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India vs England 1st Take a look at at Hyderabad, Jan 25-29, 2024,
India,
England,
Oliver John Douglas Pope,
Rahul Sharad Dravid
Revealed on: Jan 29, 2024
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Indian head coach Rahul Dravid conceded that Ollie Pope really performed an distinctive innings that led England’s fightback within the first Take a look at in Hyderabad and resulted in a memorable 28-run win for the guests. The Indian legend admitted that he hadn’t seen anyone play reverse sweeps and reverse scoops so efficiently in India in opposition to spinners and reiterated that Pope was too good for India within the Take a look at.
India dominated the primary two days of the Hyderabad Take a look at, however Pope’s 196 turned the match on its head. Debutant left-arm spinner Tom Hartley’s second-innings seven-for then accomplished England’s gorgeous turnaround within the contest. England have been bowled out for 246 after successful the toss and batting first. India replied with 436. Overcoming the 190-run lead, England set India a difficult goal of 231. The hosts may solely attain 202.
Talking at a post-match press convention, Dravid mentioned that India must return to the drafting board and chalk out a plan to take care of Pope’s counter-attack in a greater method. “We’ll must counter that (Bazball). I definitely have not seen it being completed that (enjoying sweeps, reverse sweeps) constantly in opposition to that high quality of bowlers. You have seen individuals attempt that earlier than, and play some distinctive innings. However to have the ability to play it that constantly and that efficiently with out making that many errors, and possibly one or two odd errors, I in all probability have not seen it,” Dravid mentioned.
“Yeah, particularly, the reverse sweep…I feel the sweep is one thing that we have seen individuals make use of prior to now. However to have the ability to play a reverse sweep that constantly and that efficiently for that lengthy, , hats off to Pope,” he added in reward of the England batter.
By the way, Sunday was solely the second occasion when India misplaced a Take a look at match after taking a lead of 190-plus. They’d earlier misplaced to Sri Lanka in Galle in 2015 after gaining a lead of 192 runs.
Despite the fact that India’s lead spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja didn’t have the form of impression they have been anticipated to have within the second innings, Dravid backed them to come back good within the subsequent sport. He, nonetheless, urged for extra self-discipline from his bowlers.
“We’ve got to get extra disciplined with the place we pitch the ball. We are going to work on it and we are going to get higher at it as we received some world-class spinners. It isn’t the primary time that they have been challenged. One of many good issues about our spinners is that they’ve at all times come again. However Pope really performed an distinctive innings. And if any person does one thing distinctive, we’ll shake his hand and congratulate him.”
“It is essential that we reply. We have to give you some plans and methods and see how we will make him (Pope) play these pictures from much more tough strains. We should be much more disciplined and meticulous with our execution as a result of I assumed our execution was just a little bit off,” the Indian head coach admitted.
The second Take a look at of the five-match India-England sequence will probably be performed in Visakhapatnam from February 2 to six.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
