Bess savours Kohli wicket

England off-spinner Dom Bess said claiming India captain Virat Kohli's wicket in the opening test was "special" and he was particularly pleased with the process he used to get it.

Bess claimed 4-55 in Chennai, ripping the heart out of India's middle order, beginning with Kohli. The 23-year-old drew one of the world's best batsman forward with a flighted delivery and induced a thick inside edge which Ollie Pope grabbed at short leg.

"It's certainly up there," the spinner said when asked if Kohli's wicket was the most satisfying of his test career. "The player of the calibre of who he is, I think phenomenal, a world class player, one of the best. But again, it's more of a process -- what I'm learning, what I'm doing that is getting me to that."

Bess claimed the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane in his next over and went on to account for Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant as well to keep England on top. "It was looking to get him out but it was not about bowling that magical ball," Bess said of his "process". "It's about smashing in 10-15 balls in a good area and then something will happen. "It's that process of getting there and that's what I was really pleased about."

India faced the prospect of having to follow-on after England off-spinner Dom Bess ripped the heart out of their middle order to reduce them to 257-6 at the close on day three of the opening test in Chennai on Sunday. After England had posted a mammoth 578 in their first innings before pace bowler Jofra Archer removed both India openers to deny them a strong start to their reply.