England need 210 to win with one wicket in hand
It must be agonising to walk off the field with only a wicket left to snare. Once again, England’s middle and lower order show fight, something that their top-order have not come close to doing throughout the series. Bumrah was outstanding. Some of his deliveries with the new ball would have made Waqar Younis proud. There were enough chances in the last hour of the day’s play for India to walk away with a win.

England live to fight another day. What if it starts raining tomorrow?

STUMPS: ENGLAND 311/9 in 102 Overs (Rashid 30, Anderson 8)
Rashid and Anderson survive and Bumrah walks off the field to cheers from the Indian fans who have turned up. Anderson managed to get off strike in the third ball of the over. Rashid survived the last three balls – all three of them were pitched wide outside off stump.

Bumrah to bowl the last over the last over of the day’s play.

ENGLAND 310/9 in 101 Overs (Rashid 30, Anderson 7)
Review! Not out. India take it after umpire Gaffney rules out a leg-before shout. There were over-throws from India that added four more runs to the total. Ashwin, bowling with two slips, had Rashid in plenty of trouble with his wrong ‘uns.

ENGLAND 305/9 in 100 Overs (Rashid 30, Anderson 6)
Rashid continues to swing across the line and get runs. Huge cheers go across the ground as England go past 300. Anderson managed to join the boundary-hitting fun too.

WICKET! S Broad c Rahul b Broad 20 (29), ENGLAND 291/9 in 96.1 Overs
Broad gets squared up and this time, the umpire doesn’t go upstairs. It’s a simple catch to Rahul, who picks up his seventh of the game. Bumrah picks up his second five-wicket haul in four Tests.

ENGLAND 291/8 in 96 Overs (Rashid 22, Broad 20)
Rashid and Broad bring up their fifty-run stand. It has just taken them 58 balls to get there. There is a lot of chatter behind the stumps when Broad takes strike. The final session has been extended by half an hour. It’s Broad who has been doing all the run-scoring in the past few overs.

ENGLAND 287/8 in 94 Overs (Rashid 22, Broad 17)
The scoreboard is ticking. Kohli brought on Ashwin and he nearly snared Rashid with an arm ball that got vicious turn off a back of a length.

This is quite a landmark. Broad joins an elite brand of players:

ENGLAND 282/8 in 92 Overs (Rashid 22, Broad 13)
Broad is not hanging back either and pulls Ishant Sharma in style to bring up a couple of boundaries from the over. Ten came of it as these two tailenders delay the inevitable.

ENGLAND 272/8 in 91 Overs (Rashid 22, Broad 3)
Dropped! Shami is the bowler and it’s Kohli at slips who is the culprit. It came at a catch-able height but the Indian skipper grassed it. Rashid is living a charmed life.

ENGLAND 265/8 in 89 Overs (Rashid 17, Broad 2)
SIX! That was preceded by a boundary. Bumrah continues to try to bounce the batsmen out and gets the treatment from Rashid, who has decided that he will not hang back.

ENGLAND 254/8 in 88 Overs (Rashid 6, Broad 2)
Pandya continues to shape it nicely against the left-hander. Broad fished outside off twice and was lucky to not get an edge. The new ball is putting the English in all kinds of bother.

England 254/8 in 87 overs
Bumrah then peppers Rashid with Short deliveries but the England leggie was upto the task, adding six more runs to the total. A dejected Bumrah is consoled by Rahane.

NO BALL! Would you believe it? Rashid had nicked the ball to Kohli at third slip. Indians were in a huddle when umpire Gaffaney went upstairs. Replays showed that Bumrah’s landing foot was a couple of centimeters on the line. Some part of the foot has to be behind the line, remember.

The magic of perspectives

WICKET! B Stokes c Rahul b Pandya 62 (187), ENGLAND 241/8 in 85.5 Overs
There goes the big one and the Mumbai Indians boys are having quite a party here. After defending superbly all day, Stokes uses hard hands at a Pandya delivery that came back in. Rahul, yet again, makes no mistake. Indians are smelling blood.

WICKET! C Woakes c Pant b Bumrah 4(3), ENGLAND 241/7 in 84.4 Overs
And another one goes. Brilliant use of the short ball from Bumrah. It was all to quick and unpredictable for poor Woakes, who nudged the ball to Pant while trying to fend it away. It’s all too easy for India and Bumrah.

ENGLAND 235/6 in 83 Overs (Stokes 56, Woakes 4)
No hat-trick for Bumrah. Woakes clips a full-toss towards the leg-side for a boundary. What an over by Bumrah. Remember, this is only his fourth Test match.

