Delhi: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is not left much time left. The Indian team will start their campaign against Bangladesh on 20 February. For this tournament, the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma has reached Dubai and has also started practice. However, in the meantime, a bad news has come out for Team India.
According to reports, star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant was practicing at the ICC Academy in Dubai on Sunday. Meanwhile, he suffered a left knee injury in an accident. Actually, Hardik Pandya was batting during the net session, and Pant was standing near him. Then a shot of Hardik went directly to Pant’s left knee, after which Pant groaned with pain.
Rishabh fell to the ground as soon as the ball hit, after which the team’s medical staff immediately investigated him. Ice pack was applied on Pant’s knee, but due to pain he kept on lame for some time. Hardik asked their condition and both hugged each other. After this, a bandage was tied on Pant’s knee and went towards the dressing room.
Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul have been included as wicketkeeper batsmen in the Indian team for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The team’s head coach Gautam Gambhir has already made it clear that Rahul will be seen as primary wicketkeeper, while Pant will be the second choice. If Pant is out of the tournament due to injury, Team India will have to be completely dependent on KL Rahul. In this situation, BCCI can call one of Sanju Samson or Ishaan Kishan to Dubai.
India team for ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
key players: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh , Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.
Reserve player: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammad Siraj, Shivam Dubey.
Rishabh Pant is Hit! Receiving Attention Around His Left Knee. A Concerned Hardik Pandya Rushed to His Teammate as it was heh shot which hit on the knee. pic.twitter.com/2GZHJB3MO2
– Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_malhotra1) February 16, 2025
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