Fast bowlers Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah did get a bit of seam movement in the first hour of the play but didn't get much help as the pitch played true for the batsmen.
After playing out the first hour, Root and Stokes started to attack spinners - Shahbaz Nadeem and Washington Sundar. Stokes did survive two difficult chances and a run-out and went on to score his fifty.
Joe Root remained unbeaten at 156 and Stokes on 63* as the English batsmen went back to the pavilion dominating the first session.
England - 355/3 (Joe Root - 156*, Ben Stokes - 63*; Jasprit Bumrah - 2/57)
