England look set for defeat in the third Test after India dominated day three in Mohali.

Ravinchandran Ashwin took 3-19 as England slid to 78-4, 56 behind, with only Joe Root, opening in place of the injured Haseeb Hameed, resisting on 36.

India’s lower order had earlier frustrated England for two sessions to push their first-innings total to 417.

Ravindra Jadeja made 90, Ashwin 72 and Jayant Yadav 55, while Ben Stokes took 5-73 and Adil Rashid 4-118.

England’s bowlers did little wrong, but the ease with which India accumulated on what appeared a benign surface shamed the visitors’ first-innings score of 283.

The home attack found much more assistance as England lost Alastair Cook, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow and Stokes and look likely to be beaten inside four days to go 2-0 down in the five-match series.

‘India are a better team’ – analysis

Former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special

England have won a toss here and they haven’t made it count. They missed a great chance in the first innings with the bat.

This match is certainly going to go India’s way, barring a Joe Root double century – but he needs help. Let’s face it, in these conditions, on these style of wickets, India are a better team.

Ex-England spinner Vic Marks

It has been emphatically India’s day. They look so much more potent than England did this morning.

Most of the damage was done by Ashwin with the bat yesterday, and then he has taken three wickets today. He is beguiling.

BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew

This was the day that England dreaded. They failed to snuff out the India lower order, which piled on the runs to set up their match-winning position.

It will probably make no difference whether Hameed bats tomorrow or not, because England will almost certainly be made to pay for their poor batting performance on day one.