Tendulkar compares Pope with England's five-time Ashes winner Ian Bell

Tendulkar's remark came as Pope managed to rescue England on the first day of the third and final Test against Windies.

New Delhi:Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar on Friday after watching England's middle-order batsman Ollie Pope's 91 runs knock against West Indies, compared him with five-time Ashes winner Ian Bell.

Tendulkar said that it looks like that Pope has modeled Bell's batting. His remark came as Pope managed to rescue England on the first day of the third and final Test against Windies.

"Been watching the 3rd Test, @OPope32 seems to have modeled his batting on @Ian_Bell. His stance and footwork look exactly the same to me. #ENGvWI," Tendulkar tweeted.

On the first day, England lost its opening four wickets with just 122 runs on the board and the side had lost key wickets of Joe Root (17) and Ben Stokes (20).

At that point, Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler got together to form an unbeaten 136-run stand, to retrieve the innings for the hosts.

Ollie Pope in 3rd Test.

At stumps on the first day, Pope and Buttler were unbeaten on 91 and 56 respectively.

Pope is just playing his tenth Test for England, and so far, he has managed to score just one century in the longest format.

On the other hand, Ian Bell played 118 Tests, 161 ODIs, and 8 T20Is for England in his career.

Bell finished his Test career with 7,727 runs in the longest format at an average of 42.69.

If England wants to retain the Wisden Trophy, then the side needs to win the final and third Test match.

On the other hand, if West Indies manages to win or draw the final Test, the side would retain the Wisden Trophy.