India's wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant sustained a painful fracture on his toe during the first day's play of the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Manchester.
While batting against Chris Woakes, Pant tried a reverse lap shot, but the ball hit the inside edge of his bat and crashed straight into his foot, resulting in a nasty injury.
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The southpaw was ruled out of the rest of the series but still came in to bat and added 17 runs on Day 2 of the match, to help India reach 358 runs in the first innings.
As he continues to recover from the unpleasant injury, the India vice-captain shared a positive update on social media, although there is still substantial time till we see him back on the field.
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Rishabh Pant shares POSITIVE update on his foot injury
Pant shared a series of photographs and a video where he can be seen slowly taking off the leg cast, although some of his fingers are still heavily strapped.
In the caption of his Instagram post, Pant wrote: "Just wanna tell you one thing which I understand is doesn’t matter how much pain you have endured in past if you get hurt again it pains the same that’s for sure . just the threshold goes up and you know the process to keep pushing yourself . So being positive is massive , motivating yourself works a lot . Keep trusting your self and keep working in the direction you wanna take your life because what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger eventually."
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What next for Rishabh Pant?
Up next, Pant is expected to be ready after a six-week rest for the West Indies' two-match Test tour of India from October 2.