India dominated England, who were 352 adrift of the hosts’ first innings score of 455 at the close of play on day two in Visakhapatnam on Friday. On a day where 11 wickets fell, Ravichandran Ashwin (58) and Jayant Yadav (35) were instrumental in adding to India’s first innings score. Ashwin, Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja then wreaked havoc with the ball, picking up four wickets them as England were left tottering at 103/5.

The English bowlers made a strong comeback in the first session, picking up the wickets of Wriddhiman Saha and Ravindra Jadeja along with centurion Virat Kohli (167) in fairly quick succession. However, Ashwin and Yadav put the pressure back on the English bowlers with a defiant 64-run partnership for the eight wicket.

India got off to a terrific start with pacer Mohammed Shami knocking over England skipper Alastair Cook’s stumps in the third over. Joe Root (53) and Haseeb Hameed looked solid in patches but India’s spin battery cashed in on a pitch that offered plenty of turn and uneven bounce, and ran through England’s middle order.