Nasser Hussain was taken aback by Rishabh Pant’s injury on Day 1 of the fourth Test against England in Manchester. The southpaw missed a yorker-length delivery from Chris Woakes while attempting a reverse sweep. He was hit on the foot and went off the field on a cart as the batter was unable to walk.

He was in pain even after getting treatment, and it looked like the left-handed batter had suffered a broken bone in his foot.

“Game needs Rishabh Pant. This series is blessed to have a player like Pant. He was applauded when he came out to bat,” Nasser Hussain said.

“He would like to be a part of next Test at The Oval, a venue he scored a hundred. For this game, Dhruv Jurel will again come out with wicket-keeping gloves,” he added.

Pant scored 37 runs before leaving the field. India were 264/4 at stumps. Sai Sudharsan and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored fifties for the visiting team. KL Rahul accumulated 46. Ravindra Jadeja (19) and Shardul Thakur (19) were in the middle.