By Peter Hall MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and put India in to bat as the fourth test of a thrilling series against India gets under way in Manchester on Wednesday.

England face India in the fourth Test at Old Trafford - follow live scores, radio commentary, video highlights and updates.

In an extraordinary example of bad luck, India lost the toss at the start of their fourth Test against England on Wednesday – marking their 14th straight lost toss. Per England Cricket ’s X/Twitter account: “The odds of that happening are 16,384/1.”

Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport’s live, over-by-over coverage the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford. A five-Test series is one of sport’s great endurance challenges, for spectators never mind players, yet it can still have a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it quality.

The fourth Test between England and India got underway today at Old Trafford in Manchester. The visitors are 1-2 down in the series and must win this clash to stay alive in the series. Among three changes made,

England face India in the fourth Test at Old Trafford - follow live scores, radio commentary, video highlights and updates.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan is like most of his country an avid football follower despite being a cricketer himself.