Currently, the first test match between India and England is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In this match, young batsman Ollie Pope batted brilliantly for England in the second innings and scored an important century for his team.

Let us tell you, Ollie Pope completed his century in 151 balls in this match being played against India. While on one hand the rest of the English batsmen are facing a lot of trouble in Hyderabad, on the other hand this century of Ollie Pope has come at a very important time. In the first innings of this match being played against India, Ollie Pope was out after scoring only 1 run.

Ollie Pope had hit 10 fours till he scored his century. Many people praised the batting of this young batsman. At one time it seemed that England would lose this match by an innings but thanks to Pope’s century, the English team now seems to be in a very good position.

Ollie Pope’s important century

Let us tell you, in this match, England, batting first, scored 246 runs after losing all the wickets in their first innings. On behalf of the team, captain Ben Stokes played a valuable inning of 70 runs in 88 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes, while Joe Root contributed 29 runs. Ben Duckett had scored 35 runs.

In reply, the Indian team scored 436 runs after losing all the wickets in its first innings. For the hosts, experienced batsman KL Rahul played an excellent inning of 86 runs while Ravindra Jadeja scored 87 runs. Young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal contributed 80 runs. Akshar Patel played an inning of 44 runs. Now it remains to be seen how many runs target England gives to the Indian team?