Will Rishabh Pant play the fourth Test or not? Check injury update

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IND vs ENG 4th Test Series: After suffering a 22-run defeat in the Lord's Test, there is another matter of concern for the Indian team and that is the finger injury of the team's star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant. During the third Test against England, Jasprit Bumrah's fast bouncer hit Pant's finger, due to which he could not do wicketkeeping in the entire match. Now there is confusion about his fitness before the Manchester Test.

Will Rishabh Pant play the fourth Test or not?: Indian team's assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate has given a big update on the fitness of wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant. Ryan indicated that Pant can bat in the fourth Test to be held in Manchester, but it seems difficult for him to do wicketkeeping.

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Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant is currently recovering from a finger injury. Pant was injured while trying to catch Bumrah's ball on the first day of the third Test held at Lord's. Dhruv Jurel took over the wicketkeeping responsibility in the third Test. However, Pant did bat and scored 74 and 9 runs respectively in both innings.

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Will Rishabh Pant play the Manchester Test? How is his finger injury

India has to level the series, due to which the fourth Test has become important. Speaking to the press, Ryan Ten Doeschate said that Pant did bat, but the team management is cautious about his finger injury.

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• Ryan ten Doeschate stressed that the last hurdle in Pant's recovery is wicketkeeping. The Indian team does not want to adopt a situation like the Lord's Test, where the wicketkeeper has to be changed in the middle of the innings.
• Wicketkeeping is the last part of the recovery process. We have to ensure that Pant keeps. We do not want to replace the wicketkeeper in the middle of the innings again. Pant rested today. He is trying his best to recover. Hopefully he will be fit by the Manchester Test. If he is fit, he will definitely play the next Test.

Let us tell you that the Indian team is trailing 1-2 in the current series. India will hope that Pant gets fit in time so that the team can put in all its efforts to level the series. The fourth Test will be played between India and England in Manchester from July 23.

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