Rishabh Pant: Team India has suffered a big setback on the second day of the first Test match of the New Zealand series. Team India's swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant may be out of this series due to a knee injury.

While keeping wicket on the second day of the first Test, Pant was hit in the knee by the ball due to which he had to go out of the ground and after that he was not able to keep any further in the day. In place of Pant, Dhruv Jurel took the responsibility of keeping in the last part of the day.

Rishabh Pant may be out of Border Gavaskar Trophy

Rishabh Pant may be out not only from the New Zealand series but also from the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Pant's injury is very serious which was revealed by captain Rohit Sharma himself and if this happens then it can prove to be a big blow for Team India. Pant may also miss the Border Gavaskar Trophy due to his injury. Pant played an important role in Team India's series win in the last Border Gavaskar Trophy.

Let us tell you, on the last ball of the 37th over of New Zealand's innings, Devon Conway was trying to drive the ball of Ravindra Jadeja but he failed to play the shot and the ball missed the stump and went straight to the knee of Rishabh Pant. It started. The physio tried to correct Pant's knee but it did not seem to be of any use. Even after this, he was seen in a lot of pain and in the end he had to leave the field.

Rishabh Pant's injury is very serious

While giving information in the press conference, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma said that Rishabh Pant has suffered an injury in the same knee in which surgery was done after the accident. He also told that his knee has become very swollen after being hit by the ball, due to which he will not be seen keeping in this innings. Pant's injury is a big blow for Team India.

Talking about the match, Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. However, his decision backfired heavily on him and on the pitch which was conducive to fast bowlers, all the batsmen of Team India were seen getting troubled and kept losing their wickets one after the other. Team India's 5 batsmen could not even open their account and the Indian team was all out on its third lowest score.

New Zealand got the lead

The Indian team was reduced to just 46 runs. New Zealand's batsmen did not make any mistakes and their opening batsmen ended the lead of the Indian team. By the end of play on the first day, New Zealand had scored 180 runs after losing 3 wickets, in which Devon Conway scored the highest score of 91 runs.