Kevin Pietersen was batting on 71 and Ian Bell on 28.
Praveen Kumar took the only wicket of the first session when he trapped Jonathan Trott leg before for 70.
Scoreboard at lunch
England first innings:
Andrew Strauss c Sharma b Khan 22
Alastair Cook lbw b Khan 12
Jonathan Trott lbw b Kumar 70
Kevin Pietersen not out 71
Ian Bell not out 28
Extras: (b-8, lb-5, w-1) 14
Total: (for three wickets in 77 overs) 217
Fall of wickets; 1-19 (Cook, 10.6 overs), 2-62 (Strauss, 24.4), 3-160 (Trott, 61.2)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 13.3 8 18 2
Praveen Kumar 27.3 8 65 1
Ishant Sharma 19 4 57 0
Harbhajan Singh 17 2 64 0
Toss: India, who chose to field
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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