Rishabh Pant Ruled Out of 5th Test Against England Due To Injury, To Be Replaced By...
Indian cricket team wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant was ruled out of the fifth Test encounter against England due to injury.
Indian cricket team wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant was ruled out of the fifth Test encounter against England due to injury. BCCI announced on Sunday that Pant will not be playing the final match of the Test series at The Oval. Pant suffered a fractured toe during the fourth Test match after getting hit by a ball from Chris Woakes. Although Pant did bat even after the injury, he did not keep wickets and Dhruv Jurel was his substitute. Pant will be replaced by N Jagadeesan in the Indian cricket team squad.
"Rishabh Pant, who sustained a fracture to his right foot during the fourth Test against England in Manchester, has been ruled out of the fifth and final Test of the series," the BCCI said in a press release.
The 27-year-old Pant retired hurt on 37 on the opening day of the Test in Manchester and went for scans after taking a blow to his right foot while attempting a reverse sweep off England pacer Chris Woakes.
He, however, returned to bat after the fall of Shardul Thakur's wicket with India at 314/6 and went on to score an audacious fifty.
"The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor his progress and the team wishes him a speedy recovery," BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia said in the release.
Head coach Gautam Gambhir praised Pant after India played out a draw in the fourth Test.
“Rishabh Pant is out of the series. Any amount of praise is not enough for him, to bat with a broken foot. Not many people have done that in the past. That is why generations should talk about it, and future generations should also talk about it. It's unfortunate because of the kind of form he was in. I hope he recovers and comes back quickly. He is a very important member of the Test side,” said Gambhir in the post-game conference.
India's updated squad for fifth Test: Shubman Gill (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Arshdeep Singh, N Jagadeesan (WK).
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