IND vs ENG 1st Test: The ongoing Hyderabad (Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad) Test between India and England (IND vs ENG 1st Test) has now reached an exciting turn. By the end of the third day’s play, England had taken a lead of 126 runs over India by scoring 316 runs for six wickets in their second innings. There are still two days left in the match and India will have to chase the target set by England in the fourth innings, which will not be easy. The main attraction of England’s second innings was young batsman Ollie Pope, who is present at the crease after playing an unbeaten inning of 148 runs. This is Pope’s first Test century against India, while so far he has scored a total of five centuries in his red ball career.
Let us tell you that right-handed batsman Pope completed his 5th Test century in 154 balls. He batted aggressively and put pressure on the Indian bowlers. Pope scored useful runs for the team at crucial times and helped it take the lead against India. In his unbeaten inning of 208 balls, he scored runs in all four directions of the field at a strike rate of 71.15. So far in this innings, he has taken the ball out of the boundary line 17 times. During his unbeaten century, Pope made a half-century partnership of 68 runs with Ben Duckett (47) for the second wicket, while for the sixth wicket, he made a partnership of 112 runs with Ben Fox (34) and was important in giving England the lead over India. has contributed.
This is Pope’s first century against India in Test cricket. So far he has played nine Tests against this team and has scored more than 300 runs in its 17 innings. During this period, one century and as many half-centuries have come from his bat. This 26-year-old English batsman has scored the most runs against New Zealand (Most test runs vs New Zealand) in his test career. He has scored 576 runs at an average of 36 in nine test matches against the Kiwi team. Pope has so far scored 2,285 runs in 69 innings of 39 Tests at an average of 36.27. He has scored five centuries and 11 half-centuries. His best score is 205 runs.
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