WICKET! J Bairstow 0 (1), England 231/6 in 82.4 Overs
That was an absolute peach. There was nothing that poor Bairstow could do about that. That was angling in from a length and deviated away from the batsman at the last second. The ball clips the timber. Bumrah on a hat-trick. New ball doing all the damage.

WICKET! J Buttler lbw b Bumrah 106 (176), England 231/5 in 82.3 Overs
Buttler was expecting the bounce higher, just like what happened in the previous over and doesn’t offer a shot. Review taken, review lost. That was clipping the bails.

ENGLAND 230/4 in 82 Overs (Stokes 55, Buttler 106)
Pandya is getting some away swing going with the new ball, as Stokes found out. Pant fails to collect one with a dive down the leg side and that’s four leg-byes.

ENGLAND 223/4 in 81 Overs (Stokes 52, Buttler 106)
Fine start for Bumrah, who immediately gets some in-swing going. Buttler nearly chips it to mid-off with a push and then sees another beautifully angled ball delivered from wide of the crease go over the stumps. Maiden over.

The second new ball has been taken

ENGLAND 223/4 in 80 Overs (Stokes 52, Buttler 106)
Pandya bowled yet another fine over. He got the ball to shape away from Buttler but most of his deliveries were pitched outside off. England weren’t going to take any chances trying to poke at that one. Buttler keeps strike and the new ball is available to India.

ENGLAND 222/4 in 79 Overs (Stokes 52, Buttler 105)
Pandya was brought back in and there was very little swing on offer. Ashwin continues to hit a fuller length against Stokes – this is a battle that has been increasingly intriguing. The new ball is available for India after an over.

ENGLAND 220/4 in 76 Overs (Stokes 52, Buttler 103)
Buttler gets to his century with three fours off the Shami over. The Indian pacer struggles with his rhythm and sprays on the leg side. Buttler doesn’t miss out and targets the deep square-leg region. Kohli joins the applause too. What a time to bring up your first hundred.

ENGLAND 208/4 in 75 Overs (Stokes 52, Buttler 91)
Buttler moves into the nineties with a flick on the leg-side. Ashwin, meanwhile, continues to go around the leg-stump to Stokes. The left-hander nearly plays on.

ENGLAND 202/4 in 73 Overs (Stokes 51, Buttler 87)
Ashwin got square turn from the rough that beat Buttler all ends up. Buttler was saved by his pad as the ball went marginally over his stumps. Encouraging signs for Ashwin.

ENGLAND 201/4 in 72 Overs (Stokes 51, Buttler 86)
Ben Stokes reaches his fifty by seeing off a high full-toss from Ishant and gets a couple. Two hundred up for England and Stokes completes his half-century. The pacer is still getting the ball to shape away from the left-hander.

ENGLAND 199/4 in 71 Overs (Stokes 49, Buttler 86)
Ashwin over-pitches and Buttler plays a fluent cover-drive that reaches the boundary. That also brings up the Somerset batsman’s highest Test score, beating the 85 he had registered against India in 2014.

ENGLAND 195/4 in 70 Overs (Stokes 49, Buttler 82)
Ishant is getting the ball to swing back into Stokes. Here, the England all-rounder had to take rearguard action to bring the bat down on time. Another maiden for India and the sun is shining brighter than ever.

ENGLAND 195/4 in 69 Overs (Stokes 49, Buttler 82)
Ashwin is looking for the top spinner that would turn away from the left-hander from around the wicket. Stokes moves one shy of fifty with a push to mid-on, stealing a single.

ENGLAND 194/4 in 68 Overs (Stokes 48, Buttler 82)
The short mid-on continues to be in place for Buttler. Ishant is going straight at the stumps. The pacer, though, looked a tad uncomfortable against Stokes. The left-hander drove through the covers to get three more runs to the total.

ENGLAND 188/4 in 66 Overs (Stokes 44, Buttler 82)
The batsmen are looking far more comfortable than ever before. With Kohli spreading out his field, the batsmen are rotating the strike freely. Three from the over.

The ball is reversing and Kohli had short mid-on when Ishant was bowling to Buttler.

ENGLAND 188/4 in 66 Overs (Stokes 44, Buttler 82)
Just as I think the momentum was shifting, Ishant sprays a tired delivery on Buttler’s leg-side and he tucks it away to the boundary. The last ball of the over sees Buttler run it to the third man fence for another four. Buttler moves into the 80s.

