{"id":17910,"date":"2025-07-24T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17910\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:46:10","slug":"india-v-england-fourth-test-day-one-old-trafford-rishabh-pant-foot-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17910\/","title":{"rendered":"India v England, fourth Test, day one, Old Trafford, Rishabh Pant foot injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

India<\/a> finished the opening day of the fourth Test at 4-264, having played much of the evening session without Rishabh Pant<\/a>. He retired hurt with an injured foot, raising doubts over whether he can continue in the series.<\/p>\n

Speaking afterwards, teammate Sai Sudharsan admitted there was real concern for Rishabh Pant’s fitness at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was in a lot of pain, definitely. They have gone for scans and we will probably get to know (how serious it is) tomorrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\"Rishabh<\/p>\n

Rishabh Pant leaves the field on a medical cart after taking a blow to the foot.\u00a0Stu Forster via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was batting really well today … It will definitely have consequences (if he is ruled out).\u201d<\/p>\n

England<\/a> spinner Liam Dawson claimed his first Test wicket in eight years, marking his return to the national side for the fourth Test.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Dawson was recalled after Shoaib Bashir was ruled out with a broken finger and was pivotal in a strong second session, which saw England take three of its four wickets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to contribute to the team early on. I\u2019ve said to a few people at the age I\u2019m at, I probably thought that Test cricket was gone,\u201d Dawson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be back involved is really cool. I\u2019ve got to try to enjoy each moment I get.”<\/p>\n

England aimed to close out the five-match series, taking a 2-1 lead into the match in Manchester. But after captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bowl, the hosts were frustrated as India reached 0-78 at lunch through the partnership of KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal.<\/p>\n

England’s best session came after lunch, with Rahul (46) caught by Zak Crawley off Chris Woakes for 1-94.<\/p>\n

Cheers grew louder soon after when Dawson forced an edge from Jaiswal (58) that was caught low by slip fielder Harry Brook to put India at 2-120. It was Dawson’s first Test since playing South Africa in 2017, and the wicket came on the second over of his return.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo get that wicket was a nice relief coming back into it. It\u2019s one wicket. I\u2019ve done nothing special,\u201d Dawson said.<\/p>\n

Shubman Gill, the top runs-scorer so far in the series, had only 12 on the board before being trapped lbw by Stokes, leaving India on 3-140.<\/p>\n

Injury concerns for Pant<\/p>\n

India steadied itself well for the evening session, with Pant building a strong partnership with Sudharsan.<\/p>\n

But that was cut short when Pant (37) retired hurt after attempting a reverse sweep off Woakes, and the ball deflected onto his right ankle and foot.<\/p>\n

\"Rishabh<\/p>\n

Rishabh Pant could not put any weight on his sore ankle.\u00a0Stu Forster via Getty Images<\/p>\n

England unsuccessfully appealed for lbw, and Pant was left in pain on the field. He left on a cart, and close-ups of his foot showed swelling.<\/p>\n

Pant was replaced by Ravindra Jadeja with India on 3-212.<\/p>\n

England took its fourth wicket when Sudharsan (61) was caught by Brydon Carse off Stokes.<\/p>\n

Play ended early because of dimming light.<\/p>\n

Risky move by Stokes<\/p>\n

Stokes gambled by opting to bowl after winning the toss.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN Cricinfo, no team has won a Test match at Old Trafford after choosing to bowl first.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s pretty decent overhead conditions for bowling, so that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do,\u201d Stokes said after India had lost the toss for the 14th time in a row in an international match.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

India lost the toss for the 14th time in a row in an international match.\u00a0Alex Davidson via Getty Images<\/p>\n

But that decision began to look questionable as Rahul and Jaiswal withstood England’s pressure before lunch.<\/p>\n

Jaiswal\u2019s innings included his 1000th run against England before he eventually fell to Dawson and India went to tea at 3-149.<\/p>\n

Tensions easing<\/p>\n

There was no sign of the tensions that had been a feature in the heated third Test, which England won at Lord\u2019s by 22 runs<\/a> to take a 2-1 lead in the series.<\/p>\n

Gill said this week that England had acted against the \u201cspirit of the game\u201d by delaying play at Lord\u2019s<\/a>. Gill was not happy about England batters Ben Duckett and Crawley being late to the crease on the third day of the Test.<\/p>\n

There were jeers from the crowd as Gill made his way to the crease and loud cheers when he was dismissed for just 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India finished the opening day of the fourth Test at 4-264, having played much of the evening session…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-17910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}