India v England, Second Test, Day 1 LIVE – Ben Stokes’ men look to build on dramatic first Test win

That’s nice from Root, who goes for just the one single from his decent second over.

India will be happy enough to see off this new ball and settle into the morning’s play, particularly given they’ve picked a slightly weaker-looking batting line-up to include the five specialists bowlers and keep KS Bharat in the side.

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Anderson bowls a beauty first up in his second over, getting the ball to leave Rohit just a nudge and sneak past the outside edge and through to the keeper. The India captain exhales dramatically – that was a peach to get in his first ball of the Test.

A hint of width gets Rohit off strike, and Jaiswal is on the receiving end of another gem from Anderson, which he plays all around.

The television coverage shows an interesting set of stats and graphics about Anderson’s wickets in India over the last 12 years, most of which have come with the older ball and reverse swing.

Joe Root takes the new ball for England and is immediately targeted by Jaiswal, who flays him in the air through cover and away for four. That’s a real statement of intent from the opener, and he follows it up with another lash through the off side for four.

It is Anderson who gets the Test underway, bowling in the 22nd consecutive calendar year of his career.

He starts with a couple of looseners that bend down leg, and Jaiswal knocks the last ball of a tight over for a single to keep the strike.

It’s a low-key way to start the series, but that’s exactly why England picked Anderson – get through the overs, build some pressure and keep control of the scoring rate.

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Whoever guesses right at the toss has a big advantage in Indian conditions, and it was Rohit Sharma who called it right, opting to have a bat first. That could be a big moment in this Test – the general consensus is that this pitch will hold up well for a couple of days before breaking up.

India: Rohit, Jaiswal, Gill, Patidar, Iyer, Bharat, Ashwin, Axar, Bumrah, Kumar, Kuldeep

England: Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Bairstow, Stokes, Foakes, Rehan, Hartley, Bashir, Anderson.

Good morning. Anyone else feeling oddly awake at 4am?

It’s almost time for the second Test between India and England in Visakhapatnam, with the first ball of the match just minutes away.

My name’s Tom Bennett and I’ll be here throughout the morning to bring you over-by-over coverage of a day’s cricket that I, for one, can’t wait to watch.

England’s win in Hyderabad last week was one of their all-time great Test wins, inspired by Ollie Pope’s stunning century and debutant Tom Hartley’s match-winning fourth day.

It’s fair to say that England’s approach to the series, particularly with the bat, caught India thoroughly off-guard, and it’s going to be really interesting to see how the home side respond in this second Test.

To re-live all the drama of that extraordinary fourth day, check out the full coverage of England’s brilliant win:

Few pundits and fans gave England a prayer in this series prior to the opening match. And it wasn’t hard to see why.

India’s last series defeat in home conditions was way back in 2012 to an England side inspired by Swann, Panesar, Cook and Pietersen. And the Indian men’s Test team had only lost three home matches in total since then, prior to the Test in Hyderabad.

It’s those sorts of stats that put England’s 28-run win into context. And they now have a genuine chance of doing something extraordinary on this tour.

India were already without Virat Kohli, and are now going to be missing the experienced pair of Rahul and Jadeja, meaning that it will be a relatively unproven side who face England in Visakhapatnam this week.

It’s still India playing at home, so they remain favourites to win the match and the series. But England could barely have dreamed of a chance as good as this to go into a 2-0 lead.

Shoaib Bashir will make his senior England debut in the second Test against India as a replacement for the injured Jack Leach.

Bashir, 20, was a late arrival in India after visa issues delayed him, but he has immediately been added to the team for England’s second outing in India with the news that Leach would miss the game with injury.

The Somerset off-spinner is one of two changes, with veteran seamer James Anderson coming in for Durham pace bowler Mark Wood, who failed to take a wicket in the first Test.

It will be Anderson’s 184th Test cap, in contrast to the three spinners who will make up the frontline attack with him, who have three caps between them.

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