Birmingham, July 5 -- India tightened their hold on the ongoing Test in Birmingham with a commanding performance, ending Day 3 with a 244-run lead and nine wickets still in hand. After bowling out England for 407, largely due to Mohammed Siraj's fiery 6/70 and Akash Deep's impressive 4/88, the visitors responded strongly with the bat, reaching 64/1 at stumps.

Mohammed Siraj, who kept hitting the right areas, ran through England's lower order.

Speaking after the day's play, Harry Brook acknowledged India's superior execution with the ball.

"Yeah, the Indians bowled really well with it," Brook said.

"They came wide on the crease, attacked the stumps, kept all three modes of dismissal in play and yeah, they made it do just enough to be a...