The day belonged to Sam Curran, who helped England reach a competitive total with the spinners getting plenty of purchase on a dry surface.
Shastri pointed out the phases during Test matches when the talented all-rounder took the game away from India.
Jasprit Bumrah continued the strong start to his Test career, moving to a career-best 487 points while retaining 37th position after his fifth Test.
Chasing a tricky target of 245, India were bowled out for a paltry 184 on the fourth day on a pitch where survival wasn't a problem.
Buttler scored 69 and put on vital lower-order partnerships with Ben Stokes and Sam Curran as England recovered from 122 for five to finish at 260 for eight eight at stumps.
Bumrah said India were happy to be in the position they are in and will look to exert further control in the match on day two morning.
Curran anchored the England innings with a determined 78 as he shared 81 runs with Moeen Ali (40) and 63 runs with Stuart Broad (17) for the seventh and ninth wickets respectively.
Sam Curran rescued England after their latest top-order collapse by scoring a career-high 78 to push the team to a potentially competitive 246 all out on Day 1.
Stokes will return to international cricket after being deemed 'not guilty' by a Bristol court on charges of affray. While Curran will miss out as the hosts look to press their 2-0 advantage over in the five-match series.
Woakes was batting on 120 while Sam Curran was unbeaten on 22, as the home team extended its first-innings lead to 250 runs with four wickets remaining at the Lord's.
Tendulkar, who made his debut against Pakistan as a 16-year-old in 1989 remembered his time as a rookie international.
After picking up four wickets in India's first innings, he struck what turned out to be a crucial 63-run knock on the third day to give England a total to defend.
Curran, the youngest ever England player to win a Man-of-the-match award, claimed five wickets and scored 87 runs in the opening Test.
While Ishant took five wickets, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin scalped three as England added 171 runs to their overnight score of nine for one.
Kohli struck a majestic 22nd Test hundred, as India didn't let the advantage slip on day two at Edgbaston. Thanks to his knock, India finished with only a 13-run deficit in the first innings.
Kohli's 149, which will rank amongst one of the finest hundreds by an Indian batsman on English soil, enabled the visitors to reach 274 thereby bringing down the first innings deficit to only 13 runs.
Virat Kohli's 22nd Test hundred had 22 boundaries and a six and the unbridled joy on competing the coveted hundred was palpable as he let out a wild roar and kissed his wedding ring.
Rashid, who last played a Test in December 2016, has been preferred over all-rounder Moeen Ali in the XI whereas Sam Curran will feature alongside Broad and Anderson in the pace unit.
Sam Curran has replaced his injured brother Tom in ODI squad for the three-match ODI series, starting July 12.
England have already clinched the series 3-1 following their thumping win by 242 runs in the third ODI against Australia.
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