Rishabh Pant Forced To Leave The Field While Batting During 2nd Test Against Sri Lanka
Indian cricket team wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant was forced to walked off the field retired hurt during Day 1 of the second Test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday.
- Rishabh Pant was forced to walk off the field retired hurt on Day 1 of the second Test match against Sri Lanka
- The Indian cricket team batter was struck on his wrist by a delivery from Lahiru Kumara
- The Indian batter was in discomfort almost immediately and was unable to continue batting
Indian cricket team wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was forced to walk off the field retired hurt on Day 1 of the second Test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Sunday. The incident happened during the 58th over of the Indian innings when Pant was struck on his wrist by a delivery from Lahiru Kumara. Pant went for a pull shot against the short delivery but only managed to glove it. The Indian batter was in discomfort almost immediately and, after a lengthy break during which the physio applied an ice pack on his wrist to prevent swelling, Pant was forced to leave the field retired hurt and Ravindra Jadeja came out to bat.
Shubman Gill and Devdutt Padikkal made assured 50 and 63 not out respectively as India moved to a strong 187 for three at tea. Gill, who was dismissed at the stroke of tea, and Padikkal added 120 runs for the third wicket alliance as India recovered well from the first session departure of KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Rishabh Pant (0 not out) joined Padikkal a few minutes before tea was taken.
Padikkal was a bit unsteady to begin with, and even got a reprieve when was on 1.
Lanka skipper Dhananjaya de Silva grassed a rather easy chance off spinner Keshara Nuwantha at backward point and Padikkal was in no mood to look in the mouth of a gift horse.
The left-hander, who made a 167 in the first Test, displayed splendid touch after that early fumble, dispatching Sri Lankan bowlers around the park.
A scorching pull off pacer Lahiru Kumara that also fetched him his fifty in 90 balls was one of the standout shots in his innings.
Gill, on the other hand, was equally solid and a short-arm pull off left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya that raced to the fence was a treat to watch, until the right-hander lost his focus to edge Asitha Fernando to wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella.
(With PTI inputs)
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