New Delhi: The first test match between India and England has reached a crucial stage as the English batter Ollie Pope’s brilliant innings have taken the visitors from a 190-run deficit in the first innings to a fighting 230-run lead in the second innings.
England began the proceedings on day 4 with 317 for 6. Bumrah drew the first blood of the day by removing Rehan Ahmed 28.
When others were struggling to break the partnership, once again it was Jasprit Bumrah 🐐 who did it #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/REgyR0yIpu
— KK (@_Dear__Zindagi_) January 28, 2024
Ollie Pope with Tom Hartley (34), then added 80 runs for the eighth wicket. England lost the last three wickets for just one run, as Ollie Pope, who was the last man to depart, missed his well-deserved double-century by just four runs.
Special Moments for Special Inning#INDvsENG #HardikPandyapic.twitter.com/iBWTwNS7z8
— 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 (@CricZone24) January 28, 2024
Pope, in his brilliant 196 runs innings, faced 278 deliveries and scored 21 boundaries.
Before getting dismissed, Pope took England to 420 runs, giving the visitors a huge lead of 230 in the fourth innings to defend.
Jasprit Bumrah was India’s best bowler, with a total of four wickets under his belt, while Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets of his own. Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel took two and one wickets each, respectively.
Notably, India would have thought they could give England defeat by an innings deficit, but in reality, they got themselves a tricky 231 runs to chase in the fourth innings, making the match evenly poised.
Netizens react
As soon as the English innings was over, netizens filled X (Formerly known as Twitter) with appreciation posts for Ollie Pope and his fighting innings.
Check out their reactions below:
Standing ovation for Ollie Pope from the Hyderabad crowd!
Well played Ollie pope 💪🫡#INDvsENG #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/OPQnUTbdn1
— run machine Virat (@runmachine117) January 28, 2024
KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma praising the brilliant knock of 196 runs by Ollie Pope 😍👏🏻
📸:- Jio Cinema#OlliePope #KLRahul #RohitSharma #INDvsENG #Insidesport #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/fxaHwt32Kn
— InsideSport (@InsideSportIND) January 28, 2024
Bow down to him🙏
Sir ollie Pope #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/gtcYK1beQv
— Lokesh Saini🚩 (@LokeshVirat18K) January 28, 2024
Rohit Sharma never fails to show true sportsmanship.. whether it’s from his own team member or from the opposition he never forgets to appreciate..
This simple but genuine gesture makes our man a gem.@ImRo45#INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/YyhdWbgOOz— 𝙋𝙞𝙝𝙪𝙪🦋 (@pihu_d_) January 28, 2024
Special Moments for Special Inning#INDvsENG #HardikPandyapic.twitter.com/iBWTwNS7z8
— 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 (@CricZone24) January 28, 2024
What a comeback by Baz-Ball 🥵 #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/uh5gSWShd4
— Hamxa 🏏🇵🇰 (@hamxashahbax21) January 28, 2024
Some 190s are definitely better than 200!! Ollie Pope you beauty 😍♥️ #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/bNJvWuRgaB
— Hamxa 🏏🇵🇰 (@hamxashahbax21) January 28, 2024
