IND vs ENG, 1st Test, Day 3: Ollie Pope Century Powers England Over India's Lead

Producer: Siddarth Sriram

The day started with disappoinment for Ravindra Jadeja, who looked poised for a century but was dismissed early in the day for 87. He was followed by Axar who also could not reach his fifty.

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England's unlikely hero with the ball was batter Joe Root, who scalped the elusive Jadeja and Bumrah as well to wrap up the Indian innings at 436 runs.

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Trailing by 190 runs, England started off in proper Bazball fashion, with openers Zak Crawley smacking away the Indian bowlers for boundaries at will.

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Ravichandran Ashwin though put a quick stop to the onslaught as he scalped Crawley and moved up to 495 Test wickets in his career so far, 5 shy of the iconic 500 mark.

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Opener Ben Duckett though kept the pace up, as he slashed for fours with ease, putting India under some early pressure once again.

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Then, in came Bumrah, who steamrolled Duckett with a peach of a delivery that bowled him clean out for 47 runs.

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India kept the momentum going as they quickly scalped the likes of talisman batters Root and Stokes in quick succession to shift the momentum of the game once again.

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On the other end though, Ollie Pope built a steady innings, retaining his wicket and notching up a fifty in calm fashion.

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Along with the likes of Ben Foakes, England drew up a great recovery as the pair put up a stellar 100-run partnership.

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Pope remained unstoppable as he just comfotably drew up his century with poise and helped England surpass India's total and build a formidable lead.

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Axar Patel then took to Foakes with a low-pitcher to knock the stumps off and put an end to the dangerous partnership.

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Pope was in auto-pilot as the batter kept on piling the misery with some sweeps and kept England's scoreboard ticking.

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The day ended with Pope at the crease for 148, and debutant Rehan Ahmed at 16, with England possessing a 126-run lead.

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