article: Ravichandran Ashwin took 5-67 as the tourists were bowled out for 255 to give up a first-innings deficit of 200. Ben Stokes made 70 and Jonny Bairstow 53 in a sixth-wicket partnership of 110 before England lost their last four wickets for 30 runs. India were reduced to 40-3, but Virat Kohli's unbeaten 56 took his side to 98-3 and a lead of 298. At some point on Sunday, probably soon after lunch, England will begin the task of batting for a day and a half to save the game. It will require a remarkable effort on a surface that is showing variable bounce and is likely to offer more than its current modest turn. "If England had got 350 and taken more time out of the game, I could see a way out for them," said former England captain Michael Vaughan on Test Match Special. "But they allowed India to be too far ahead. England will have to bat four and a half sessions to avoid going 1-0 down in the series - on a pitch that won't get any better." Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott I thought that if England didn't play very well it could have been over very quickly, even today. If today was a boxing match, England actually won it on points. But it really knocked the stuffing out of England yesterday. Ex-England spinner Vic Marks The damage was done yesterday - in one session. England have fought hard today, but if they get out of this it will be a monumental achievement. Former England captain Michael Vaughan Realistically, England will be thinking they need to bat 140 overs in the second innings to get away with a draw. I can't see how they can win. The draw is a possibility but it's very, very minute. England's predicament was the result of a collapse of 4-29 on the second evening, a slump in which the tourists contributed to each wicket that fell. On the third morning, the watchful and skilful combination of Stokes and Bairstow showed their team-mates the way, as well continuing their prolific 2016, both individually and as a partnership. Bairstow, the leading Test run scorer of 2016, and Stokes, who averages 60, have added 772 as a partnership, more than any other pair in the world. Wicketkeeper Bairstow overcame a knee injury sustained as he limbered up on the way to the middle before play and some early indecisive footwork to sweep and nudge his way to a 137-ball half-century, his slowest in Tests. By the time he was bowled off his pads playing across a searing inswinger from Umesh Yadav, the aggregate number of runs added by England's sixth wicket in 2016 stood at 1,759, an England record for any wicket in Tests. "The way Bairstow and Stokes played was terrific," said Boycott. "To intersperse defence and attack in the situation England were in means they deserve full marks." Stokes also made his slowest Test half-century, from 108 deliveries, but was more assured than Bairstow, bar one sharp stumping chance to Wriddhiman Saha
summary: England were pushed further towards defeat on day three of the second Test against India in Visakhapatnam.