ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Hardik Pandya’s shot injures Rishabh Pant in major scare for India
Published - 16 Feb 2025, 04:46 PM | Updated - 16 Feb 2025, 04:57 PM
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India have faced a massive injury scare ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. As per the reports in the Times of India, it is learned that the keeper-batter faced a knee injury during the training session ahead of the team's first game in the tournament against Bangladesh.
India National Cricket Team reached Dubai for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Saturday (15th February). The Rohit Sharma-led side didn't waste much time as they started their training from the very next day. The team put in hard yards at the ICC Academy on Sunday (16th February).
Rishabh Pant faces major injury scare, shot from Hardik Pandya hits him straight on left knee
However, the first training session didn't go the way they would've wanted as there was an injury scare in the camp. Keeper-batter Rishabh Pant was hit on the knees by all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who was batting in the nets. The ball hit him straight on the left knee and he looked in immense pain.
Rishabh Pant was seen getting medical attention and even Hardik Pandya, who looked concerned, left the nets and went straight to check the keeper-batter. The Southpaw was down on the ground with physios using the ice pack on his injured knee.
Rishabh Pant is hit! Receiving attention around his left knee. A concerned Hardik Pandya rushed to his teammate as it was his shot which hit Pant on the knee. pic.twitter.com/2GZhjB3mO2
— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) February 16, 2025
Rishabh Pant was seen with heavy strapping on his left knee
Rishabh Pant was seen with heavy strapping on his left knee. However, things looked fine after that. Even with the strapping, the left-hander was getting ready to bat in the nets and was seen smiling.
Knee heavily strapped but Rishabh Pant is getting ready to bat. All smiles like always pic.twitter.com/7ZLrmzT7V4
— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) February 16, 2025
Thankfully for him, the ball hit him on the right knee, which got him injured during the horrible accident that he faced. The batter was out of action for more than one year and recently made a comeback for the India National Cricket Team during the T20 World Cup 2024.
Pant, since then, has been part of the Indian team in all three formats of the game. The Lucknow Super Giants skipper is likely to warm the bench during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 as head coach Gautam Gambhir openly mentioned that they are looking at KL Rahul as the first-choice keeper.
Rishabh Pant didn't play a single game in the ODI series against England, likely to be benched in ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Pant didn't play a single game in the ODI series against England. This saw team management receiving a lot of criticism for benching him, especially with the kind of player that he has been for India, winning games single-handedly with his explosive batting.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will begin on 19th February, and India will open their campaign against Bangladesh on 20th February. All the games of the Rohit Sharma-led side will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai as a part of the hybrid model.
