England vs India: Oli Pope scored 9th century of his Test career, know his figures

Updated: 21-06-2025, 10.08 PM

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Oli Pope played a brilliant century (100*) on the second day of the first Test match being played between the England cricket team and the Indian cricket team. This was the 9th of his Test career and the second century against India. He batted in an aggressive manner and imposed a fierce class of every Indian bowlers. No Indian Gedambaj could pressurize him. In such a situation, let’s take a look at their innings and figures.

Such is the innings of the pope

England had the first blow to just 4 runs. Pope came to bat on number-3 and scored a century, facing 125 balls. This is the sixth century that came out of his bat on England soil. He took the innings with Ben Docket and added 122 runs in 166 balls for the third wicket. Joe along with Joe Root, he added 80 runs in 111 balls. The Pope remained unbeaten until the second day’s play is over.

Such are Pope’s figures against India

Pope played the first Test match against India in the year 2018. He has played 14 matches against this team so far and has scored 715 runs in 26 innings with an average of 28.60. Apart from 2 centuries, 1 half -century has also come out of his bat. This player has scored the most runs in his Test career against the New Zealand cricket team (770).

A look at the Pope’s test career

Pope played his first Test match against the Indian team in the year 2018. He has played 57 matches so far and has managed to score 3,401 runs in 99 innings at an average of 36.56. Apart from 9 centuries, 15 half -centuries have also come out of his bat. His best score has been 205 runs. He has played 29 Test matches in England and scored 1,888 runs in 48 innings at an average of 42.90.

This was the second day’s game

On the second day, Rishabh Pant played a century (134) for India. Apart from him, Shubman Gill was dismissed for 147 runs. Apart from these two, no other batsman could leave his mark for India on the second day. Ben Stokes and Josh Tung took 4-4 wickets for England. England got the first blow on 4 runs, but after that Ben Docket (62) and Pope (100*) took the innings. England scored 209/3.