Rishabh Pant To Bat Again After Injury In 2nd Sri Lanka Test? India Coach Provides Major Update
Indian cricket team batting coach Sitanshu Kotak provided a huge update on Rishabh Pant after the wicket-keeper batter left the field retired hurt on Day 1 of the second Test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Indian cricket team batting coach Sitanshu Kotak provided a huge update on Rishabh Pant after the wicket-keeper batter left the field retired hurt on Day 1 of the second Test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday. Pant was hit on his left arm by a delivery from Sri Lanka pacer Lahiru Kumara during the final session of play. He looked in discomfort and despite receiving treatment from the team physio, he was forced to leave the field. Following the end of play, Kotak revealed that Pant will be ready to bat on Day 2 if required. “Rishabh Pant will be fine to bat tomorrow,” Kotak told reporters.
The incident occurred in the final session when on the very first ball of the 58th over Kumara was introduced back into the attack. Operating from round the wicket, he banged one in short that angled into the body. Pant, attempting to step across to the off side and pull behind square, was through his shot early and took a blow on his left wrist.
The ball dribbled down the leg side towards wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella, with Pant immediately down in severe discomfort having taken the hit on the wrist bone, just below his left forearm. Play was halted for a considerable duration as the Indian team physio Kamlesh Jain rushed to the field with an ice pack to prevent swelling.
After an extended assessment and treatment, brief taping was applied to Pant's wrist before it was swiftly removed. But following a discussion with the match umpires and the pain not reducing, Pant was forced to walk off the field after having scored three off 15 balls.
Senior left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja came out to bat at number six in place of the injured Pant, and joined half-centurion Devdutt Padikkal in the middle. Padikkal continued his sublime run by hitting a brilliant second Test century before Sri Lanka hit back late with the second new ball to restrict India to 300/5 in 85 overs at stumps.
(With agency inputs)
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