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Visakhapatnam: England were pushed further towards defeat on day three of the second Test against India in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
Ravichandran Ashwin took 5-67 as the tourists were bowled out for 255 to give up a first-innings deficit of 200.
Ben Stokes made 70 and Jonny Bairstow 53 in a sixth-wicket partnership of 100 before England lost their last four wickets for 30 runs.
India were reduced to 40-3 before Virat Kohli's unbeaten 51 took his side to 98-3 and a lead of 298.
At some point on Sunday, probably soon after lunch, England will begin the task of batting for a day and a half to save the game.
It will require a remarkable effort on a surface that is showing variable bounce and is likely to offer more than its current modest turn.
Earlier, premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed five wickets to help dismiss England for 255.
Ashwin, who recorded his 22nd five-wicket Test haul, ran through the England lower order to give the hosts a 200-run lead into the second innings as they did not enforce the follow-on.
The visitors rode on fighting half-centuries from Ben Stokes, who top-scored with 70, and Jonny Bairstow to stage a fightback after starting the day on 103 for five.
Bairstow's gritty knock was cut short just before lunch when Umesh Yadav castled the wicketkeeper-batsman for 53.
His departure ended a 110-run sixth-wicket partnership between him and his overnight partner Stokes who carried on the good work into the post lunch session.
Ashwin finally trapped Stokes lbw and even though the batsman reviewed the decision, the on-field call was upheld by the third umpire.
Adil Rashid scored an unbeaten 32 while pacer Stuart Broad, who underwent a scan on his right foot after Friday's play, also came out to bat.
However Ashwin got Broad (13) and James Anderson (0) off consecutive deliveries as the visitors finished one run short of avoiding the follow-on.
Brief scores
India - 455 (Kohli 167, Pujara 119, Ashwin 58, Moeen 3-98, Anderson 3-62) and 98 for 3 (Kohli 56*)
England- 255 (Stokes 70, Bairstow 53, Root 53, Ashwin 5-67)
Status - India lead by 298 runs
