Ollie Pope brilliance keep England's chances alive with 126 run lead & 4 wkts remaining

  



The third day's play of the first Test match between India and England has been an intriguing day .  By the end of the third day, England had scored 316 runs with the help of Ollie Pope's outstanding century under pressure .  Whereas the Indian bowlers could take only 6 wickets of England.  For England, Ollie Pope is standing at the crease with a high quality  148 runs and Rehan Ahmed with a solid 16 runs.  In this way the visiting team has now achieved a lead of 126 runs over India.  Now on the fourth day of the game, Team India will try to end England's innings as soon as possible by dismissing Ollie Pope.  Because if this pair stays at the crease then Team India will have to work hard to win the match.



 The top order batsmen once again flopped for England in the second innings.  Opener batsman Ben Duckett definitely contributed a fast paced 47 runs with full of reverse sweeps  and made a partnership of 45 runs with Jack Crawley (31) who also looked in aggressive mood  .  However, after this Joe Root (2) , Jonny Bairstow (10)  and captain Ben Stokes (8)  returned to the pavilion cheaply due to their over defensive approach . Root was lbw to Bumrah , Bairstow was bowled by Jadeja shouldering arms and Stokes was bowled by Ashwin.  Ollie Pope, who came to bat at number three amid the continuously falling wickets, took charge.  Ollie Pope, with his strong batting , made a partnership of more than 100 runs with Ben Foakes .  During this time Pope also completed his century.  This is Ollie Pope's 5th century in Test cricket. He played crisp drives and flicks and swept the ball with gay abandon as he compiled a classic hundred , surely one of his best in his young career. 


Ben Foakes was finally bowled by Axar for a well made 34 . 


 Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets each in the second innings for Team India.  Apart from this, Patel and Ravindra Jadeja also took one wicket each while Mohammad Siraj has not been able to take even a single wicket in the second innings.


 In this match against England, the Indian team had scored 436 runs in its first innings.  Team India had achieved a lead of 190 runs in the first innings.  Three batsmen scored half-centuries in the first innings for the Indian team.  Yashasvi Jaiswal scored an excellent 80 runs in 74 balls.  Apart from this, KL Rahul had contributed 86 runs.  Whereas Ravindra Jadeja was out after scoring 87 runs lbw to Root who also bowled Bumrah on the next ball . Axar was bowled by Rehan for 45 . Root took 4 wickets in the first innings .

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