"How many more days?" - Rishabh Pant shares frustrating update on his leg injury

Ritabrata_Banerjee

"How many more days?" - Rishabh Pant shares frustrating update on his leg injury image

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India's star wicketkeeper batter and Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant suffered 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 English fast bowlerChris Woakes, Pant attempted 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.

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.

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Since the England tour, Pant continues to work on his recovery and has regularly provided an update on his condition for his fans on social media.

However, Pant's latest update, which he shared on Instagram on Sunday, August 31, was a bit depressing as he seemed to be growing frustrated with the long recovery process. 

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Rishabh Pant shares frustrating update on his leg injury

On Instagram, Pant shared an image of himself looking worried, with his left leg still in a cast. In the caption, he wrote: "How many more days in this?" and added three 'annoyed' emojis.

The middle-order batter finished the England tour with 479 runs in 7 innings at an average of 68.42, while scoring twin-centuries at Headingley.

What next for Rishabh Pant?

Pant understandably is not part of the India T20 squad for the upcoming Asia Cup in UAE, which starts on September 9. He is expected to be ready and regain full fitness ahead of the West Indies' two-match Test tour of India from October 2.

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Ritabrata is a content producer for The Sporting News' India edition