Rishabh Pant Injury Update: India had to face defeat by 8 wickets at the hands of New Zealand in the Bengaluru Test match. Now the second test match is to start from 24th October, which will be played in Pune. But before the start of the second match, Rishabh Pant’s injury remains a matter of concern for the Indian team. Pant, who was injured by a ball in his right knee in the first Test match. For this reason, he was not seen keeping wickets after the second day.
Now according to a media report, the selectors have completely left the decision of playing Rishabh Pant or not to the team management. Since in the first test match, after the second day, Dhruv Jurel was seen keeping wickets. Therefore, if Pant is unable to play in the second Test match, then Dhruv Jurel’s return to the playing eleven will be certain. Jurel, who has so far scored 190 runs in 3 test matches for India at an average of 63.33. This year, he played an important role in India’s victory by playing an important inning of 90 runs against England.
It has also been claimed that it may be in the interest of Team India to test Dhruv Jurel by the team management. Because he can prove to be a good option as a wicketkeeper batsman in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. On the other hand, last Sunday Rishabh Pant had said that there will be ups and downs in life and career, but he will have to face them boldly every time.
Rishabh Pant could not save India from defeat
In the Bengaluru Test, Team India was all out for just 46 runs in the first innings. On the other hand, in reply, New Zealand had achieved a huge lead of 356 runs in the first innings. In such a situation, India needed to score a bigger score than the Kiwis to pave the way for victory in the second innings. Pant played an important inning of 99 runs in India’s second innings and also made a partnership of 177 runs with Sarfaraz Khan, who scored 150 runs. But these innings of Pant-Sarfaraz proved unsuccessful in giving victory to Team India.
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