Pant’s knee injury, sustained while fielding, has raised concerns, especially considering his recovery from major surgeries following a car accident in 2022.

India captain Rohit Sharma said they will have to carefully manage Rishabh Pant's workload for the remainder of the series against New Zealand after the wicketkeeper-batsman suffered a knee injury in their eight-wicket defeat by the tourists.

Rishabh Pant is a 'once in a generation' cricketer and hence will the Indian team risk him in the Pune Test considering there is a long season ahead with five Tests against Australia coming up? This is going to be a tough call that needs to be taken by the management and they do not have a lot of time.