ENGLAND 180/4 in 64 Overs (Stokes 44, Buttler 74)
Ishant over-pitching it slightly and Buttler leans in and drives it through the covers for a boundary. Buttler is now reaching after deliveries pitching slightly wide with a lot more freedom.

ENGLAND 176/4 in 63 Overs (Stokes 42, Buttler 70)
Buttler digs out a yorker on the leg side and the batsmen run complete three runs. Stump to stump line from the young pacer but his pace continues to touch the 90 mph mark.

We’re back for the final session. Bumrah to start.

It’s tea time. If two of England’s most attacking batsmen could show grit and application at the crease, why couldn’t the likes of Cook and Root do the same? England have plenty of questions to answer at the end of the game but Buttler and Stokes have breathed life in this contest. The hosts need atleast three more sessions like this one. As for India, they were a touch fuller in this session. With the ball moving, Ishant and Bumrah could be a handful after tea.

ENGLAND 173/4 in 62 Overs (Stokes 42, Buttler 67)
Shami is cranking up some serious pace here. He tested Buttler with two yorker length deliveries – which were hurled at 90 mph – which were dug out. A full toss was dispatched to the boundary too. The ball is now starting to reverse. And with that, it’s tea time. Easily England’s best session of the match so far. Out of the 27 overs that were bowled, the batsmen scored 89 runs. The partnership is now worth 110 runs.

ENGLAND 168/4 in 61 Overs (Stokes 42, Buttler 62)
More runs for Buttler, getting a boundary after connecting a full-toss from Ashwin. He is the only English batsman to have a cumulative tally of 100 runs in this Test match. Ashwin made the batsmen reach for the deliveries in the rest of the over, which yielded five runs.

ENGLAND 163/4 in 60 Overs (Stokes 42, Buttler 57)
Stokes was ruffled by a delivery that pitched on good length and shaped away from him. Fine over from Shami as the ball is starting to show a bit of reverse.

ENGLAND 162/4 in 58 Overs (Stokes 42, Buttler 56)
Another review lost. Shami raps Buttler on the pads. Kohli takes it after umpire Erasmus turns it down. Replays showed that the ball was clearly missing leg. Meanwhile, Stokes brought up the 100-run stand with a drive on the off-side.

Shami is back in the attack

ENGLAND 158/4 in 57 Overs (Stokes 39, Buttler 55)
Stokes plays out a maiden but showed aggressive intent when Ashwin tossed the ball around off-stump.

ENGLAND 158/4 in 56 Overs (Stokes 39, Buttler 55)
Buttler connects an over-pitched delivery from Bumrah and gets another boundary. That brings up the 27-year-old’s fifty and the partnership is moving towards the 100-run mark. Bumrah still still hitting the high-80s. Buttler, though, continues to have the rub of the green with a thick edge going between third slip and point and into the third-man fence for four.

ENGLAND 150/4 in 55 Overs (Stokes 39, Buttler 47)
India lose a review. Ashwin raps Stokes on the pads and the off-spinner is convinced that he has got his man. The umpire’s call was not-out and replays showed that the ball was only partially clipping leg-stump. Buttler brings up England’s 150 with a single on the off-side.

ENGLAND 148/4 in 54 Overs (Stokes 38, Buttler 46)
Buttler is occasionally living dangerously. Here, he chases after a wide delivery from Bumrah outside off and cuts the ball between gully and third slip for a four. Like Buttler in the previous over, Stokes was also surprised – this time with a delivery that bounced from a good length. The over ends with a loud shout from the Indian fielders after it hits Buttler on the full. Umpire Erasmus has no hesitation to turn the appeal down.

ENGLAND 143/4 in 53 Overs (Stokes 33, Buttler 46)
Buttler plays an exquisite cover drive to move to 46 but had to take evasive action to block the next delivery out; it kept low. The off-spinner, with a slip in place, was trying to entice the right-hander to drive outside off.

ENGLAND 139/4 in 52 Overs (Stokes 33, Buttler 42)
More full deliveries from Bumrah and England play it out with minimum fuss. This is a nice phase of play for England.

ENGLAND 138/4 in 51 Overs (Stokes 33, Buttler 41)
Stokes playing far more freely here. Ashwin goes full and the England all-rounder slog-sweeps and flicks with a lot more freedom. Seven from the over including a boundary.

ENGLAND 131/4 in 50 Overs (Stokes 27, Buttler 40)
There is a big shout for leg-before from Bumrah after the ball raps Stokes on his pads. That was surely drifting down the leg side. Just one from the over.

