India were 11 for no loss at lunch in their second innings, trailing England by 13 runs on day three of the second Test at Lord's here Saturday.
Shikhar Dhawan was unbeaten on 10 while his opening partner Murali Vijay is yet to get off the mark.
England were bowled out for 319 in their first innings, just before lunch, taking a 24-run lead.
Resuming at 219/6, the hosts put on 100 runs and lost four wickets in the morning session to go ahead of India's first innings total of 295.
Liam Plunkett remained unbeaten on 55 while wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior chipped in with 23.
Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up 6/82, becoming only the third Indian bowler to pick up six wickets at the 'home of cricket' after Ladha Amar Singh and Bishan Singh Bedi.