This was India’s most difficult day on tour.

When a rare Root error in the morning resulted in a mix-up with Pope, Jadeja’s throw to the non-striker’s end from backward point missed and he held his arms out questioning why no fielder had made it to the stumps.

Pope was also dropped on 48. That was a tough chance off an under-edge for Rishabh Pant’s replacement as wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, who was standing up to debutant Anshul Kamboj, but it summed up the day.

Kamboj has looked a poor pick – his medium pace is proving ineffective and his fielding laboured – while captain Gill made his most obvious tactical error in his four Tests as skipper to date.

The failure to introduce Sundar before 69th over, despite him dismissing Root at Lord’s in the third Test, was inexplicable.

This is the longest England have batted under Stokes in the UK and it showed.

Having hobbled back into the field before tea, Bumrah returned to the attack afterwards but his pace was well down. Siraj also kept going, despite pulling up with an ankle issue earlier, but was also understandably tired.

It would take something miraculous for India to avoid defeat in Manchester and with three days off after this, there is little time for recovery before the fifth Test either.