at 16 overs
Oh, and he follows it with a huge swing that he luckily edges on to his pads.
Siraj has his hands on his head.
Steady on, Jonny.
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Michael Vaughan
Former England captain
Image source, Getty ImagesJonny's eyes are on here... he is on a mission!
Eng 71-3published at 15.1 overs
Mohmmed Siraj is back, replacing Akash Deep whose debut spell in Test cricket ends with 3-24 to his name from seven overs.
Bairstow is batting out of his crease to combat the movement, and gets four from the first ball with a controlled slice to deep point.
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Michael Vaughan
Former England captainI don’t think we will be here on day five!
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinnerThat's just ragged from straight to Jonny Bairstow from Jadeja. At pace, with a bit of bounce. Good luck having a bat on this, but England have to remain strong here.
Eng 67-3published at 15 overs
Turn and bounce from Jadeja, who rips one past Bairstow's outside edge.
Day one!
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Michael Vaughan
Former England captainJonny's bottom hand is grabbing hold of the bat hard. He has to be careful he doesn’t go so hard and lose his shape.
Eng 64-3published at 14 overs
India found themselves three down early in Rajkot, but managed to dig themselves out of a hole with Rohit Sharma and Jadeja's brilliance.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow need to use all their experience to do the same here. This will certainly be a test of the England approach that has gained so much attention since the third Test defeat.