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MANCHESTER: Wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant suffered a freakish injury during the fourth India vs England Test here at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
The southpaw injured himself in an attempt to play audacious reverse sweep of paceman Chris Woakes in the 68th over of India’s first innings.
However, he survived England’s review call, but looked utterly uncomfortable and immediately signaled for medical assistance after hurting his foot. As a result, he was forced to retire and was replaced by Ravindra Jadeja.
The 27-year-old batter arrived at the crease after India captain Shubman Gill was dismissed by his counterpart Ben Stokes for 12 on the first day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford.
With the scoreboard showing India at 140 for three, Rishabh Pant joined Sai Sudharsan to take forward the tourists’ innings. The left-handed batter looked in touch and scored 37 off 48 balls, with the help of two fours and a six.
Consequently, India ended their hard-fought day on 264-4 with Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur unbeaten on 19 runs respectively.
During the morning, Jaiswal and fellow opener KL Rahul defied difficult conditions and testing bowling from Woakes and Jofra Archer to take India to 78-0 at lunch.
But Rahul had added just six more runs to his lunch score of 40 when, trying to force Woakes off the back foot, he edged to Zak Crawley at third slip, leaving India 94-1.
Jaiswal late-cut Carse for four to go to 49 before completing a 96-ball fifty.
Meanwhile, Liam Dawson, who was making his comeback into Test cricket, needed just seven balls to strike, removing Jaiswal, who pushed forward defensively to a good-length delivery and edged to Harry Brook at first slip.
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