India Rishabh Pant plays a shot during the fourth cricket match between England and India in Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Wednesday 23 July 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Former English captain Michael Vaughan called on the rules after Rishabh Pant injury on Wednesday, while another former Captain England, Alastair Cook, disagreed.Rishabh Pant was retired and went to scan after he kicked the wound on his right leg while trying to turn the turning of England Chris Woakes on the day of the fourth test at Old Trafford.Vaughan said that the unfortunate injury caused an uneven test balance.“I don’t like four days left in the game – four days of action in what was an incredible series – where we have ten versus eleven,” Vaughan said at the Special test match.“I prefer to have a subparagraph. You know as soon as they brought the shocks, I shouted and said,” Well, I just have substitutes and then in the first shifts of the game. “That would be my point of reflection.“But if it’s clear and obvious – when someone breaks the hand or leg or bursts a calf – it’s obvious that someone has real pain and can’t continue.Meanwhile, Alastair Cook disagreed and increased the hypothetical scenario: What if it’s just a bruise?
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“I’m not sure I agree,” Cook said.“I’m not sure what I think at the moment. But say we just saw the hinge left – looks in all kinds of pain. And then it turns out that it’s not broken.“So there is nothing on the X-ray-it’s just a bruise. They have to play them? If you broke your leg, then it’s another thing.
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“But there will be cases where someone hits the arm.” I can’t move my hand, I’m bruised. “But it’s just a bruise.At that time, the hinge fired to 37 of the 48 balls. The Brachar Patna first received medical help in the field, but had to be moved from the field in a golf trolley marked as an ambulance.Pant’s right foot was seen blood and the affected area was visibly swollen. More details about his last injury are expected.Woakes delivery on the entire length crashed into Pant’s Toe and English players went up to refer to the leg. But a small inner edge saved the day for pants.This was the second injury in the series – he bruised his finger while he kept his finger during the third Lord’s test, preventing him from guarding the stumps in the second second shift in English.
