India lost their last three wickets in a space of five balls with Ben Stokes (27.4-6-89-4) cleaning the tail without much fuss.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel once again did the star turn by reducing England to 91 for 6 at tea to keep India on course for a place in the World Test Championship final with a series win in sight on the third day of the fourth Test in Ahmedabad.
Ashwin (3/35) and Axar (3/28) shared the spoils during a session with England still needing 69 runs to avoid an embarrassing innings defeat that looks likely.
India scored 365 in their first innings with a sizeable lead of 160 runs.
Save skipper Joe Root (30), who offered brief resistance, none of the other visiting team batsmen showed any will to fight on a track that was offering turn but on the slower side.
The likes of Dom Sibley (3), Zak Crawley (5), and Jonny Bairstow (0) never looked comfortable while Ben Stokes (2) failed to gauge the bounce going for a sweep shot that was not on.
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