Rishabh Pant, the reserve wicketkeeper-batter, is prone to be dominated out of the ODI sequence after hurting himself whereas batting in the course of the nets on Saturday on the Baroda Cricket Affiliation Worldwide Stadium.
Pant suffered a side-strain after copping a blow whereas batting towards a side-armer in direction of the tip of an extended stint within the nets on the ‘B’ floor. Whereas Pant grimaced in ache, all of the Indian contingent that had turned up for the optionally available apply session, together with head coach Gautam Gambhir, rushed to him in concern.
Sportstar understands that the heavy bruising has resulted in a side-strain harm and the preliminary analysis by the workforce’s medical workers is that it’ll take at the least 10 days to heal. Consequently, Pant is unlikely to be out there for choice for any of the three ODIs.
Chairman of the nationwide choice panel Ajit Agarkar was additionally on the nets session. Ishan Kishan, who has been recalled to the T20I set-up after two years, is prone to be known as as much as the squad because the reserve wicketkeeper for the final two ODIs. An official announcement is predicted on Sunday, forward of the primary ODI.
Printed on Jan 10, 2026