After England won the toss and elected to bat on a seaming track in this Navi Mumbai stadium, medium pacer Kshemal Waingankar struck once each in his two spells to take the wickets of opener Nick Compton for 1 and Ian Bell for 4.
First change bowler Javed Khan dismissed Jonathan Trott for 28.
To make matters worse for England, Mumbai captain Suryakumar Yadav -- a part-time off break bowler -- struck in the last over before lunch to dismiss Joe Root, caught at short leg for 28.
At lunch Eoin Morgan was yet to score after having come in with 10 minutes left for the interval.
Waingankar had superb figures of 2 for 13 in seven overs, Khan claimed one for 19 in six while Yadav had taken a wicket off the fifth ball of his only over.
The morning clearly belonged to the unheralded second string bunch of Mumbai.
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The 27-year-old Waingankar, who has played only 11 Ranji Trophy games, stuck to a fine line to take full advantage of the helpful track and put the visitors on the back foot after they won the toss and batted.
England, who made six changes to the side that played in the opening warm-up game against India A at the Brabourne Stadium even resting captain and centurion Alastair Cook, started cautiously.
With the wicket assisting the two medium pacers Waingankar and Shardul Thakur runs were hard to come by.
Waingankar, in particular, maintained a steady off stump line and good length and made the ball move both way off the pitch to produce doubts in the minds of Compton and Root.
Waingankar drew first blood very early in his third over by uprooting the off stump of Compton with a ball that moved in a shade. MORE