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England could take a lesson from Ashes in 2014 when Joe Root was dropped before returning to make an unbeaten 200 against Sri Lanka – the rest is history
It was hard to watch Ollie Pope’s dismissal in England’s second innings at Ahmedabad; crouched, nervous, boots marooned in the crease, glancing behind him for a pickpocket with outstretched fingers but finding only flying bails and dislodged stumps. Playing for the turn, bamboozled by the straight one, drooped head, slumped shoulders, eyes squeezed shut.
There is no shame in being bowled twice in one match by Ravichandran Ashwin, wicket-snatcher supremo, quicker to 400 Test scalps than anyone apart from Muttiah Muralitharan. Especially on a pitch of such a niche quality. But England might ask whether there is anything to be gained from playing Pope in the final Test on the same ground, which starts on Thursday.