Shubman Gill, the Indian captain, said that Rishabh Pant, who was hurt, will play in the fourth Test match versus England. Pant seemed to be in terrible pain on the morning of Day 5, taking his hand off the bat handle each time the ball made contact.
Gill said that Pant did not have a big injury and will be able to play in the fourth Test match in Manchester, which begins on July 23, nine days later. Gill said at the post-match press conference after their loss at Lord’s, I think Rishabh is doing okay; he didn’t have a bad injury, which is very good . I think he will be ready for the next Test match.
India lost to England in the third Test of the five-match series. Rishabh Pant, playing at Lord’s, sustained an injury on Day 1 of the Test match while wicketkeeping against India’s seamers. When the ball struck him on the index finger of his left hand, Pant badly bruised his finger while jumping to the leg side.
Dhruv Jurel took his place behind the stumps, relieving the batter of his wicketkeeping responsibilities for the remainder of the game. Pant did, that said, bat in both innings of the game, hitting 74 and 9 runs, respectively. Pant’s performance in the first innings was important to India’s reduction of their deficit against England, who had amassed 387 runs.
Pant, did was out by a foolish run out on Day 3 of the Test match, which landed India in deep water.
Shubman Gill, the captain of India, talked about that dismissal following the game, saying that it proved to be a turning point.
Shubman stated, At one point, we thought we could get a 50–100 run lead, which would have been very important on Day 5 when batting becomes very hard. It was a major turning point. We would have put England on the defensive if we had gotten that lead.
Pant appeared to be in more pain in the game’s second innings, and he only managed 9 runs before being bowled out by Jofra Archer.