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[caption id="attachment_29177" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Ravindra Jadeja celebrating after taking the crucial wicket of Joe Root at Mohali on Tuesday. Image Source: ECB[/caption] Internet Desk: India reduced England to 156 for seven in their second innings at lunch on the fourth day of the third cricket test, at Mohali on Tuesday. England are 22 runs ahead, which means the hosts will have to bat again. Kohli started with Umesh Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja and it took only eight deliveries to see the back of Gareth Batty, who walked in yesterday as a nightwatchman. Buttler's intent was clear when he got off the mark with a six over long-off. His plan was to go after the spinners and that eventually led to his downfall when he holed out to long-on. Joe Root looked unflustered and notched up his 25th Test fifty. It required something spectacular to dismiss the Yorkie, and Rahane produced that. He took a one-handed stunner at first slip off Jadeja's bowling. Haseeb Hameed who is almost a finger down has been stout in his defence, but hasn't been able to score freely. One would think, it's just a matter of time before England surrender to the Indian spinners. Brief Scores: England: 283 & 156 for seven in 70 overs (Joe Root 78; Ravichandran Ashwin 3/41). India 1st innings: 417 all out in 138.2 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 90, Ravichandran Ashwin 72; Ben Stokes 5/73, Rashid 4/118).