Cricketers played with injury: The fourth Test is going on in Manchester between India and England. The most discussed in this match is the vice-captain of India’s Test team- Rishabh Pant. This player of India showed that on the second day of the fourth Test, which will be remembered in the history of cricket. Batting on the first day of the match, Pant suffered an injury to the toe, due to which he had retired, but Pant came to bat in pain even when needed. Prior to Pant, India’s legendary player Anil Kumble has also done this.

Historical bowling of Anil Kumble

Former India veteran Anil Kumble also did a similar feat once. When India’s team was playing a Test match against the West Indies in the year 2002, while batting, the ball went into the jaw in Kumble and fractured it. But Kumble landed with bandage and got into the field with pain and also bowled 14 overs.

Kumble bowled the wicket of the west Indies great player Brian Lara while bowling so much in so much pain. Kumble said after this match that after giving his best in the match, I can now go home with peace. At that time, Kumble had kept the country earlier, shore by the injury. At the same time, on the second day of the fourth Test, Rishabh Pant was seen.

Historic innings played in 1984 also

West Indies cricket legendary Malcolm Marshall played an innings in 1984, which was recorded in the pages of history forever. A Test match was going on between West Indies and England in Headingley. In this match, to save the follow on the West Indies, Malcolm Marshall also came to bat with a thumb injury and played a brilliant innings of 53 runs. This amazing innings by Malcolm Marshall contributed to the win of the West Indies.

Pant played half -century innings

Rishabh Pant was retarded on the score of 37 runs, but when he landed on the ground, all the people present in the stadium stood up and clapped for Pant and encouraged him. Pant also hit a six off Jofra Archer’s ball and lost the wicket on the ball of this player. Pant played a historic innings of 54 runs in 75 balls.

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Rishabh pant historic inning: India’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant played a historic innings on the Manchester ground. On the first day of the fourth Test against England, Pant suffered a toe injury, due to which retired hurt. On the second day of the match, Pant once again batted, then he broke a historic record of former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Pant has become India’s highest half -century wicketkeeper batsman in a series.

Rishabh Pant broke MS Dhoni’s record

Rishabh Pant scored a brilliant half -century of 54 runs in 75 balls in the first innings of the Manchester Test. Pant put this fifth fifty in this series against England. With this, Pant became the wicketkeeper batsman to score the most half -century in a series. Earlier, this record was in the name of India’s legendary player Farooq Engineer and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

• Former India veteran Farooq Engineer had put four fifty in the same series against England in 1972-73.
• Former captain and cricketer of the Indian team MS Dhoni has done this feat twice. Dhoni first scored four half-centuries against Australia in 2008-09. At the same time, in 2014, four fifty against England in 2014.
• Now Rishabh Pant, vice -captain of India’s Test team, has put five fifty till the first innings of the fourth Test in this series. Now Pant has three innings left in this series. Pant can make his record better.

Pant’s thumb injury

On the first day of the Manchester Test of India’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, Jofra Archer suffered a toe injury. Pant was putting a sweep shot, but instead of the ball on the bat, he started on his thumb. Rishabh Pant got stung by the pain of this injury. Pant had to go to retired hurt. Pant was also finding it difficult to bat on the second day of the match, but he came to bat while lame and played a historic half -century innings.

A Standing Ovation for Rishabh Pant at Old Trafford after he came out to bat despite an injury #WTC27 , #ENGVIND pic.twitter.com/w1w2gwuy48

– ICC (@ICC) July 24, 2025

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