Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant is likely to check into the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru on September 15 to begin rehabilitation for recovering from a fractured right foot sustained in the fourth Test against England in Manchester in July. It is understood that Pant travelling to Bengaluru and checking into the CoE later was decided at the very last moment. After coming back home from the United Kingdom, Pant had been in consultation with medical experts, including Mumbai-based Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala about the progress on his fractured right foot.
Dr Pardiwala, the Head of Centre for Sports Medicine and Director of Arthroscopy & Shoulder Service at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, had notably operated Pant’s right knee after the wicketkeeper-batter survived a life-threatening car accident in December 2022.
Pant, 27, sustained a foot fracture during day one of the Old Trafford Test after inside-edging a reverse sweep off Chris Woakes onto his foot. The painful injury forced him to retire hurt at 37, with scans later confirming the fracture on his fifth metatarsal. Remarkably, Pant returned to bat on the following day, despite arriving at the ground in a moonboot, and added crucial runs to make 54.
