Tendulkar Trophy Test: Vice-captain Rishabh Pant hobbled out to bat for India despite a fractured right foot and managed to be unbeaten on 39 off 55 balls as the visitors’ reached 321/6 in 105 overs at lunch on day two of fourth Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test against England at Old Trafford on Thursday.
It was a session where India scored 57 runs from 22 overs, before rain brought an early end to the proceedings. Though Pant did not look comfortable while running between the wickets, the visuals of him taking the support of railings to come out to bat and Shardul Thakur giving him a little pat on the head before stepping on to the field showed the desire to fight through the pain and contribute to his team's cause, as India crossed the 320-run mark.
With Washington Sundar unbeaten on 20, India will be confident of having a big first innings total while England will wish to end their innings after taking out Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja. In the morning, Archer continuously found Jadeja's outside edge before eventually getting the left-hander to nick behind and Harry Brook at second slip took the catch, as he fell for 20.
