Joe Root was one of the batsmen who got out to an unforced error. ©Getty
You didn't only need to look at the speed gun to tell that Jasprit Bumrah was bowling fire in his brilliant post-lunch spell. Joe Root has hardly ever been rushed in this series. It is almost as if he has known where the ball was going to be before it got there. But against Bumrah, Root was hurried. He flung his head back at the last moment to avoid a bouncer. He jammed his bat down - just - on a yorker that nearly bowled him. He was late on a forward defence, inside edging. Root has batted like a dream in this series. But for a brief spell against Bumrah it must have felt like a nightmare.
It was the decisive spell of the day, extinguishing the misplaced hope England might have been beginning to feel. Ravindra Jadeja started the rot, bowling Haseeb Hameed with a ball that turned from outside leg-stump to clip off and then it was Bumrah's turn, combining pace and reverse swing to claim the wickets of Ollie Pope and Jonny Bairstow. He could have had more but his job had been done. England lost three wickets within the first 24 minutes of post-lunch play and from then on it was a matter of when, not if, India would
