Ravi Shastri made a big statement before the Manchester Test (photo – Rishabh Pant/ Instagram) regarding Rishabh Pant
Team India now has to play the fourth Test match against England at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. The third Test match was played between these two teams at Lord’s Stadium in London, which England won. During this Test match, Rishabh Pant suffered a finger injury while wicketkeeping. Although he batted despite this, but Rishabh was seen in a lot of pain. Now before the fourth Test match, former India head coach Ravi Shastri has given a big statement about Rishabh Pant. According to him, if Pant is not fully fit, then he should be removed from the Manchester Test.
Fourth Test starting from 23 July
The fourth Test match between India and England starts on July 23 and before that Ravi Shastri spoke to Sanjana Ganesan in the ICC review and said, ‘You have to see if Rishabh Pant’s finger is broken. Is there no fracture in his finger? Now the people of England must also know that the Indian batsmen are injured. When you choose the team for the next Test, they will have to do wicketkeeping and batting. They cannot do any one of the two. It is necessary for them to do both. If Pant is fully fit then he can play.
Ravi Shastri further said, ‘I don’t think Rishabh will play as a specialist batsman because if he does not do keeping, he will have to field. If Indian players do fielding then things can be even more difficult. They will definitely get some protection with gloves. If they get hurt without gloves, then it will become even more serious.
India will have to return
England won the first Test match played in Leeds between these two teams, while India won in the second Test match. Then England won the third Test and took a 2–1 lead in the 5 match Test series. If Team India has to return to this series, then it is necessary to win the Manchester Test. If Team India loses the Manchester Test, England will win this series. Talking about Rishabh Pant, he has batted amazing in this series so far. He is still second in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in this series. Dhakad batsman has scored 425 runs in three matches at an average of 70.83. He has two centuries and two half -centuries.
