Indian spinners were taken to the cleaners by the English batsmen as the visitors posted a mammoth 537 on the second day of the opening cricket Test here on Thursday.
India made a cautious start reaching 63 for no loss with openers Murali Vijay (25 not out) and Gautam Gambhir (28 not out) at the crease.
England's first innings total was their third-highest ever in this country, showing their batsmen were in total control against Indian spinners especially Ravichandran Ashwin, who conceded 167 runs in 46 overs taking only two wickets.
Amit Mishra fared no better, having being hit for 98 runs in 23.3 overs.
India still need 275 more runs to avoid following on, on a track showing increasing signs of wear and tear after its easy-paced nature on day one on Wednesday.
The hosts also trailed the visitors by a massive 474 runs with all ten wickets in hand going into day three on Friday. Both faced testing spells of fast bowling and probing spin bowling to remain unbeaten for carrying on the daunting task faced by the home team.
Vijay had faced 70 balls, striking four fours — three of which came in one over off Stuart Broad.
Gambhir, playing his second Test on the trot after his recall from hibernation, struck four fours in his 68-ball knock as they batted out the shortened last session of play.
Earlier, New Zealand-born England all rounder Ben Stokes became the third century maker in the visitors' first innings after Joe Root on Wednesday and Moeen Ali on Thursday morning.
The tourists, in particular Stokes who made an attacking 128 which was the innings highest score, batted right down the order to post the massive total before being all out to end the extended session two. England's total revolved mainly around Root's classical, foundation-laying 124 on day one, Ali's attractive knock of 117 and the enterprising hundred by Stokes against a listless Indian bowling attack that was plundered for a whopping 139 runs in 30 overs in the pre-lunch period.
Stokes, who struck 2 sixes and 13 fours in his 235-ball knock, departed just before the scheduled tea interval and England lost their last wicket, that of Zafar Ansari for 32 during the extended second session to be all out after posting their third-best innings total in India.
Amit Mishra trapped Ansari leg before on the sweep shot to bring the innings to a close after England had batted for nearly ten and a half hours.
Anderson hopeful
England pace spearhead James Anderson says he is hopeful of being declared match fit to play in the second Test against India starting November 17 in the port city of Visakhapatnam.
The 34-year-old paceman is coming off a shoulder injury which ruled him out of the drawn series in Bangladesh and there were fears that he would miss most of the India tour. "I had a good week at loughborough last week, bowling to get some overs under my belt. Hopefully I can keep that going this week and get some miles into my legs to make sure I'm as fit as I can be and maybe be fit for the second Test," Anderson told Sky Sports. "It is still over a week away. It is hard to say right now, but it will all depend on how this week goes. I'm sure in the next two of three days we will have a good idea of whether that is a possibility or not. At first we thought maybe missing four Tests was a possibility, but the way I have progressed over the last two or three weeks has been positive."