England vs India as it happened: Alastair Cook falls at the last after Virat Kohli's brilliant century
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Virat Kohli's masterclass century defied England and dragged India back into the contest on a gripping second day of the first Specsavers Test at Edgbaston.
Sam Curran (four for 74) made a sterling home bid for the headlines, with three wickets in eight balls during a titanic first hour of the afternoon - and England were well-served too by Ben Stokes and James Anderson.
But Kohli (149) was an unstoppable force - after two dropped chances - as he banished memories of his miserable maiden Test tour to this country four years ago - when he averaged 13.4, with a top-score of 39 - as he compiled his 22nd Test century in an India total of 274 which contained no other innings above 26.
Kohli's one-man show meant a home lead of only 13 after the tourists' last two wickets added 92 - and when Alastair Cook was bowled for the second day in succession by a Ravi Ashwin off-break, for a duck this time, England reached stumps nine for one second time round.
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Well, he's tried to dab and run and keep the strike but Kohli has accidentally hit it for four and Umesh in on strike as Stokes, who is looking very weary, bowls again.
THEY'VE GOT HIM! Rashid wraps it up as Kohli is looking for the boundary with another chop to the off-side but he is caught by Broad. Fantastic innings by Kohli who goes for 149 to help India to 274 all out - just 13 runs short of England's total.
Cook is fending off the spin off Ashwin, just trying to see this out to close without ceding a wicket.
WICKET! Cook goes to spin again, after another brilliant delivery from Ashwin which turns on to the top of off stump. And that's the end of the day, England finishing on 9-1 with a lead of 22 runs. See you tomorrow.
Jonathan Liew at Edgbaston:
You've got to love a 149, don't you. There's something magical about that number: Pietersen at Headingley, Botham at Headingley, Gilchrist at Hobart, Gilchrist again in the 2007 World Cup final. That innings from Kohli deserves to sit alongside them. For England, though, the operative numbers are 13 - their slender lead - and 24, which is the likely number of balls they'll have to survive tonight.
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