India v England: Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara frustrates England

Fourth Test, Mumbai (day two):

England 400: Jennings 112, Buttler 76, Ashwin 6-112

India 146-1: Vijay 70 not out, Moeen 1-44

Scorecard

England were frustrated by a 107-run partnership between Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara on day two of the fourth Test against India in Mumbai.

Jos Buttler (76) and Jake Ball (31) helped England - who trail the series 2-0 - reach 400 as Ravichandran Ashwin took another five-wicket haul.
KL Rahul fell early in India's reply, bowled by Moeen Ali for 24, but Vijay's unbeaten 70 steadied India.
Pujara's calm 47 helped India keep England at bay as they ended on 146-1.
Buttler and Ball's partnership moved England to a competitive score and Rahul's dismissal before tea put the visitors in a strong position, but England let the game drift in the evening session.
The India pair worked the singles as England's seamers struggled on a pitch that offered no assistance. Both batsmen targeted the spinners, playing particularly aggressively against Adil Rashid.
Vijay struck two sixes from the spin before crashing Chris Woakes through the covers to ensure India ended the day on top.
"It's a good total, 400, if you have decent spinners, but England's spinners are nowhere near as good as India's," former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott said on Test Match Special.
"They have one good spinner and one average spinner. They leak a lot of runs and it's very hard for them to squeeze pressure."

• Relive how England reached 400 in Mumbai

Mature Buttler guides England to 400

Jos Buttler (left) and Jake Ball put on 54 runs together to help England reach 400

England have never lost a Test in the subcontinent after making 400 in the first innings, but that total looked beyond them when they resumed on 288-5.
Buttler had passed 50 just once in his previous 15 Test innings but he judged this innings well, playing cautiously before using quick singles and the reverse sweep to up the tempo.
He watched from the other end as Chris Woakes edged Ravindra Jadeja to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel and Rashid left a delivery that did not turn and hit middle stump. It was left to him and Ball to frustrate India's bowlers.
Prior to this match, Ball's highest Test score was four, with a top score in first-class cricket of 49 not out. That total, made in 2015 against Warwickshire, came from 20 balls, indicating that he is not one for blocking.
Buttler shielded him from the strike at first but Ball proved to be a more than adequate partner. He cut and flicked Jadeja for four before crashing the new ball to the boundary.
A shoulder injury threw Ball off-balance and he fell three balls later to Ashwin, but James Anderson was able to help push England to 400 before Buttler was bowled by Jadeja.

All eleven wickets to fall in the match so far have been taken by a spinner

'400 is a tremendous score' - analysis

Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan
Number seven is a really good position for Buttler at this stage. He can play his natural game. Whatever the situation he can go out and look to attack.
This 400 is a tremendous score for England but the spinners will have to get the ball in the right zone more consistently. There's plenty there for them.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott
Buttler has played splendidly. He started steady, he has had to be careful and wary and the longer he has been in he has thought 'I've got to look to score', but he did it sensibly.
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew
On balance India finished the day in the better position. They're well placed to pile the pressure on to England's second innings unless Moeen and Rashid can get amongst the wickets tomorrow.
The wicket continues to deteriorate but there's nothing for the four fast bowlers. Instead, the onus is on the spinners. The occasional ball aside, Moeen and Rashid were easily negotiated by Vijay and Pujara.

Ashwin stars again for India

Off-spinner Ashwin picked India up on the first day and he was the pick of the bowlers again on the second, registering his seventh five-wicket haul of the year as he got the ball to spin sharply.
Ben Stokes fell just 18 balls into the day when he edged Ashwin to Virat Kohli at slip. He was left furious after the dismissal, convinced he had not hit the ball, but the replay showed a deviation and Stokes became Ashwin's fifth wicket.
He broke the 54-run partnership between Ball and Buttler with a clever bit of bowling that cramped Ball for room and induced a thin edge through to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel.
Ashwin has now taken 23 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket - the third highest by any Indian spinner - since making his debut five years ago and is the leading wicket taker in this series with 21.
"Without Ashwin, India were a shambles yesterday," said Vaughan. "You're looking at a world-class spinner who has got something out of this pitch, but orthodox spinners like Jadeja and Jayant Yadav have got nothing out of it."