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BEN Stokes put in a Herculean shift in the heat of Ahmedabad but Rishabh Pant’s remarkable century and the folly of England’s imbalanced attack left India in full control in the fourth Test.

Pant built to a brilliant 101 as he changed the complexion of the game, striking 13 boundaries and two sixes, with India’s closing 89 ahead on 294 for seven.

At tea it looked as though the unrelenting Stokes might have made the defining contribution, defying illness, stiffness and a muddled team selection to drag India back to 144 for five in response to England’s modest 205 all out.

Flogging himself for 20 overs in near 40 degree heat he bounced out home captain Virat Kohli for a duck and removed in-form opener Rohit Sharma with a booming inswinger, holding down the fort for long, exhausting spells as the likes of Stuart Broad, Mark Wood and Olly Stone watched on.

England had gambled on just three specialist bowlers, and it proved to be a costly decision, with Pant seizing the opportunity to cash in against an attack that was spreading itself painfully thin.

After moving his side to parity, he then cut loose in the evening with an array of increasingly jawdropping shots. With Washington Sundar making 60 not out, India took 141 from a chastening final session.

Things had been so different at the start of play, with Anderson and Stokes locking down the scoreboard, allowing just 16 runs in the first hour. Jack Leach applied the finishing touch, going wicket-to-wicket at Cheteshwar Pujara, who played behind his front pad and fell lbw for 17.

Stokes claimed the prized wicket of Kohli and Anderson outclassed Ajinkya Rahane in the last over of the morning to leave the score 80 for four.

Stokes took just six balls to end Rohit’s handy innings of 49, and his aggression helped England grab another before tea, unnerving Ravichandran Ashwin with blows on the glove and shoulder before Leach had him softly caught at short mid-wicket.

But then England lost their way entirely in the final session.