Rishabh Pant will not keep wickets on day 3 of India VS New Zealand 1st Test due to knee injury. He was replaced by Dhurv Jurel, Said by BCCI. Pant, who went off the field after getting hit on the right knee during the second day of the ongoing first test against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, has not returned to keep wickets for Team India on day 3. As the play began on the crucial moving day of the Test match, Dhruv Jurel was seen accompanying Rohit Sharma and co to do the wicket-Keeping duties.
The injury to Rishabh Pant happened in the 37th over of New Zealand’s innings. Pant missed a stumping chanc against New Zealand opener Devon Conway off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja. Pant received a blow on his knee after he failed to collect the ball properly. Pant then walked off the field immediately, and Dhruv Jurel replaced him on the field. India captain Rohit Sharma, who addressed the post-day press conference after the end of day 2, said that Pant was hit on his kneecap, unfortunately, the ball hit the straight on his knee cap, the same leg on which he has got a bit of swelling on it.
Rishabh Pant doesn’t want to take a risk because he has gone through a massive surgery on that particular leg. That was the reason for him to go inside. Rishabh Pant, who suffered a career threatening car crush in December 2022, made his comeback only this year, through the IPL.