Gambhir and VVS Laxman (15) found going really tough. By then, boundaries had become a rarity and singles were not easy to come by either.

England lifted their fielding standard as well to stifle the runs and Laxman returned run out after an almighty mix-up with Gambhir.

Yuvraj announced his arrival with two fours off a Monty Panesar over and soon Indias 100 came after 45 painstaking overs. There was no respite for Panesar as Yuvraj went after the left-arm spinner, hitting him all over the park and once in the stand -- to go at a run-a-ball rate as suddenly scoring looked easy.

Earlier, India needed 45 minutes to polish off Englands tail after heavy fog resulted in a two-hour delay. Off-colour so far in the match, Harbhajan Singh made some amends by claiming three of the last four wickets to hasten Englands collapse.

The visitors in fact lost their last six wickets for meagre 22 runs.

Spin colleagues Harbhajan and Amit Mishra opened the attack for the hosts this morning and the off-spinner struck with his seventh delivery of the day which kissed Matt Priors (2) blade and Dhoni neatly collected the ball behind the stumps.

Harbhajan claimed his second wicket of the day in the very next over. Stuart Broad (1) proved a terrible judge of the turn as he left the ball alone only to see it straighten and knock back his off-stump.

Replacing Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan struck in his second over, rattling Graeme Swanns (3) stumps before Harbhajan dropped curtains on the innings, claiming Panesar (5).