India cricket team keeper-batter Rishabh Pant suffered an injury scare during the IND vs NZ 1st Test in Bengaluru, forcing him to walk off the field. The incident occurred in the last delivery of the 37th over as a delivery bowled by Ravindra Jadeja turned sharply and hit him on the side of his knee. The southpaw made his comeback to the Test side in the IND vs BAN series after being on the sidelines since December 2022.
Rishabh Pant injured during IND vs NZ 1st Test
Rishabh Pant was hit on the side of his knee, following which he went down. He was attended to by the physio immediately while the team huddled around him looking concerned. The southpaw was hit on his right knee. Soon, he was seen limping off the field with the help of the support staff. Dhruv Jurel has replaced Pant in the middle.
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While Rishabh Pant looked in fine touch so far since making his comeback from injury, this is the first instance where he has looked uncomfortable and has walked off the field. The southpaw’s injury scare comes as a blow to India who have already let the IND vs NZ 1st Test slip out of their hands with miserable performances with both bat and ball.
Rishabh Pant’s comeback journey
A horrific car crash in December 2022 left Rishabh Pant out of action for nearly over a year. The star made his comeback to competitive cricket in IPL 2024 after undergoing a tough time recovering from the injury and rehabilitating at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. While he was a part of India’s T20 World Cup winning squad, he made his comeback to the longest format of the game as India’s first-choice keeper in the series against Bangladesh. Pant will be crucial for India’s upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia where he will be hoping to replicate his heroics from 2021.
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