India, Aug. 5 -- Believe, Mohammed Siraj was telling himself after waking up on Monday. Strange thing, belief, since it usually draws its impetus from the most recent positives. India had a mixed bag to draw from here. There were two early wickets in the morning on Sunday, and a late comeback accounted for Joe Root. But the tired fast bowlers leaked runs otherwise, not to forget Siraj trod on the boundary cushion while catching Harry Brook on 19. But the best thing about belief is that it keeps reminding you that nothing is over until it's over.

India were down and out for nearly 250 runs out of England's chase of 374 on Sunday, but on a new day with an old ball, 35 runs was made to look like a hundred.

The tension at the Oval was unbea...