England’s fastest bowler Mark Wood is on the top of his run-up. Rohit Sharma is taking guard. Wood has a spring in his stride after dismissing KL Rahul. England have realised there isn’t much swing on offer and the speedster has been brought on first change quite early with a short-ball plan. Joe Root knows the Indian openers are the ones amongst the runs and there is a low-on-confidence middle order to follow. If the new ball does the trick, it can potentially rip the match open for the home side.