Mark Wood was left stunned after Ben Stokes secured a wicket with his first ball since July against India on Friday morning.
Stokes has been battling with a knee injury and has opted against bowling during the first four Tests of the series so far.
However, the Three Lions skipper put himself forward today on the first day of the fifth and final Test.
Stokes bowled Rohit Sharma for 103 with his first delivery in 251 days.
Ben Stokes left Mark Wood stunned as he took a first wicket for England since July last year
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And TNT Sports cameras caught Wood's reaction.
The England star put his hands on his head and looked stunned while Stokes celebrated with the rest of his team-mates.
Fans on X have since reacted, with one user saying: "Nobody could believe that. Ball remained so low and got a inswing a bit."
A second said: "Unbelievable delivery."
A third weighed in by saying: "Stokes makes things impossible to possible."
A fourth said: "I was shocked. Real bowlers weren't able to do anything. Benstokessssss."
And a fifth said: "Stokes swished his wand."
Former England star Jonathan Agnew, commentating for the BBC, also lavished praise on Stokes and confirmed the all-rounder to Sir Ian Botham.
"There have been two great England all-rounders in my time, Ian Botham and Ben Stokes," he said.
"They are often compared to one another.
"How’s this: Oval 1986. Botham back in the team after serving a 63-day drugs suspension.
"First ball: wicket, caught at slip. 'Who writes your scripts?' was the cry.
"Applies today too!"
England are playing for pride against India, with the tourists already 3-1 down in the series.
Yet Stokes, speaking earlier this week, said they were determined to go home with another Test victory to their name.
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“We want to win this week,” Stokes said.
“The message again, in the huddle this morning, [was that] we’ve been on so many India tours, you know what it’s like when you get to an end of a long one that sometimes you start thinking about the end of the game.
“Whereas honestly, I don’t think that anyone is thinking like that because every opportunity we feel at the moment is special to play for England.
"Because we’ve lost the series, it doesn’t mean that this game is different to what last week was or the week before.
"We are playing international cricket and playing for England. Playing for England is the biggest and most wonderful thing to be able to do as a cricketer.
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“If you take the result by itself you’d say, ‘Oh, we’ve going backwards’, but we haven’t.
"The individuals and the team have massively evolved on this tour. Even before we got here, I hadn’t seen the group for a very long time because of the rehab on my knee, but progression doesn’t always show itself with the results."
He added: "There are lots of these things that we have massively progressed on as a team whilst out on this tour.
“We haven’t been the pushovers like many teams have looked like when they’ve come over here because of how dominant a force India are in their home conditions.”
