IND vs ENG Test Series 2024, To an unbeaten 148 from Ollie Pope, England was able to overcome a 190-run deficit midway through the first session on Saturday. At the end of Day 3, they were ahead by 126 runs with four wickets remaining. With their score of 316/6, they have became the first visiting team to reach 300 in the second innings since they did it in Nagpur in 2012 enroute to winning the series.
In the first inning, he was the only player who could bring the England back from behind by runs. In just four runs, Ollie Pope was unable to finish his double century. By reaching 196 runs, he was out. 420 runs were achieved by England in the second innings as a result of his responsible innings. India’s target to win is 231.
England’s first innings ended on 246 runs. India scored 436 in the first innings with Stokes trailing by 190 runs. At least one English batsman needs a strong innings to be competitive. That work was done by the Ollie Pope for the group.
Ollie Pope led the team’s innings by batting at number three. Although he could not complete the second double century in the Test, he brought the team to a good place.
Neither Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin nor Ravindra Jadeja could keep Ollie Pope under pressure.Pope played an innings of 278 balls and hit 21 fours. Bumrah dismissed him from the game as the team’s last bat.
On Saturday, the other unbeaten batsman Rehan Ahmed scored 28 runs. The young spinner Tom Hartley’s bat produced a remarkable 34-runs performance.
Ravichandran Ashwin, the most successful Indian bowler, took 3 wickets for 68 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets for 88 runs. Bumrah took 2 wickets with 28 runs. 2 wickets for 33 runs by Axar Patel.
