IND vs ENG, First Test: Ollie Pope helps England back into the match with a brilliant 196, netizens react

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IND vs ENG, First Test: Ollie Pope helps England back into the match with a brilliant 196, netizens react

IND vs ENG, First Test: England takes a fighting 230 runs lead in the second innings at Hyderabad.

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January 28, 2024 12:22 IST
IND vs ENG, First Test: Ollie Pope helps England back into the match with a brilliant 196, netizens react
IND vs ENG, First Test: Ollie Pope helps England back into the match with a brilliant 196, netizens react

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.


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.

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:

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