Ollie Pope: India’s first innings was reduced to 471 runs.
ENG vs IND Ollie Pope: The first match of the ongoing Test series between England and India is being played at Headingley ground in Leeds from June 20. So, on the other hand, the second day’s play in the match ended today on 21 June. By the end of the second day’s play, England have scored a total of 209 runs for the loss of three wickets after batting 49 overs in the first innings.
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Ollie Pope 100* and Harry Brook (0) are currently at the crease. The England cricket team is still behind India by 262 runs on the basis of the first innings. So, on the second day of the game, Jasprit Bumrah took all three wickets for the Indian team.
Ollie Pope: England vs India 1st Test, Day 2 situation
If we give you information about the second day of the Leeds Test match, then the Indian team started playing ahead of 359 runs today. Shubman Gill, who remained unbeaten on the first day of the game, played a captaincy innings of 147 runs, while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, who was unbeaten on 65 on the first day, played a brilliant century of 134 runs. This was the 7th century of Pant’s Test career, and now he has become the first player to score the most Test centuries as a wicketkeeper from India.
However, after the dismissal of Pant and Gill, India lost the remaining 6 wickets within just 41 runs. In the first innings, Team India was all out for 471 runs after batting 113 overs. Josh Tongue and Ben Stokes got 4-4 wickets in bowling for England. Apart from this, Brydon Carse and Shoaib Bashir got 1-1 success.
After this, England, who batted in the first innings, have scored a total of 209 runs at the loss of 3 wickets by the end of the second day’s play. Jack Crowley (4), Ben Duckett (62) and Joe Root (28) have been dismissed after scoring runs. At the time of stumps, Ollie Pope 100* and Harry Brook 0* are standing at the crease.