Pope, Hartley, and a remarkable win: India v England, 1st Test review

We review the first Test between India and England in Hyderabad – where India lost a Test match at home after gaining a first-innings lead of 190.  

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Talking Points:

• One of England's greatest wins


• Ollie Pope's freakish 196


• India's approach to facing left-arm spin


• Why England choose to sweep and reverse-sweep India's spinners


• Bazball and the approach to risk-taking


• India's batters getting out to unforced errors after being set


• Jasprit Bumrah's astonishing range 

Participants:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)

Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)

Ashoka (@ABVan)

Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo page

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Related:

• Sky Cricket podcast with Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain - Sky Sports


• How England cracked the risk-reward equation in Hyderabad - S Rajesh - ESPNcricinfo


• England begin their series in India with a win... Again - Kartikeya Date - Cricketingview Substack


• Jasprit Bumrah interview with Ali Martin - Guardian


• Bharat Arun interview - 81allout podcast