What a day. England started pretty much out of the running and ended it with Pope… and hope. A deficit of 190 on first innings has been converted into a lead of 126 with four wickets in hand and Ollie Pope still there holding everything together on 148*.
That’s it from us today, I’ll be back bright and early in the wee small hours to bring you the first couple of sessions. Can England extend their lead and put India under some pressure on a wearing pitch or will India snuff them out quickly and set about the visitors greenhorn spin attack with relish once again? There’s only one way to find out and it requires setting a series of punishingly early alarms. Wouldn’t have it any other way. Do join us for what promises to be an intriguing day four in Hyderabad. Until then, goodbye!
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A beaming and hopeful Joe Root speaks to Eoin Morgan:
“A brilliant day’s cricket. The way that we went about it from the very start, we were so clinical with the ball and made it very difficult for them to capitalise on what they did yesterday. And that opening stand, it could have been very tricky to lose a couple of early wickets but they’ve (Crawley and Duckett) been so good for the last couple of years getting us off to brilliant starts. And then we had a couple of partnerships that followed, we had to get through a tricky phase when it was reversing.”
Root knows a thing or two about seismic knocks in South Asia and he is full of praise for Ollie Pope (‘Popey’)
The way that Popey played in particular has been an absolute masterclass on how to score runs in this part of the world. When you’re not used to playing here, to be able to consistently make the right decisions under pressure, in big moments and big games, phenomenal”
A lot of love from the lads for that @OPope32 innings! 😍 👏
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 27, 2024
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