ENGLAND 130/4 in 49 Overs (Stokes 27, Buttler 39)
Stokes survives. The on-field umpires go upstairs after they think the Stokes’s forward defence might have clipped his boot and landed straight to silly point. Stokes attacked Ashwin in the first ball of the over, sweeping him fine to the fine-leg boundary.

ENGLAND 124/4 in 48 Overs (Stokes 21, Buttler 39)
EDGE but falls short. Once again, Bumrah was unlucky. This time, Buttler’s nick falls just in front of Pujara at first slip. Bumrah tells his slip cordon to take a few steps forward. After a couple of short deliveries, Buttler reaches after a full one and the ball goes between third slip and gully for a boundary. Close again.

ENGLAND 120/4 in 47 Overs (Stokes 21, Buttler 35)
Ashwin bowls out a maiden to Stokes. He kept his deliveries full and pitched on middle and leg. The left-hander blocks it out.

ENGLAND 120/4 in 46 Overs (Stokes 21, Buttler 35)
Bumrah is back in the attack and he continues to have problems with his landing, bowling another no-ball. However, the pacer comes back with a peach, varying his pace and finding Buttler’e edge. The ball falls just in front of Pant and rolls to the fence.

ENGLAND 113/4 in 44 Overs (Stokes 21, Buttler 29)
Ashwin lets out a cry after his delivery stride in the first ball of the over. Not looking good for the off-spinner. Stokes then works a full delivery on the leg-side for a couple and the fifty partnership comes up between these two. Timely but they need several more fifties.

Ashwin is back into the attack and Kohli is back to the top of the ICC Test batting charts – the second time in the space of a month

ENGLAND 110/4 in 44 Overs (Stokes 19, Buttler 28)
Buttler and Stokes are rotating the strike a little more freely as Ishant is going a lot more fuller and pitching it on off and middle. This is not troubling the batsmen much. The sun is also shining brightly at Trent Bridge. The effects of bowling a long spell might be taking a toll on Ishant; there was a hint of frustration shown by the pacer in the final ball of the over.

ENGLAND 102/4 in 42 Overs (Stokes 16, Buttler 23)
Two boundaries in the over for Stokes. Ishant losing his rhythm by a touch and goes wide and full enough the batsman to drive on the up. Seeing this, Kohli keeps a short mid-on in place for the the last three balls of the over.

ENGLAND 94/4 in 41 Overs (Stokes 8, Buttler 23)
First sign of Stokes walking across the stumps and flicking it on the leg-side. He has to be careful with its execution. Pandya surprises his opposite number with a short ball, Stokes pulls it to long leg for a single.

England don’t need to look far for replacements

ENGLAND 92/4 in 40 Overs (Stokes 7, Buttler 23)
A miss-field from Shami at mid-on sees the England batsmen complete three runs. While cutting the ball off from the boundary line, Shami twists his ankle and has left the field for some treatment. Buttler then pushes the ball through the covers and it beats substitute Jadeja’s dive to go to the boundary.

ENGLAND 85/4 in 39 Overs (Stokes 4, Buttler 19)
Stokes drives Pandya through through the covers to get the first run of the session. The left-hander did not middle it, though. The India all-rounder comes back well in the over, beating Buttler all ends up with a delivery outside off-stump that clocked the high-80s on the speedometer and forced the batsman to play at. The maiden-over sequence is broken at last.

Lightening-quick reflexes

ENGLAND 84/4 in 38 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 19)
The batsmen continue to leave away deliveries outside the off-stump. Ishant went slightly wide in this over to Buttler. The last ball was over-pitched and Buttler drove well, but it was cut off in the cover region. More maiden overs.

ENGLAND 84/4 in 37 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 19)
Pandya is once again mixing it up. He starts the over bowling full and straight, delivers one wide outside off-stump and finishes the over with one pitched on length, making the batsman play on the back-foot. Another maiden.

Hardik Pandya has been handed the ball

ENGLAND 84/4 in 36 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 19)
Immediately, Ishant troubles the right-hander with a delivery that jagged back in from length. The batsman had to play at it. It’s a maiden to start proceedings.

Ishant to start proceedings after lunch

It’s Lunch. England will be kicking themselves. Joe Root’s struggles continue and this has persisted since the Ashes. Always in a hurry to score runs, the England captain once again went after a delivery he could have left alone. Ishant Sharma, Shami and Bumrah were top class and the England batsmen endured a torrid time. With Bairstow’s chances of batting still hanging in the balance, England’s writing is on the wall. The hosts have been thoroughly dominated in all three departments at Trent Bridge.

