Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill both struck hundreds and combined in a burgeoning 160-run stand for the unbroken second wicket to put India firmly in the lead on day two of the fifth and final Test against England on Friday.
India, who hold an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series, have been in the ascendancy since bowling out England for 218 at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.
Home captain Rohit got a life on 68 when Zak Crawley missed a sharp catch at backward short leg but that was as close as England came to a breakthrough before lunch.
India were 264-1 at the break with Rohit on 102, his second hundred of the series that included three sixes. Gill was the more aggressive of the pair, smacking five sixes in his stellar 101 not out.
Follow all the action from day two of the fifth Test match below, and get the latest odds and tips here.
India v England
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England spinners hit back with flurry of wickets to expose Indian tail
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Rohit and Gill hit centuries as India take full control of fifth Test
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Stokes takes wicket with first ball on bowling return, Anderson takes 699th scalp
India vs England
10:52
112.3
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
10:52
112.1
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to silly point for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:50
111.6
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:50
111.5
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
10:50
111.4
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:49
111.3
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:48
111.1
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot sweeping, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
10:47
110.6
FOUR! Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot Steer, well timed past third man for 4 runs.
India vs England
10:46
110.5
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:45
110.4
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:45
110.3
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to gully for no runs, fielded by Root.
India vs England
10:44
110.1
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Bairstow.
India vs England
10:43
109.5
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:43
109.4
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:42
109.3
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs.
India vs England
10:42
109.2
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, middle stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:41
109.1
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.
India vs England
10:40
108.5
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:39
108.4
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, down leg side on the back foot Steer, to third man for 2 runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:39
108.3
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:38
108.2
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
10:38
108.1
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.
India vs England
10:37
107.6
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:36
107.5
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:36
107.3
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:35
107.2
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:33
106.6
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break half volley, middle stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Hartley.
India vs England
10:33
106.4
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:32
106.3
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot sweeping, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
10:31
106.1
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:30
105.6
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
10:30
105.5
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:29
105.4
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to cover for 1 run.
India vs England
10:29
105.3
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
10:29
105.2
FOUR! Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, well timed in the air under control past deep square leg for 4 runs.
India vs England
10:28
105.1
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:27
104.6
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:26
104.5
Shoaib Bashir to Jasprit Bumrah. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
10:26
104.4
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to point for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
10:25
104.3
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:25
104.1
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, missed for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:24
103.6
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to point for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:23
103.5
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:23
103.4
Tom Hartley to Jasprit Bumrah. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:22
103.2
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
10:21
102.6
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Hartley.
India vs England
10:20
102.5
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, well timed to third man for 2 runs, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
10:20
102.3
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to short extra cover for 2 runs, overthrow by Stokes, fielded by Bairstow.
India vs England
10:19
102.2
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
10:18
102.1
Shoaib Bashir to Kuldeep Yadav. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs.
India vs England
10:17
101.6
OUT! Bowled. Tom Hartley to Ravichandran Ashwin. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, missed.
India vs England
10:16
101.5
Tom Hartley to Ravichandran Ashwin. Stock ball back of a length, outside off stump down the track pushing, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:15
101.3
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock ball back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
10:14
101.2
Tom Hartley to Kuldeep Yadav. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.
India vs England
10:11
101.1
OUT! L.B.W. Tom Hartley to Ravindra Jadeja. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, hit pad.
India vs England
10:08
100.6
Shoaib Bashir to Ravichandran Ashwin. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs.
India vs England
10:08
100.5
Shoaib Bashir to Ravichandran Ashwin. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:06
100.4
OUT! Caught. Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break length ball, down leg side down the track Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Duckett.
India vs England
10:05
100.3
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
10:04
100.2
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
10:03
99.6
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:02
99.5
Tom Hartley to Ravindra Jadeja. Stock length ball, outside off stump down the track defending, inside edge to cover for 1 run, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
10:01
99.3
Tom Hartley to Ravindra Jadeja. Stock length ball, outside off stump down the track padded, hit pad back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
10:01
99.2
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Wood.
India vs England
10:00
99.1
Tom Hartley to Ravindra Jadeja. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to long on for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
09:58
98.6
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
09:58
98.5
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:57
98.4
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
09:57
98.3
APPEAL! Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot working, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Root, appeal made for L.B.W.
India vs England
09:57
98.2
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
09:56
98.1
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
09:55
97.6
Tom Hartley to Ravindra Jadeja. Stock ball full toss, outside off stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.
India vs England
09:54
97.5
Tom Hartley to Ravindra Jadeja. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:54
97.4
Tom Hartley to Ravindra Jadeja. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Wood.
India vs England
09:53
97.2
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Wood.
India vs England
09:52
97.1
FOUR! Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed past deep backward point for 4 runs.
India vs England
09:51
96.6
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
09:51
96.4
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:50
96.3
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
09:50
96.2
Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break half volley, middle stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
09:50
96.1
Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot driving, to cover for no runs, fielded by Bairstow.
India vs England
09:48
95.6
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
09:47
95.4
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:47
95.2
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
09:46
95.1
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock ball half volley, off stump on the front foot driving, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
09:45
94.6
Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
09:44
94.5
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:44
94.4
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot working, to square leg for no runs, fielded by Anderson.
India vs England
09:43
94.3
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Wood.
India vs England
09:43
94.2
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.
India vs England
09:43
94.1
Shoaib Bashir to Ravindra Jadeja. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Foakes.
India vs England
09:42
93.6
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Pope.
India vs England
09:42
93.5
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:41
93.4
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:41
93.2
Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to point for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:40
93.1
FOUR! Tom Hartley to Dhruv Jurel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed past deep point for 4 runs.
India vs England
09:39
92.6
Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Bairstow.
India vs England
09:38
92.5
Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
India vs England
09:37
92.3
Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Crawley.
India vs England
09:37
92.2
Shoaib Bashir to Dhruv Jurel. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track pushing, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Stokes.
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