The tail most certainly wagged. England at one stage had slipped to 321-7 in their first innings, before being bowled out for 477.
It was their highest total since the first Test in Rajkot and was largely thanks to Moeen Ali's magnificent 146, Adil Rashid's 60 and a superb effort in his first Test knock from Liam Dawson, who finished unbeaten on 66.
In reply, India reached 60-0 at the close, with a Parthiv Patel edge onto Jonny Bairstow's pad from Moeen's bowling the closest England came to breaking through.