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Harry Brook survived a close call in the final of the day, when his draw fired on Bumrah, captured by Mohammed Siraj, was tried without bullet.
The Pope remained undefeated over 100 alongside Brook in Stumps, demonstrating his ability to adapt to the conditions and quality of the Indian attack.
The display of England’s striker began with an early drama while Bumrah rejected Zak Crawley in the first. Crawley was ahead of three times before the fourth ball took its outside edge, touched its thigh cushion and lands in Karun Nair’s hands in the first shift.
Pope and Ben Duckett trained a 122 -point crucial partnership for the second window. Duckett, who scored 62 bullets out of 94, survived an early chance when Jadeja Ravi will drop him to the back of the Bumrah bowling.
Indian Pacers had trouble maintaining consistency. Siraj and Prasidh Krishna have often played too full, offering England strikers for score opportunities.
Bumrah returned to his third spell to reject Duckett, who threw the ball inside. The decision of the Indian captain Shubhman Gill to delay the introduction of Shardul Thakur until the 34th on issues.
Joe Root and Pope built a standing stand of 80 points for the third counter before Bumrah rejects the root. The Pope reached his ninth test of a hundred with a simple off Bumrah.