Ollie Pope: A five-match Test series is being played between India and England. In the first match of the series, England won by 28 runs. The second test match of the series will be played in Visakhapatnam from 2 February. England batsman Ollie Pope batted brilliantly in the second innings of the first Test match. Which is a big reason for England’s victory.

Ollie Pope had played an inning of 196 runs. Of course, he missed the double century, but he did his job well for the team. Before the start of the second Test match, Ollie Pope has taken a big leap in the ICC Test rankings.

Ollie Pope reached this position in test rankings

England Test cricket team vice-captain Ollie Pope has moved from 20th to 15th in the ICC Test rankings after his brilliant batting in the first Test match against India. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is in first place with 864 rating points.

Joe Root (832) is second, Steve Smith (818) is third, Daryl Mitchell (786) is fourth and Babar Azam (768) is fifth with points. Only Virat Kohli from India is included in the top-10 ranking of ICC Men’s Test batsmen. Virat Kohli (767) is at sixth position with rating points.

Ravichandran Ashwin at number 1 position in test ranking

Ashwin took 6 wickets in the first test match against England. Ravichandran Ashwin (853) is at the first position with rating points. Kagiso Rabada (851) is second, Pat Cummins (828) is third, Jasprit Bumrah (825) is fourth and Josh Hazlewood (818) is fifth with points.

Ravindra Jadeja (754) is at sixth position with rating points. Also Ollie Robinson, James Anderson, Prabhat Jayasuriya and Nathan Lyon are included in the top-10.

Talking about the first Test match between England and India, Team India had maintained a strong hold in the match. But in the second innings, Team India got badly beaten by the brilliant bowling of England. England were all out for 246 runs in the first innings.

India had scored 436 runs in the first innings. Due to Ollie Pope’s innings of 196 runs, England put 420 runs on the board in the second innings. Team India had a target of 231 runs, but the team was all out for 202 runs. Debutant Tom Hartley took maximum 7 wickets in the second innings.