Ben Stokes (12*) and Jonny Bairstow (12*) remained unbeaten in the last session and will resume the proceedings on Saturday.
England finished the day at 103 for five.
Both the Englishmen played positively on a day when Indian bowlers shined on the turf.
Joe Root remained the top scorer for the visitors so far with his 53 but it was Ashwin who dismissed him to give India the much needed wicket of the day.
Alaister Cook (2), Haseeb Hameed (13), Ben Duckett (3) and Moeen Ali (1) perished early as England will need to put up a strong show on Saturday morning to give some challenge to Indian players who have performed strongly in the match so far.
Mohammed Shami and Jayant Yadav picked up a wicket each while Ashwin scalped two as Indian bowlers gave strong support to their batsmen who earlier piled up 455 on the scorecard.
A 64-run unbeaten partnership between Indian's off-spin twin Ravichandran Ashwin (58) and debutant Jayant Yadav (35) helped their team sail past the 400-run mark after a mini collapse triggered tension in the host's dressing room earlier.
India went ahead to score 455 runs.
Virat Kohli remained the top scorer for the Indian side with his 167 while Cheteshwar Pujara put up a strong show by scoring 119 runs.
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