London, July 30 -- As England gears up to face India in the fifth and final Test at The Oval, a lot of eyeballs will be on the local Surrey hero, Ollie Pope, the designated number three and the stand-in captain in the absence of an injured Ben Stokes.

Stokes has been ruled out of the final Test due to an injury in his right shoulder. After scoring 304 runs and taking 17 wickets in the series, Stokes' all-timer series has finally come to an end, with two clutch 'Player of the Match' performances at Lord's and Old Trafford, the latter of which saw him score a century and take a five-wicket haul in the same match.

Pope previously stepped into the captaincy role last year when Stokes was sidelined with a hamstring injury last year, winning ...