The fourth match of Anderson Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played in Manchester from 23 July. Team India has won one of the 3 matches played so far, while England have won two. Before the Manchester Test match, there is uncertainty about the availability of the vice-captain and wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian team Rishabh Pant. Ravi Shastri, the former head coach of the Indian team, believes that the vice-captain of the team should not play as a batsman until he is assured to take the responsibility of wicketkeeping for the match before the fourth Test.

Pant scored 74 and 9 runs in the third Test. During the match, his left index finger suffered an injury, after which he left the ground. He could not do wicketkeeping in the remaining match. In his absence, wicketkeeper Dhruv Juril took over the responsibility of wicketkeeping.

Why should Pant not play as a batsman?

In a video posted on the ICC’s Instagram account on Friday, Shastri said, “I don’t think if Pant cannot do wicketkeeping, he should get into the field as an expert batsman, because they have to do fielding, and if they do this, the situation will get worse. The reason is that the reason is that the wearing is that at least there is any protection. If it is, it will not be very serious.

For the fourth Test, team captain Shubman Gill had said that Pant would be fully fit to play. During the team’s practice session on Thursday, Assistant Coach Ryan Ten Doshe said that the team is giving Pant more and more time to fully fit and fielding in Manchester. Shastri said that when you choose the team for the next Test, they will have to do both wicketkeeping and batting. He cannot do any of the two. It would be better to get perfectly fit. If his injury is not serious, I think he will play. There are still a few days left for the Test match to start. They will be cured.