Despite knee injury, Rishabh Pant came to the field with a bandage, scored a stormy half-century against New Zealand

 Rishabh Pant: Indian cricket team's wicketkeeper and batsman Rishabh Pant took a bold step, after which he has started being discussed a lot. Pant recently suffered a knee injury after which he had to undergo surgery. However, despite a knee injury, he came out to bat for India at number five in the second innings of the ongoing first Test against New Zealand at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium. This return of Pant is considered very beneficial for Team India.

Let us tell you that Pant was injured on the first day, due to which he could not take the field on the third day. He was seen practicing batting during the tea break on the third day, but it was not clear whether he would play on the fourth day or not. Before the start of the fourth day, he had his knee bandaged, but was still seen jogging.

Rishabh Pant scored a stormy half-century

Pant scored a half-century on the fourth day of the ongoing first Test against New Zealand. He faced 53 balls during his innings and after Sarfaraz Khan's century, Rishabh Pant scored a stormy half-century. Pant and Sarfaraz Khan batted with confidence. New Zealand has achieved a lead of 356 runs thanks to Rachin Ravindra's century. Now India needs to play with positive thinking to make a comeback in the match.

100 run partnership between Sarfaraz-Pant

In the first session of the fourth day, both of them surprised everyone by scoring 103 runs in 120 balls. Team India has also scored 334 runs. Sarfaraz Khan is unbeaten at the crease after scoring 125 runs in 154 balls and Rishabh Pant is unbeaten at the crease after scoring 53 runs in 56 balls. The game has been stopped for the time being due to rain. Team India has scored 344 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Now the Indian team is just 12 runs away from completing New Zealand's lead.

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— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) September 22, 2024

BCCI had given Pant's health update

BCCI had also given an update on Rishabh Pant's health and said that the medical team is monitoring his progress. In the first innings, Pant scored 20 runs, and he was the highest run-scorer for the team when the Indian team was bundled out for only 46 runs, which was the lowest score on their home ground.