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England were struggling to stay afloat by this point, an optimistic attempt to chase down a record 399 to win now listing at 220 for six after India had repeatedly punctured holes in their hull. And yet while Stokes remained out in the middle with a back catalogue of such feats behind him so, too, did an outside chance.
But then Ben Foakes clipped a single into the leg side, only for his partner to be slow out of the blocks. A direct hit followed from Shreyas Iyer at midwicket - the kind of prowling intervention usually associated with the absent Ravindra Jadeja - and Stokes was an inch short of the line when a dive might have saved him.
And so it was back to the bucket hat for the England captain as he watched India pick off the final three wickets to claim a 106-run victory and ensure a 1-1 scoreline after two Tests. The hosts were good value for it, too, with Yashasvi Jaiswal's double century in the first innings and 104 from Shubman Gill in the second representing two outliers in a match of middling scores. That youth stood up was a boon for a side missing Virat Kohli and Jadeja.
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