IND vs ENG 2024: Ollie Pope could not even open his account in Ranchi Test; Now made fun of for criticizing Ravi Shastri’s pitch

England’s Test tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: Former Indian head coach and commentator Ravi Shastri (Ravi Shastri) England batsman Ollie Pope (Ollie Pope), who had criticized the Ranchi pitch used in the fourth Test match played between India and England.

Ahead of the India vs England fourth Test, Ollie Pope had a number of opinions about the Ranchi pitch, and he also expressed concern about the cracks on the surface. In contrast, in the Ranchi Test, both the teams played brilliant innings, but Pope was out for zero in both the innings.

Ravi Shastri takes a dig at Ollie Pope after criticizing Ranchi pitch

During the commentary on the fourth day of the Ranchi Test match, former Indian captain Ravi Shastri took a dig at Ollie Pope and said that he should have played according to the ball instead of the pitch, then maybe he would have got runs. This match was played at JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi.

Ravi Shastri said on-air: “Before the start of the match, various statements were made about the pitch. And those who talked about it could not score runs. Ollie Pope was one of them. You don’t play pitch-pitch; Play ball.”

India named its test series

If we talk about the match, Team India achieved the target of 192 runs and won the fourth match by 5 wickets, thanks to the half-centuries of captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill in the last innings. In this victory, young wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel played an important role in this victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 39 runs.

With this victory, India took a 3-1 lead in the ongoing five-match Test series and won the home Test series. Now the fifth and final match of the Test series will be played in Dharamshala from March 7.