ENGLAND 84/4 in 35 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 19)
Maiden over to finish the first session. Stokes saw off an arm ball in the final ball of the over – the first sign of threat from Ashwin. As if England needed to deal with another menace. The players walk off and there are high-fives all around in the Indian end.

ENGLAND 84/4 in 34 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 19)
Buttler cuts lose and gets three boundaries from the over. I may have jinxed Shami here. He delivers two deliveries that were angled on leg stump and Buttler gets two fours by flicking and pulling. Rahul almost takes a brilliant diving catch at cover but the ball flew past him and rolled into the boundary.

ENGLAND 72/4 in 33 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 7)
Tidy start from Ashwin although he was a lot fuller. There was no sign of any discomfort from the off-spinner. Buttler keeps strike.

Ashwin is into the attack

ENGLAND 70/4 in 32 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 6)
After 28 deliveries, England finally score a run: a dab from Buttler to the third man region off Shami for a boundary. The Indian pacer, though, responds in style, beating the outside edge of the right-hander which pitched and straightened a touch wide of the off-stump.

ENGLAND 66/4 in 31 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 2)
Pandya this time goes around the wicket to Stokes and the left-hander continues to leave deliveries outside off. The India all-rounder is getting movement and is getting the ball to come back in. He went a lot fuller in the last two deliveries. Yet another maiden.

From the newsroom: Stokes and Buttler – England’s two most swashbuckling batsmen – are showing good know-how on the deliveries that need to be left alone. It’s an age since the last run was scored.

ENGLAND 66/4 in 30 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 2)
This is an excellent spell from Shami. He didn’t enjoy the best of starts in the first couple of deliveries but has since hit a nice rhythm, making the batsmen play and bowling it a lot fuller without giving width. Yet another maiden.

ENGLAND 66/4 in 29 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 2)
Confidence is a funny thing, isn’t it? Pandya continues to mix it up, picking it up from where he left in the first innings and Stokes plays out a maiden.

Pandya is into the attack. A 10-for imminent?

ENGLAND 66/4 in 28 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 2)
Solid from Shami, who goes slightly fuller this time but doesn’t over-pitch it. There were two deliveries that Buttler had little choice but to play and miss. Maiden over.

ENGLAND 66/4 in 27 Overs (Stokes 2, Buttler 2)
DROP! After six safe catches, Pant spoons one. Bumrah got the ball to seam back in from a length once again and Buttler nicked but survives. The young wicketkeeper must adjust to his pre-meditated move towards the legside before the ball is delivered.

ENGLAND 64/4 in 26 Overs (Stokes 1, Buttler 1)
Shami once again loses a bit of control and Stokes and Buttler get off the mark with singles. No word on Bairstow yet but reports coming in state that he will come in at some stage.

WICKET! O Pope c Kohli b Shami 16 (39), ENGLAND 62/4 in 25.1 Overs
Kohli takes a screamer. Pope slashes outside off and Kohli at third slip moves to his left in a flash. That was safely heading towards Rahul at second slip but that is the kind of confidence that the Indian captain is riding on right now. Everything going India’s way and that was picture perfect from Kohli.

WICKET! J Root c Rahul b Bumrah 13 (40), ENGLAND 62/3 in 24.3 Overs
Huge blow! That was ordinary from Root. He was slightly wide outside the off-stump and could have left that alone. The England captain decides to poke at it and Rahul takes a good reflex catch at slip. The Indians are cock-a-hoop. They can sense a win here.

ENGLAND 62/2 in 24 Overs (Root 13, Pope 16)
Much better consistency from Shami as he relentlessly hit length and got the ball to come back into Pope. Maiden over and Kohli’s chirping behind the stumps continues.

ENGLAND 62/2 in 23 Overs (Root 13, Pope 16)
Oh boy, Root nearly chipped a full-toss to mid-on. Seam upright, pace up, Bumrah continues to pose difficult questions to the right-handers. There was a loud appeal from Pant behind the stumps for a caught-behind in the fourth ball of the over but his teammates weren’t interested.

ENGLAND 62/2 in 22 Overs (Root 13, Pope 16)
Root continues to reach after deliveries he need not at this stage. A rash cut shot off Shami nearly gets a edge. He tucks the ball to square leg and keeps strike.

