IND vs ENG Test: LSG team owner lauds Rishabh Pant's heroics at Old Trafford - 'Battled a fractured toe'
Rishabh Pant
's IPL team owner, Sanjiv Goenka, has lavished praise on Team India's wicketkeeper-batter for showing great resilience in the fourth Test at Old Trafford.
Pant has been ruled out of the fifth and final Test against England after sustaining a fracture to his right foot on Day 1 of the fourth match.
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"Battled a fractured toe, broke records, and stood tall for the team," Goenka wrote on X.
"Most runs by a keeper in a Test series in England.
Most 50+ scores by a visiting keeper.
The fight will be remembered. Speedy recovery, champ."
The 27-year-old Pant retired hurt on 37 on the opening day of the Test in Manchester and went for scans after taking a blow to his right foot while attempting a reverse sweep off England pacer Chris Woakes.
He, however, returned to bat after the fall of Shardul Thakur's wicket with India at 314/6 and went on to score an audacious fifty.
Tamil Nadu's N Jagadeesan has been named as his replacement.
"Rishabh Pant, who sustained a fracture to his right foot during the fourth Test against England in Manchester, has been ruled out of the fifth and final Test of the series," the BCCI said in a press release.
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