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.