India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was taken for scans after he was hit on his elbow while batting against Australia in Sydney on Saturday. Pant got injured on one of the deliveries from Pat Cummins after which he was checked by the physio for a considerable amount of time.
The left-handed batsman continued batting despite being in pain and was eventually dismissed for 36 by Josh Hazlewood after being caught in the slips by David Warner.
The BCCI confirmed that the batsman was taken for the scans in a tweet that read, “"Rishabh Pant was hit on the left elbow while batting in the second session on Saturday. He has been taken for scans.”
Later, Ravindra Jadeja was also hit on the bowling hand. The all-rounder was seen sitting in the dressing while the team came out for the second innings. Later, he too was taken for scans, the BCCI confirmed. “Ravindra Jadeja suffered a blow to his left thumb while batting. He has been taken for scans,” BCCI tweeted.
Pant was replaced by Wriddhiman Saha who came out to keep wickets for India.
The visitors were bundled out for 244 in reply to Australia’s 338 on the third day of the Test. Cheteshwar Pujara completed his fifty on Day 3 while Jadeja remained unbeaten at 28. The Australian fast bowlers peppered the Indian batsmen with some short deliveries.
Pat Cummins returned with figures of 4/29 while Hazlewood scalped a couple of wickets.
The Indian team has been facing some major injury concerns on this Australian tour. Earlier, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami and KL Rahul were also ruled out.
The four-match Test series is presently levelled at 1-1.
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