ENGLAND 61/2 in 21 Overs (Root 12, Pope 16)
As Holding pointed out from the commentary box, Bumrah can be deadly with the old ball. The ball is still rising onto the batsman from just short of a length. Pope was in a fair amount of discomfort seeing that out and had one rapping his pads too. Luckily for him, it hit him well wide of leg stump.

ENGLAND 60/2 in 20 Overs (Root 11, Pope 16)
Finally, Root is up and away as Shami drifts one on leg to start proceedings. It’s tucked away to the boundary with ease. Then, the England captain drives on the up for another four, this time through the covers. He keeps strike with a quick single. Intent from England here.

ENGLAND 51/2 in 19 Overs (Root 2, Pope 16)
Bumrah gets one to rise from a good length and it surprises Pope. A rare wayward delivery down the leg side is tucked away by the rookie to the fine-leg fence for a boundary. England have crossed fifty.

ENGLAND 47/2 in 18 Overs (Root 2, Pope 12)
Pope continues to look positive and doesn’t miss a chance to get a quick single. He gets a couple of singles to keep strike while Root gets his second run. The pitch is just starting to get a little easier to bat.

ENGLAND 43/2 in 17 Overs (Root 1, Pope 10)
Root plays out a maiden. Bumrah was slightly on the shorter side but the nip and seam movement didn’t allow the batsman to free his arms. The England captain could only see this one out. Tidy from Bumrah.

ENGLAND 43/2 in 16 Overs (Root 1, Pope 10)
Ishant continues to get the ball to seam back into the right hander. Slightly fuller length from him in this over and Pope and Root run a quick single in the fifth ball of the over. The pressure is building. England need a big partnership here.

ENGLAND 42/2 in 15 Overs (Root 1, Pope 9)
Root gets off the mark with flick down to fine leg. Bumrah continues to stick to a canny line, getting the ball into come into the right-hander from a good length. Another tidy over from the right-armer. His pace was always up and that will be the key going forward.

ENGLAND 40/2 in 14 Overs (Root 0, Pope 8)
Pope is not hanging back, getting to the pitch of the ball and driving without a care in the world off Ishant Sharma. First, he went down the ground before running it down to third man. Ishant, though, is still getting the odd one to nip back in.

Rishabh Pant becomes the first Indian wicketkeeper to effect six dismissals on Test debut

ENGLAND 32/2 in 13 Overs (Root 0, Pope 0)
There is no respite for England. Even Root is finding the going tough. Bumrah, bowling from wide of the crease is on fire, beating the England captain’s outside edge thrice in the over.

WICKET! A COOK c Rahul b Ishant Sharma 17 (39), ENGLAND 32/2 in 12 Overs
More delight for India and Ishant as Cook is cramped for room. He pokes outside off and it’s a simple catch for Rahul, who is having an excellent time at slips. It’s collapsing very, very quickly.

ENGLAND 28/1 in 11 Overs (Cook 13, Root 0)
It’s infectious, isn’t it? Bumrah now beats Cook’s outside each with a jaffa that spit off a length. The former England batsman gets a single from the over. Testing times for England.

WICKET! K Jennings c Pant b Ishant Sharma 13 (31), ENGLAND 27/1 in 9.5 Overs
That was coming. Jennings was beaten with a peach one ball earlier but this time, he is helpless and nicks one to Pant, who completes his sixth catch of the match. What a start for India. Ishant is bang on the money, attacking the left-handers from around the wicket.

3:28 pm: The players are on the field. The first hour will be crucial. Ishant Sharma to start proceedings.

3:10 pm: Ashwin should be fit to bowl today. Cricinfo reports that he showed no signs of discomfort during a session in the nets.

3:00 pm: It’s nice and shiny at Trent Bridge. Of course, one can never predict what can happen in England during the course of the day.

Virat Kohli and the art of grinding out the opposition, by Kushal – READ

Hello and welcome the live updates of day four of the third Test between England and India at Trent Bridge. India may have just batted England out of this match with Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara playing out nearly two sessions yesterday.

The pitch had no demons even though Ben Stokes and James Anderson got the ball to talk on the off-stump channel. Ishant Sharma delivered a peach of a delivery at the tail end of the day’s play that nearly kissed Alastair Cook’s off-stump. Pressure was the difference between India at Lord’s and them at Trent Bridge. The second innings in particular, was a clear indication of that.

Pujara played with a lot more freedom and Kohli was happy to grind the bowling attack down to the ground. Even Pandya found his attacking groove, scoring a run-a-ball fifty. England need to start well. Cook and Keaton Jennings are probably playing for their careers.