Why Dhruv Jurel Won't Be Allowed To Bat If He Replaces Rishabh Pant In 4th Test?
Rishabh Pant suffered a foot injury on Wednesday (July 23), after which he left the field in pain. The 27-year-old left-handed batter's participation in the ongoing Test remains doubtful, and if reports are to be believed then Pant will remain out of action for at least six weeks due to a toe fracture. Pant's injury is bad news for Team India, which is already missing the services of Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akash Deep, and Arshdeep Singh due to injuries.
In Pant's absence, Dhruv Jurel will keep the wickets for India in the ongoing fourth Test against England at Old Trafford in Manchester, but the 24-year-old stumper from Agra won't be allowed to bat.
But why?
As per the ICC rules, a fully participating like-for-like replacement is only permitted for concussion substitutions. But in Pant's case, he has suffered an injury while playing on the field.
In the third Test as well, which was played at Lord's from July 10 to 14, Jurel kept the wickets for India after Pant suffered a finger injury on Day 1.
Can Pant bat?
'The scan report showed a fracture, and he is ruled out for six weeks. The medical team is trying to see if he can come out to bat again by taking a painkiller. He still needs support to walk, though, and chances of his batting look very bleak," a source in the BCCI confirmed to The Indian Express.
Ishan to replace Pant for 5th Test
According to a report in the Indian Express, Ishan Kishan, who last played a Test match for India in July 2023 against the West Indies in Port of Spain, will travel to England in the coming days to replace Rishabh Pant in India's squad for the fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The fifth red-ball match of the ongoing series is scheduled to take place at The Oval in London from July 31 to August 4.
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