"Pant's Positivity, Grit Keeps Him Away From All the Pains": Thakur Hails Teammate for Batting Despite Injury

Ultimate team man: Cricket fraternity hails Pant’s gritty fifty with fractured foot

Rishabh Pant’s audacious fifty with a fractured foot on day two of the fourth Test showed not just courage but also proved that he is the “ultimate team man”, felt former India coach Ravi Shastri, as the cricket fraternity showered praise on the gutsy wicketkeeper-batter. Pant’s return to top-flight cricket after a horrific car accident in December 2022 was already remarkable, but he took his daring streak to another level by completing a half-c…

"Pant's positivity, grit keeps him away from all the pains": Thakur hails teammate for batting despite injury

In one of the most courageous displays seen on a cricket field, Rishabh Pant batted through intense pain from a fractured toe to score a vital half-century for India on Day 2 of the fourth Test against England in Manchester. The wicketkeeper-batter, who was rushed to the hospital in the morning for scans, walked out to bat despite the injury and ended up scoring a valiant 54 off 75 balls, an innings laced with three boundaries and two sixes befor