India's growing injury crisis in the ongoing Test series against England deepened after star wicketkeeper-better Rishabh Pant The first innings suffered a painful shock to his toe, excluding it from wicketkeeping duties for the remainder of the fourth test in Manchester. It was later revealed that the pants had fractured their toe, a significant shock for the Indian camp was already struggling with a long list of fitness concerns.Old Trafford suffered an injury during India's batting. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The first hurt pants in the series, batting in the earlier innings, was given a tough fight on the toe by Chris Woakes delivery. The effect was quite serious to sideline him from behind the stump, Dhruv Jurlel stepped as a mekshift wicketkeeper.The pants, however, were approved to bat in the second innings, a confirmation that came directly from India's batting coach Satanshu Kotak on Saturday. “Rishabh Pant will bat tomorrow,” Kotak said at the end of day 4, indicating that his dynamics may be compromised behind the stumps, the team will still rely on their batting to help to help a draw.
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The series has increased rapidly in India's list of injuries, in which frontline pacers Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep have completely ruled. The shock of the pants adds another dimension to the challenge going on a decisive day 5 in Old Trafford.Despite the serious context, India showed signs of fighting through an unbeaten partnership between KL Rahul (87 Not Out) and Shubman Gill (78 Not Out), who guided the visitors at 174/2 in stumps in 4 days, yet England were left behind by 137 runs. Pants are likely to come in number 5 or 6, their ability to bat through pain may be important if India is to save the match and keep the series alive.
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