Chennai: England reached 119/5 in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the first Test against India, extending their overall lead to 360 runs here on Monday.
Ollie Pope (18) and Jos Buttler (14) were batting at the break.
It was a fruitful session for the hosts, who picked up four wickets.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who dismissed opener Rory Burns earlier in the day, snared Dominic Sibley (16) and Ben Stokes (7) while pacers Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah accounted for Daniel Lawrence (18) and skipper Joe Root (40) respectively.