The India and England Test series is underway as the two cricketing heavyweights will aim to rewrite their riveting rivalry in red-ball cricket in a five-match Test series.
India had looked to be in the driving seat after taking a lead of 190 but Pope’s epic 196 resuscitated England, who posted 420 all out in their second innings to roar back into the contest.
Some interesting stats after England win
7/62 by Tom Hartley is the best figures for an England spinner on Test debut in the post-war era (since 1945) and nine wickets by him in a match is the joint-most since Robert Berry’s 9/116 vs West Indies in Manchester in 1950
Highest 1st innings lead overturned to win a test in India by a visiting team190 Eng vs Ind Hyderabad 2024 (28 runs) *
Previous highest by a visiting team: 65 by Australia at Chennai CS in 1964(139 runs)
Highest 1st innings lead resulting in a defeat for India.
192 vs SL Galle 2015
190 vs Eng Hyderabad 2024
132 vs Eng Birmingham 2022
Only five batsmen have achieved the feat of scoring a century in the 2nd innings of a Test in India since 2013.
Ollie Pope (ENG)196(R) 278(balls) 70.5(SR) (4,6:21, 0) Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad 2024
Alastair Cook (ENG)130(R) 243(balls) 53.49(SR) (4,6:13,0) Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot 2016
Dhananjaya de Silva (SL)119*(R) 219(balls) 54.33(SR) (4,6:15,1) Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi 2017
Steve Smith (AUS)109 202(balls) 53.96(SR) (4,6:11,0) Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune 2017
Dimuth Karunaratne (SL)107(R) 174(balls) 61.49(SR) (4,6:15,0) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 2022