India made to toil hard as Essex end day 2 at 237/5.
India, who resumed at 322 for six, led by 158 runs after finishing their first innings at 395. Off-spinner Ashwin injured his right hand during practice before the action began on day two and did not take the field at all.
According to the team management, it is not a serious injury. Ashwin did bowl in the nets during the lunch break but did not take the field, with bat or ball, as a precaution.
Yadav (2/23) was the pick of the bowlers as he bowled a superb opening spell with the new ball. Mohammed Shami shared first-spell duties with him, and although he kept things tight, he couldn't generate the movement that his partner did.
Yadav had provided the initial breakthrough, trapping Nick Browne (11) lbw early. He used the new ball to shape it away nicely from the right-handers while bringing it back into the left-handed opener, and that's how he got the wicket.
Ishant Sharma (2/38) started off well and trapped Varun Chopra (16) but struggled to control of line towards the latter half of his first spell and proved expensive thereafter.
Tom Westley (57) made this waywardness count as he stroked to a half-century with 11 fours. He played quite a few streaky shots, especially against Hardik Pandya (0-41), who was easily India's second-best bowler on the day after Yadav.
Pandya bowled with good rhythm and pace and regularly induced the batsmen forward. He should have got a wicket or two, but on a couple occasions, the ball flew through the slip cordon and gully.
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