Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his first Test double century as India were all out for 396 runs, but England’s openers played aggressively on the second day of the second Test on Saturday.
The tourists reached 32-0 at lunch in Visakhapatnam with Jack Crawley (15 runs) and left-hander Ben Duckett (17 runs) hitting six fours between them.
England, leading 1-0 in the five-match series, trails the hosts by 364 runs.
Left-handed batsman Jaiswal started the game at 179 runs and took debutant spinner Shoaib Bashir past 200 runs by hitting a six and a four in the first session.
The 22-year-old took off his helmet, jumped for joy and kissed the weekend crowd who had stood up to applaud his marathon innings.