Former England Captain Michael Atherton expressed serious concern about Rishabha Pant’s injury, suggesting that this could be a potentially serial failure for India. Pant was forced to retire to retire 1. Day of the fourth test in Old Trafford after taking a painful wound to the right leg and leaving India in a cloud of uncertainty to 264 for 4 on the stump. The incident occurred late in the daily game when Pant attempted to sweep overcrowded delivery from Chris Woakes.
The ball hit him at the tip, leading to an immediate appeal to his leg in front of the goal. While the review showed weak inner pants for saving from release-harm has already been caused. Hant, launching to 37 out of 48 supplies at the time, initially received treatment in the field before being taken to a golf trolley marked as an ambulance. Blood visibly leaked from Pant’s right footwho also began to swell significantly. An official update is expected to have an extent of his injury.
This means the second panty injury in the series. During the third test at Lord, he suffered a finger injury, holding a goal that prevented him from taking his gloves in the second English shifts.
Atherton spoke to Sky cricket at the end of the game and said that the severity of the injury was obvious from how it developed. “If he’s out of the game, if it is out of the series, then it is a huge blow to India and puts a day to another light. This 264 for four will happen 264 for five AS new ball is the potential to pack things quite quickly for England,” he said. “But if he returns to a bat, he could change the game. So there is uncertainty that we don’t know yet. But it looked quite serious injury, because otherwise you won’t be derived.”
India had previously enjoyed a solid start and went through the opening session without losing the goal. England, however, returned before tea with three major strikes. Woakes ended the 94-Region Opening Stand The release of Kl Rahul before Liam Dawson plays his first test since 2017, which has tied Yashasvi Jaiswal. England Captain Ben Stokes then rejected his Indian counterpart Shaubman Gill and later returned to remove Sai Sudharsan, who had composed a folded half a century to his return to the side.
Sai Sudharsan provides update
At a press conference after Sudharsan, the team said the team expected a formal update of the state of the panty next morning. “He certainly had a lot of pain, but he went for scanning. We’ll probably get the information tomorrow. It is obvious that it will be a big lady-the day he fired and we lose the dough if he doesn’t return,” he said. “But at the same time, the doughs and versators in the side will do their best to make the bat for a long time and absorb pressure. We try to handle the loss of how best we can.”
Pant’s recovery-or the lack of it-cou would determine the course of the match. For India, the prospect of losing his vice-capitan at such a critical intersection casts a long shadow over what was otherwise a promising day of opening.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
July 24, 2025
Tune
