Mumbai: India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets for 9 runs after tea to reduce England to 288-5 on day one of the fourth test in Mumbai.
At stumps, Ben Stokes was unbeaten on 25 runs, while Jos Buttler was batting on 18 not out, with Ashwin finishing the day with 4-75.
After tea, Moeen Ali (50) and debutant opener Keaton Jennings (112) took their third wicket partnership to 94 runs. Ali was aggressive on the bowling and cut loose to reach his ninth test half-century off 102 balls.
In all, he hit four fours and a six as well. The 200-mark came up in the 63rd over.
But then, in the 71st over, he was out to an impulsive sweep shot off Ashwin, and was caught at midwicket.
Ashwin inflicted a double blow on England as Jennings was caught at gully two balls later, with Cheteshwar Pujara taking a sharp low catch to dismiss the England player.
Jennings faced 219 balls overall, and hit 13 fours in a composed innings.
The off-spinner was near unplayable in his eight-over spell. Stokes survived somehow, but Jonny Bairstow (14) was caught sweeping at square leg as he tried to break the shackles.
England collapsed from 230-2 to 249-5. Stokes and Buttler then added 39 runs for the sixth wicket to stem the collapse.
