Ranchi | India reached 219 for seven at stumps against England on the second day of the fourth Test, trailing the visitors by 134 runs here on Saturday.
England were all out for 353 in their first innings earlier in day, having resumed from their overnight score of 302 for seven.
In-form young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored in the home team's first innings with a 73 off 117 balls.
Dhruv Jurel (30) and Kuldeep Yadav (17) were unbeaten at stumps, having helped India recover from 177 for seven.
Among England bowlers, off-spinner Shoaib Bashir shone the most and ended the day with figures of 4/84.
For England, Joe Root remained not out on 122 after breaking his lean run with the bat, and Ollie Robinson contributed a useful 58.
Ravindra Jadeja picked up 4/67, and pacer Akash Deep grabbed 3/83 in an impressive debut.
Scoreboard at stumps: 4th Test; Day 2 - IND vs ENG
India innings:
Yashasvi Jaiswal b Bashir 73
Rohit Sharma (c) c Foakes b Anderson 2
Shubman Gill lbw b Bashir 38
Rajat Patidar lbw b Bashir 17
Ravindra Jadeja c Pope b Bashir 12
Sarfaraz Khan c Root b Hartley 14
Dhruv Jurel batting 30
Ravichandran Ashwin lbw b Hartley 1
Kuldeep Yadav batting 17
Extras: (B-8, LB-4, NB-3) 15
TOTAL: (For 7 wickets in 73 overs) 219
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-86, 3-112 4-130, 5-161, 6-171, 7-177.
Bowling: James Anderson 12-4-36-1, Ollie Robinson 9-0-39-0, Shoaib Bashir 32-4-84-4, Tom Hartley 19-5-47-2, Joe Root 1-0-1-0.
