England look set for defeat in the third Test after India dominated day three in Mohali on Monday.
Ravinchandran Ashwin took 3-19 as England slid to 78-4, 56 behind, with only Joe Root, opening in place of the injured Haseeb Hameed, resisting on 36.
India’s lower order had earlier frustrated England for two sessions to push their first-innings total to 417.
Ravindra Jadeja made 90, Ashwin 72 and Jayant Yadav 55, while Ben Stokes took 5-73 and Adil Rashid 4-118.
England’s bowlers did little wrong, but the ease with which India accumulated on what appeared a benign surface shamed the visitors’ first-innings score of 283.
The home attack found much more assistance as England lost Alastair Cook, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow and Stokes and look likely to be beaten inside four days to go 2-0 down in the five-match series.
