Ollie Pope in point of fact performed an outstanding innings: Rahul Dravid

India ruled the primary two days of the Hyderabad Check, however Pope’s 196 became the tournament on its head. Debutant left-arm spinner Tom Hartley’s second-innings seven-for then finished England’s shocking turnaround within the contest. England had been bowled out for 246 after successful the toss and batting first. India answered with 436. Overcoming the 190-run lead, England set India a difficult goal of 231. The hosts may just most effective achieve 202.

Talking at a post-match press convention, Dravid stated that India should return to the strategy planning stage and chalk out a plan to handle Pope’s counter-attack in a greater way. “We will need to counter that (Bazball). I no doubt have not noticed it being carried out that (taking part in sweeps, opposite sweeps) constantly towards that high quality of bowlers. You might have noticed folks check out that sooner than, and play some outstanding innings. However as a way to play it that constantly and that effectively with out making that many errors, and perhaps one or two extraordinary errors, I most probably have not noticed it,” Dravid stated.

“Yeah, particularly, the opposite sweep…I feel the sweep is one thing that we have now noticed folks make use of prior to now. However as a way to play a opposite sweep that constantly and that effectively for that lengthy, you realize, hats off to Pope,” he added in reward of the England batter.

By the way, Sunday used to be most effective the second one example when India misplaced a Check tournament after taking a lead of 190-plus. That they had previous misplaced to Sri Lanka in Galle in 2015 after gaining a lead of 192 runs.

Even if India’s lead spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja didn’t have the type of have an effect on they had been anticipated to have in the second one innings, Dravid subsidized them to return excellent within the subsequent sport. He, on the other hand, suggested for extra self-discipline from his bowlers.

“We need to get extra disciplined with the place we pitch the ball. We will be able to paintings on it and we can recover at it as we were given some world-class spinners. It is not the primary time that they have been challenged. One of the crucial excellent issues about our spinners is that they have at all times come again. However Pope in point of fact performed an outstanding innings. And if someone does one thing outstanding, we will shake his hand and congratulate him.”

“It is crucial that we reply. We wish to get a hold of some plans and methods and notice how we will be able to make him (Pope) play the ones pictures from much more tricky strains. We wish to be much more disciplined and meticulous with our execution as a result of I assumed our execution used to be slightly bit off,” the Indian head trainer admitted.

The second one Check of the five-match India-England collection might be performed in Visakhapatnam from February 2 to six.

–Through A Cricket Correspondent