Rishabh’s pant hit his leg, which was undergoing surgery, in a road accident. Mr. Rowit Sharma: “Unfortunately…”

indian captain Rohit Sharma revealed that rishabh pants The wicketkeeper-batsman hopes to be able to return to the field in the third innings of the first Test against New Zealand on Friday, although his knee, which was operated on after being hit, is swollen. Pant could not recover the sharply spinning ball. Ravindra Jadejabowled over the wicket in the 37th over of New Zealand’s first innings, taking a hard hit on his knee. He quickly limped off the field and was replaced by the next player. Dhruv Jurel.

Things looked even more serious after the ball hit the patella of his left leg, resulting in multiple surgeries following a tragic car accident at the end of 2022.

“Unfortunately, the ball hit his kneecap, the same leg he had the surgery on, so he’s a bit swollen and his muscles are pretty soft at this point,” Rohit said. Ta. Press conference the next day.

However, Rohit allayed major concerns over Pant’s fitness, saying the 27-year-old had returned to the dressing room as a “precautionary measure”. “This is a precautionary measure. We don’t want to take any risk. Rishabh has undergone extensive surgery on his leg so we don’t want to take any risk,” he said.

“So that was the reason he went inside. I hope he recovers tonight and is back on the field tomorrow,” Rohit added.

So far, Pant has been the top scorer with 20 in India’s abysmal innings of 46 innings.

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