Ollie Pope has been appointed as the captain of the england team for the fifth and final Test match that will decide the winner of the five-match Test series against India. Ollie Pope has been given the captaincy as regular captain ben stokes has withdrawn due to injury. ben stokes has withdrawn from this match due to an injury to his right shoulder. This is seen as a major setback for the england team. At the same time, how is Ollie Pope going to perform as captain? How has his previous performance been? Let's see. Ollie Pope, who has played 60 Test matches so far, has scored 3,558 runs with 9 centuries at an average of 35.58. He has led the england team in four Test matches so far. He has won three of them and lost one match. Pope captained sri lanka in the three-match Test series last year. england won the first two matches at Manchester and Lord's by five wickets and 190 runs respectively.
However, england lost the third match at The Oval. It is noteworthy that he will now captain india again at the same venue. Following the sri lanka Test series, Pope returned to captain the team in the first Test match against pakistan due to the absence of Ben Stokes. england won that match by an innings and 47 runs. Although Ollie Pope's performance as captain has been good, he has not been a slouch with the bat. In the four matches he played as captain, he has scored just 191 runs at an average of 27.28. This includes one century (154 runs). A poor record in DRS When talking about Ollie Pope's captaincy, an interesting but poor statistic must be mentioned. In the four matches he was captain, england used the Decision review System (DRS) appeal 13 times. But unfortunately, they could not change the umpire's decision even once. While his winning record as captain of the indian team, which has the worst record of any team, is good, his zodiac sign is not so good when it comes to DRS. So, cricket fans are eager to see how Ollie Pope's captaincy and his DRS choices will be in the Oval Test.
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Sowmiya Sriram

31/07/2025 10:03 AM