IND vs ENG: Ollie Pope hundred helps England overcome 190-run deficit, tourists drag 1st Test to day four

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IND vs ENG: Ollie Pope's second innings hundred helped England overcome India's 190-run lead and drag the match to Day 4 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

Pope stood rock solid and stayed unbeaten on 148 off 208 balls as England finished Day 3 at 316/6, and a 126-run lead. An innings defeat was on the cards for England after India managed to take a 190-run run earlier on Saturday.

India could add only 15 runs to their overnight score of 421/7. Ravindra Jadeja missed out on his fourth Test hundred by 13 runs as Joe Root finished with figures of 4/79.

Axar Patel was the first India batter to be dismissed on the day. He was clean bowled by Rehan Ahmed for 44 off 100 balls. India's innings came to an end at 436 after Root castled the stumps of Jasprit Bumrah on the first ball he faced.

Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett gave another good start to England and stitched 45 runs together from 56 balls. Ashwin struck in the 10th over to break the stand. Another free-flowing partnership of 68 runs from 57 balls followed between Duckett and Pope.

Jasprit Bumrah brought end to Duckett's stay by cleaning his stumps in the 19th over. The left-hand batter scored 47 runs off 52 balls. England momentarily lost plot after the wicket.

Joe Root was trapped in front of the stumps by Bumrah for two runs. Later, Jonny Bairstow (10) was clean bowled by Jadeja, and Ben Stokes got a similar treatment from Ashwin as England were left reeling at 163/5.

But Pope continued to battle and got a solid partner in Ben Foakes who scored 34 runs off 81 balls and helped his team go past the 190-run deficit without the loss of any further wicket. The partnership between the two accounted for 112 runs off 183 balls.

Axar Patel struck in the 67th over by knocking Foakes' stumps to give India another opportunity to wrap up things. But 19-year-old Rehan Ahmed (16* off 31) stood in their way this time, and stayed unbeaten alongside Pope till the end of day's play.