England swing bowler Sam Curran took three wickets in eight balls to leave India reeling on 3-76 at lunch on day two of the first Test at Edgbaston on Thursday.
After quickly taking England's last wicket to dismiss the hosts for 287, India slumped from 0-50 to 3-59 as Curran trapped Murali Vijay for 22 then saw Lokesh Rahul on 4 drag a shot onto his stumps two balls later.
In his next over, Curran enticed an edge off opener Shikhar Dhawan (26), who was looking to drive a swinging ball, and Dawid Malan at second slip took the catch.
Viray Kohli was unbeaten on 9 and Ajinkya Rahane was 8 not out as they sought to repair the damage.
Curran had figures of 3-23 from six overs.
Earlier, Mohammed Shami took the last wicket to complete England's collapse from 3-216 to 287 all out and finish with bowling figures of 3-64.
Curran nicked Shami outside off stump without adding to his overnight score of 24, leaving Jimmy Anderson on 2 not out.
Anderson scored his first runs - and England's only runs - from 9-285 overnight in the first over off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who took a team-leading 4-62.
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