MOEEN Ali picked up three wickets in 14 deliveries on day two of the second Test with India in Visakhapatnam but England faced an uphill battle.

The Worcestershire all-rounder’s victims included Indian skipper Virat Kohli for 167 as England dismissed the hosts for 455 in 129.4 overs.

It took the Test wicket tally of Moeen, man of the match in the drawn first Test in Rajkot, to 95.

But then England were reduced to 103-5 from 49 overs by the close with Moeen dismissed for a single.

Moeen, 29, had conceded 50 runs in 11 overs on the opening day after India elected to bat but was quickly among the wickets when play resumed.

Ravichandran Ashwin was dropped at slip by Ben Stokes off Moeen but the same combination accounted for Kohli.

The County star then picked up two wickets in three balls to leave India on 363-7.

Wriddhiman Saha (3) was trapped lbw before Ravindra Jadeja (0) went in the same manner.

Moeen finished with 3-98 from 25 overs, while James Anderson took 3-62.

Moeen scored a century in the first Test but this time was lbw to off-spinner Jayant Yadav cheaply.