The Indians have thus taken a 200-run lead.
Ben Stokes top scored for the visitors with 70 while Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root also notched up half-centuries with identical scores of 53.
Ashwin ripped through the England batting line up to return figures of 5/67. Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav bagged a wicket each.
Resuming at the overnight score of 103/5, Bairstow and Stoke survived the occassional scare to complete a 110-run partnership.
Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin caused plenty of trouble for the English duo on a pitch which does not have too much grass.
Stokes and Bairstow however, batted steadily to help the visitors reach a respectable total.
Umesh however, restored the morale within the Indian camp a couple of overs before lunch with a full length delivery that beat Bairstow with its pace and clipped the pads before sending the middle stump for a walk.
Bairstow scored 53 runs off 152 balls with five hits to the fence.
Ashwin trapped Stokes leg before shortly after the lunch break to hand the hosts a vital breakthrough.
Stokes 157-ball stay in the middle included 11 boundaries.
His departure saw England’s first innings come to a rapid close as Ashwin and Jadeja removed the last three wickets in the space of just 30 runs.
Brief scores:
England (first innings): 191/6 (Ben Stokes 70, Jonny Bairstow 53, Joe Root 53; Ravichandran Ashwin 5-67) vs India 455.
–IANS
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