England’s day at Old Trafford in Manchester, finishing on 225/2 and just 133 runs behind India’s total with plenty of batting in the tank. Duckett and Crawley’s strong combination does the brunt of the work, with Ben Stokes’ five-fer earlier in the day being key as well. Rishabh Pant’s heroic effort a key moment of note for India, as was Anshul Kamboj’s maiden Test wicket to remove Duckett on 94.

The series hangs by a thread as India trail 1-2, but a win in the ongoing fourth Test will level proceedings and they are trying to do just that, at Old Trafford in Manchester. Day 1 saw England win the toss and opt to bowl, and released Indian playing XI revealed the return of Sai Sudharsan and debut for pacer Anshul Kamboj. Meanwhile, Karun Nair has been dropped from the playing XI. The visitors had a strong start on Day 1, as Yashasvi Jaiswal (58) got a half-century and built a strong partnership with KL Rahul (46). The visitors were dominant in the opening session as England went wicketless. But they fought back after Lunch, as they ended the partnership between Jaiswal and Rahul, which had reach 94 runs, and then India were reduced to 140/3 with Ben Stokes once again leading from the front.

Sudharsan got his first Test fifty and looked in good form in the middle, but was also dropped early. But just when his partnership with Rishabh Pant started flowing, Pant took a bad blow to the foot and had to driven off the field. Pant left for medical scans after registering 37* off 48 balls. Meanwhile, Sudharsan was also eventually dismissed for 61 off 151 balls. Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja (19*) and Shardul Thakur (19*) remain unbeaten for India, and will resume batting on Day 2.