It was a day to remember Graham Thorpe at the Oval and he would have relished the kind of full-blooded scrap that unfolded.

Jonathan Agnew presents reaction to a heated second day between England and India. Jonathan Agnew presents reaction to a day where 15 wickets fell, leaving the final Test between England and India finely poised at The Oval.

Root arrived and the pair became embroiled in a back and forth which left England's No. 4 fuming. Prasidh then relieved Siraj and took India through to the break with two wickets in five deliveries; as Jamie Smith nicked high to KL Rahul at second slip and Jamie Overton was trapped LBW for what proved to be the final ball of the session.

India roared back into contention on an exhilarating day two of the final test on Friday as their seamers restricted England to a 23-run lead after the hosts had threatened to run away with a match that the tourists need to win to square the series.