England led India by 250 runs at the close of play.
Chris Woakes marked his return to Test cricket with a maiden century, and in the able company of Jonny Bairstow, handed England a massive advantage over a beleaguered India in the second match on Saturday at Lord's.
Woakes struck a polished ton as England finished day three in a dominant position, reaching 357 for six when bad light stopped play at the Lord's.
Woakes walked off unbeaten on 120 runs with Sam Curran batting on 22 not out.
England led by 250 runs and a day after bowling out India for 107, the English duo showed the way to the visiting batsmen as to how to bat on this wicket, even though the strip eased out considerably.
Woakes came into the game after an injury-induced break and as a replacement for the in-form Ben Stokes.
Post tea, Woakes and Bairstow (93) took their sixth-wicket partnership to 189 runs. They scored at a quick clip as Indian shoulders dropped and their spirits sank.
There was almost no fight as both batsmen marched towards their centuries in style. Woakes got there first, off 129 balls, as their 150-partnership came in just 219 deliveries.
Bairstow slowed down with the landmark in sight and paid the price for it with Hardik Pandya (2-66) nabbing him just short of three-figures. Dinesh Karthik took a diving one-handed catch to the right to dismiss him.
Curran then came to the crease and started smacking the ball around. India took the second new ball as soon as it was due, but the players went off for bad light after just one over.
Earlier, England lost four wickets, including debutant Ollie Pope for 28, as they struggled to 89 for four at lunch.
After an imperious bowling display from James Anderson on the second day, England started brightly in response to India's first-innings 107 with Alastair Cook looking fluent as the hosts progressed to 28 without loss.
But in the eighth over, Keaton Jennings missed a straight delivery by Mohammed Shami and was trapped lbw for 11.
In the following over, Cook (21) was caught behind after he nicked a swinging delivery from Ishant Sharma which brought 20-year-old Pope to the crease.
The right-hander played some positive strokes and scored freely as he looked to rebuild alongside captain Joe Root, but as lunch approached he was trapped lbw by Hardik Pandya.
Root was watchful for much of his innings until his dismissal by Shami lbw for 19 from 53 balls signalled the break.
Jonny Bairstow was unbeaten on four at the interval in bright sunshine at the home of cricket after much of the first two days of the match were washed out by rain.
England lead the five-match series 1-0.
On Friday, India were bowled out for 107 in 35.2 overs on the second day.
James Anderson picked up a stunning five-for, while the likes of Chris Woakes and Sam Curran played a great second fiddle to him.
It was Woakes who removed the key man, Virat Kohli and followed that up with the wicket of Hardik Pandya. India at one point lost three wickets for just 12 runs – Kohli, Pandya and Dinesh Karthik, who became a victim of a jaffa from Curran.
India lost both their openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay to Anderson. Just after a few overs, the rain returned and the play was halted again.
India were struggling on 15 for three when heavy rain disrupted play for the third time on Friday after the entire first day of the test was lost to the wet weather.
When play began again, Cheteshwar Pujara was run out by debutant Ollie Pope and a downpour followed immediately with skipper Virat Kohli the unbeaten batsman on three.
England captain Joe Root had won the delayed toss and put India in to bat.
Both teams made changes from the first test, won by England, with India making two changes from Edgbaston and opting for a twin spin bowling attack.
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav was brought in for seamer Umesh Yadav, joining off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the slow bowling department.
Batsman Pujara was brought in for Shikhar Dhawan.
As expected England gave a test debut to 20-year-old Surrey batsman Pope, who has only 15 first-class matches under his belt but takes the place of the dropped Dawid Malan.
Paceman Chris Woakes came in for Ben Stokes, who is the subject of a criminal trial in Bristol this week, meaning Moeen Ali missed out again.
(With Agencies Inputs)
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