Jasprit Bumrah bowled a jaffa to rattle the stumps of the first match's hero Ollie Pope who got dismissed for 23 runs in the 28th over of England's first innings of the second test match being played in Visakhapatnam.
Fuelled by Ollie Pope's epic 196 and debutant left-arm spinner Tom Hartley's seven-wicket haul, England roared back into the match even after conceding a massive 190-run first innings lead.
India's chase of 231 went horribly south once Hartley (7/62) spun into India's top-order, igniting a rot that saw India getting bowled out for 202 in the final over of the day.
At the end of the second session, Jos Buttler and Ollie Pope were batting on 14 and 18 respectively, having stitched together a 18-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
Hyderabad: Middle-order batsman Ollie Pope was on Wednesday added to England’s squad for the much-anticipated Test series opener against India after taking part in the team’s training sessions here since the end of its quarantine period. The 23-year-old Pope had suffered a dislocated shoulder while fielding in the final Test of the English summer against […]