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Bumrah and Shami both scored ducks in the first innings, and their performance this morning says loads about the kind of competitors they are, but just as much about the kind of mentality and spirit Virat Kohli has created. You can see it from the doughty, brave manner of their batting, but also from the team spirit that sees the captain animated on the balcony backing his boys. Join me again in about half an hour, and we’ll do some emails before opening our support group for those struggling to process the hilarity of England’s collapse.

108th over: India 286-8 (Shami 52, Bumrah 30) Moeen tries a quicker one and Bumrah makes sure to get bat on it, poking wide of Root at slip for one – the only run from the over. So he and Shami trot off to the adulation from the crowd – there’s a pleasingly vocal India contingent – and their team lead by 259, which makes them hot favourites to go one up in the series.

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