RAJKOT, India (AP) — Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is set to re-join the Indian team on day four of the third test against England, even as the host's gained a dominant position in the game.

Ashwin, who picked up his 500th test wicket on day two, had flown home to Chennai due to

a family medical emergency

. The BCCI confirmed on Sunday morning that the spinner had since travelled back to Rajkot and will participate in the remainder of the match.

Meanwhile, Shubman Gill fell nine runs short of a hundred as India reached 314-4 in 82 overs at lunch on day four. It now leads England by 440 runs.

The hosts resumed Sunday at 196-2 and added 118 runs in the morning session spanning 31 overs.

Gill added 26 runs to his overnight tally and moved within nine runs of a second consecutive test hundred before attempting an ill-advised run on a Ben Stokes' throw from mid-on and was run out.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had retired hurt after scoring his third test hundred on day three evening, resumed his innings after Gill’s dismissal.

Jaiswal had complained of back spasms after scoring 104 runs on Saturday, and added another 45 runs to his tally by the interval.

Kuldeep Yadav, who had come to the crease as nightwatchman for Jaiswal on Saturday, was the only other wicket to fall in a dominant session for the hosts as he was caught off Rehan Ahmed (1-64) for 27.

At lunch new batter Sarfaraz Khan was on 22 not out, sharing an unbeaten 56-run partnership with Jaiswal.

India scored 445 runs in its first innings, with centuries from Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja. Mohammed Siraj then picked up 4-84 as England was bowled out for 319 runs in reply, surrendering a first innings’ lead of 126 runs.

The five-match series is level at 1-1. India

won the second test

by 106 runs after

England beat the hosts by 28 runs in the opener.

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