London: Suresh Raina brought up his sixth half century, and was involved in an unbroken partnership of 53 with skipper Mahendra Singh, as India went in to tea at 218/5 on the last day of the Lord's Test on Sunday.
Raina was unbeaten on 54 and Dhoni was giving him company on 16 at the end of the second session.
James Anderson got the all important scalp of Sachin Tendulkar (12) in the post lunch session by trapping the maestro leg before wicket.
The visitors lost the crucial wickets of Rahul Dravid (36), VVS Laxman (56) and Gautam Gambhir (22), and went into lunch at 142/4.
The Indians got off to a poor start on the last day when Dravid who made 36 was caught behind by Matt Prior off the bowling of James Anderson.
India then lost their fourth wicket when Graeme Swann got rid of Gambhir.
Gambhir lunged forward as the ball hit his pad and umpire Asad Rauf took his time before deciding in the bowler's favour.
James Anderson struck a killer blow for England by getting rid of the well set Laxman for 56. Laxman was caught by Ian Bell at short mid wicket after an attempted pull by the batsman failed to clear Bell.
Earlier on Sunday, a sixth Test hundred by England wicketkeeper Matt Prior, and an unbeaten 74 by Stuart Broad put the hosts in a commanding position.
At stumps on day four, India were 80/1 having lost Abhinav Mukund (12), and still 378 away from their victory target with Dravid (34) and Laxman (32) at the crease
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