Hyderabad, Jan. 29 -- India head coach Rahul Dravid spoke about the team's loss in the first
Test of the series against England here.
Dravid identified Ollie Pope's exceptional knock as the turning point in the first Test match.
The former Indian cricketer was particularly impressed with how Pope used the sweep and reverse sweep to counter India's spinners effectively.
"We shouldn't have been chasing 230, but Ollie Pope came out, and played a fantastic innings," Dravid said, crediting the England batter's knock as "the difference in the game".
"I certainly didn't see someone do it that consistently and successfully. Especially the reverse sweep; to play it for that long and successfully, hats off to him," he said.
Chasing 231 for a w...