Ben Duckett smashed his way to an entertaining century from 88 balls to lead England's fiery reply with the bat on Day 2 of the third Test against India in Rajkot on Friday.
Duckett carted the Indian bowlers all around the park at the Niranjan Shah Stadium to smash 133 from 118 balls, hitting 21 fours and two sixes.
England raced to 207/2 in 35 overs in reply to India's first innings total of 445.
Left-hander Duckett raced to his century from just 88 balls as England dominated the proceedings in the post-tea session. Joe Root was unbeaten on nine at stumps on the second day.
It was a memorable day for Ravichandran Ashwin, who became only the second Indian bowler to complete the landmark of 500 wickets in Test cricket when he dismissed Zak Crawley in the post-tea session.
Overall, Ashwin is the ninth bowler and the fifth spinner to complete the feat in Tests. Anil Kumble was the first Indian bowler to take 500 wickets, having taken 619 wickets in 132 Tests.
Ashwin got to the landmark of 500 wickets in his 98th Test match at an average of 23, with 34 five-wicket hauls.
Crawley top-edged the sweep and was caught at short fine leg for 15. England got off to a fiery start, as the two openers put on 89 runs from 13.1 overs.
Duckett went on the attack after the tea interval, hitting four boundaries off six balls -- two each off Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj.
Two more boundaries and a single Siraj saw him race to his fifty from just 39 balls before Crawley hit the pacer for a four through the covers to get 13 runs from the 10th over.
India pacers came hard at England openers in a short burst but the visitors remained unscathed to reach 31 for no loss at tea on Day 3.
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj had spent close to half an hour putting on vital 30 runs for the last wicket in India's 445, before they got the chance to have a crack at England.
Despite being hit for a few boundaries by the free-flowing England batters, both Bumrah and Siraj beat the edges of Ben Duckett (19 not out) and Zak Crawley (6 not out) to maintain pressure.
England began their first innings at 5/0 following a five-run on-field penalty imposed on India for running on the middle of the pitch while batting. India's innings folded at 445 after their tailenders played some useful knocks.
Ravichandran Ashwin gifted his wicket when he jumped own the track but only hit Rehan Ahmed straight to Ben Stokes at mid-on, walking back for a fine 37 from 89 balls which included six fours.
Dhruv Jurel fell narrowly short of a half-century on debut when he was, caught behind by Ben Foakes off Ahmed for 46.
Nevertheless, Jurel's innings was replete with promise as the young batter cracked three sixes -- including a spectacular ramp shot for a six off Mark Wood. His 104-ball 46 also included two fours as the wicketkeeper-batter enjoyed luck coming his way.
Ollie Pope spilled a regulation chance off Tom Hartley (1/109) at midwicket when Jurel hit straight to him and soon after, Ben Stokes spilled one at leg slip off Mark Wood. He was on 32 on both the occasions.
But before they were separated, Ashwin and Jurel did a fine job of putting on 77 runs for the eighth wicket which took India past the 400-run mark.
Bumrah was the aggressor in his rapid 28-ball 26 which featured some lusty blows for three fours and a six.
Siraj, who played second fiddle, appeared to be struggling with a knee-related trouble but felt no discomfort when he came on to bowl.
Earlier, Ashwin and Jurel led a resolute response after early blows in an attritional morning session to take India to 388/7 at lunch.
On a docile pitch which has not favoured any style of bowling yet, India's approach remained largely conservative which was also influenced to some extent by twin blows shortly after the play began.
Resuming at 326/5, India took their time in adding another 62 runs in 26 overs in the morning session.
Overnight centurion Ravindra Jadeja (112 from) could not add much to his kitty and walked back after miscuing a simple return catch back to England part-time spinner Joe Root.
The face of Jadeja's bat turned inwards towards his pads as he looked to play the ball on the on-side, resulting in Root grabbing a sharp catch over his shoulders.
Jadeja's dismissal did peg back India right after the play began as he joined nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav (4) in the dressing room soon after the latter's dismissal, off James Anderson.
The 41-year-old seamer is now merely four wickets away from completing a record 700 wickets -- the most for any fast bowler in the history of the sport.
For Jadeja, this is now his second highest score in Test cricket and also the second longest innings in the format in terms of balls faced.
The double blows at the identical team score of 331 forced new batters Ashwin and Jurel to drop anchor and build a partnership, since it is paramount for India to add as many runs as possible in the first essay on a benign track at the Niranjan Shah Stadium.
Ashwin looked busier than his younger teammate and hit a few crisp drives to get going, but an error from his part resulted in on-field umpire Joe Wilson slapping a five-run penalty on the Indian team as the senior spinner was penalised for running on the danger area of the pitch.
England's first innings will thus start at 5/0 without a ball being bowled. The first such warning was given on the opening day, when Jadeja committed the same offence.
Jurel did a fine job in his maiden outing which began with a few dot balls and a single to get his first Test runs, while his first-ever boundary in international cricket showed promise of a fine aggressive batter.
Wood tried a short ball to debutant Jurel but the 23-year-old played an incredible ramp shot off a 146 kmph bouncer, guiding the ball over the wicketkeeper for his first six in top-flight cricket.