Rishabh Pant diagnosed with foot fracture after ball hits toe while batting on Day 1 of the 4th Test yesterday.
Since it has been confirmed that Rishabh Pant’s right foot injury from Wednesday’s opening day is a fracture, he will miss the rest of the current Old Trafford Test as well as the final Test against England at The Oval beginning next week. Although it is known that Pant would not be keeping wickets for the remainder of the fourth Test, the management of the India team will decide whether or not to invite him to bat after consulting with the BCCI medical department.
According to the first diagnosis, Pant would require six to eight weeks of rest because the fracture is thought to be of the right metatarsal bone. Fans took footage of Pant’s right foot wearing a moonboot outside the India team hotel in Manchester.
When Pant attempted to reverse sweep a delivery from Chris Woakes during the second play session, he wound up inside-edging onto his front (right) foot. He was obviously in pain right away, and the injured area swelled up right away. Pant, who was 37 at the time, had to quit due to injury after falling from a golf buggy.
Even as Pant responded to the agony, the England players, having missed the edge, promptly appealed for LBW. Although he lived through the lbw scream and the review that followed, it was evident that his foot was immediately swollen and that he was unable to bear any weight on it.
India’s vice-captain and wicketkeeper, Pant, was taken to the ground’s medical facility first, and captain Shubman Gill went to check on him there. After that, Pant was brought to a hospital.
Liam Dawson, the England spinner, said at the end of the day’s play that he “can’t see him [Pant] playing much more part in this game”. B Sai Sudharsan, who was the non-striker at the time, said later, “Oh, he was in a lot of pain definitely.”
After taking a hit to his left index finger during England’s opening innings at Lord’s, this is his second injury in as many Test matches. For the remainder of that Test match, Dhruv Jurel filled in as India’s wicketkeeper; he may be asked to do so again in this one.
Despite being mostly reserved, Pant’s innings of 37 off 48 balls included a few of his trademark outlandish strokes, including as a slog sweep from Jofra Archer for four and an unsuccessful reverse sweep off the following ball.