Rishabh Pant Injury Update: Ishan Kishan Replaces Him as Wicketkeeper in India vs England Test

 Rishabh Pant Injury Update: Ishan Kishan Replaces Him as Wicketkeeper in India vs England Test

Rishabh Pant Injury Update: Available to Bat But Won't Keep Wicket | Ishan Kishan Joins India Squad in England

The incident occurred in the 68th over when Pant attempted to reverse sweep Woke but instead nicked the ball onto his right foot. An official statement from the BCCI confirmed, “Rishabh Pant, who sustained an injury to his right foot on Day 1 of the Manchester Test, will not be performing wicket-keeping duties for the remainder of the match.

He was unable to walk after the blow the previous evening, which came when he attempted to reverse sweep Chris Woakes, and left the field on a buggy.

The flamboyant left-hander, who returned to Test cricket last September, almost two years after a car crash in which he nearly lost his life, had been one of the players of the series before his injury.

 He was infamously stripped of the BCCI's Central Contract list after failing to comply with the board's mandatory rule of playing domestic cricket. He then turned up for Jharkhand in domestic cricket during the 2024-25 season, eventually earning back his contract earlier this year in April. 

Being put in to bat first in Manchester after England won the toss, India closed the day with 264 runs on the board at the loss of four wickets.