Rishabh Pant is going for a fitness test and will leave for New Zealand on November 12

The Indian Test team is set to get a boost as star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is likely to get a clearance from the BCCI Center of Excellence and leave for New Zealand on Thursday. pants, who suffered a side strain while playing the Irani Cup for Rest of Indiawas initially named in the India A squad for one unofficial fitness test. However, it did not get the required “RTP” (Return To Play) certificate from the CoE.

“Pant is fully fit. He will undergo match simulation practice at CoE today and one round (simulation) is scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday). After successful completion of both rounds, Pant will leave for Wellington on November 12,” a BCCI source privy to the development told PTI on condition of anonymity.

Pant is one of the few cricketers in this current set-up who has experience of playing Test cricket in New Zealand when the national team toured the country in 2020.

The 29-year-old Pant is one of the oldest players in the squad with 52 Tests to his credit. Scored eight hundreds and 21 fifties at an average of over 43. The left-hander scored Test hundreds in Australia, England and South Africa among SENA countries.

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