Stumps: India seven wickets from victory
16th over: England 72-3 (target 608; Pope 24, Brook 15) Deep has changed ends for the final over of the day. Frankly, after that ball to dismiss Root, he can do what he likes.
He almost does precisely that when Harry Brook, the wicket India would really like to take before the close, clips just wide of the diving midwicket and away for four. Brook helps himself to four more, a freebie to fine leg.
That’s the end of a pretty harrowing day for England, who are being pulverised by India. Shubman Gill added a charming 161 to his first-innings 269 and chose to bat on until the lead was past 600. Nobody is questioning that tactic after Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj bulldozed three vital wickets before the close.
England still have a chance of saving this game, because batting is a whole lot easier when the ball gets old. But right now, with the match situation and the morale of both sides, it’s hard to see anything other than a huge Indian victory.
