New Delhi: On the eve of the fourth Test match between England and India at Manchester, skipper Shubman Gill confirmed that Rishabh Pant will keep the wickets in the crucial game. This comes after Pant was behind the wickets for only 35 overs in the Lord’s Test match due to an injury and the rest of the duty was performed by Dhruv Jurel,
Keeping his injury in mind, rumours has started to do the rounds that Pant would play a restricted role in the fourth game against the English side and Jurel might be roped in to fulfill the role of a wicketkeeper. Though he was quite underwhelming in the Lord’s Test, conceding a lot of byes, India had no other option. But Gill put all the speculations to rest a day ahead of the must-win game for India.
India have been dealt with severe injury blows ahead of the Manchester Test match as all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, and bowlers Akash Deep and Arshdeep Singh have been ruled out of the game and probably the last match as well. In this precarious situation, Haryana pacer Anshul Kamboj might be given a call-up to the team.
Gill confident about winning despite injury woes
Speaking about the injury woes the team is currently facing, Gill admitted that the concerns are pretty grave with Reddy and Akash being ruled out especially with the duo performing decently in the previous games. But the skipper at the same time said that they still have quality players in the side to claim all the 20 wickets.
Injury-plagued India are forced to give rookie pacer Kamboj a debut. Gill said that he is close to making his debut but they will have to see whether its him or Prasidh Krishna. Also speaking about Karun Nair, who did have the best of the outings in the series, Gill expressed his confidence that Nair will deliver in the upcoming Test match for India.
Gill slams England for lack of spirit at Lord’s
The 25-year-old also slammed the delaying tactics used by the English openers towards the end of day three of the Lord’s Test, saying coming 90 seconds late to the crease was not within the spirt of the game. He admitted that even they would have done it if they were in a position but there is a manner to do it.