10th over: India 110-1 (Kohli 24, Yadav 14) Morgan brings back Rashid, and Yadav – the artist fondly known as SKY – hits one of his skyers, second ball, for six. And then he goes inside-out for six more, with just as much chutzpah and far more finesse. He’s been sitting watching a partnership of 94 off nine overs, and thinking “what we need here is a bit of acceleration”.

9th over: India 94-1 (Kohli 22, Yadav 0) Rohit had straight-driven Stokes for yet another six, his fifth, before flicking him for a one-bounce four. He was outscoring Kohli by almost three to one, and a hundred was there for the taking. But he’s gone, and the game needed that almost as badly as England did.

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