Rishabh Pant Reacts to Rohit Sharma’s Claim of ‘Faking’ Injury During ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Final, Says ‘Asked the Physio To Keep Wasting Time’ (Watch Video)

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has proved out to be an absolute blessing for the India national cricket team. The left-handed batter who is often seen as a successor of veteran Indian captain MS Dhoni, also keeps up the match interesting on the field by playing some brilliant mind games. MSD had the quality to judge the movement of the batsman and make tactics accordingly. Though, Pant has very big shoes to fill in the latter is doing his absolute best to take up the challenge. Rishabh Pant Teases Fans with ‘If Go to The Auction, Will I be Sold’ Question Ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction (See Post).

While speaking during 'The Great Indian Kapil Sharma Show' Indian captain Rohit Sharma had revealed that Rishabh Pant faked an injury during the final of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 against South Africa. The moment proved out to be very essential in the game as it broke the momentum of the batters and helped the Indian team well-set Heinrich Klaasen. Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024–25: Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, India’s Dynamic Batting Make Shane Watson Worry for Australia in Upcoming BGT Series.

Rishabh Pant Opens Up on Faking Injury During T20 World Cup 2024 Final 

Rishabh Pant was also asked the same question during his appearance at a public event regarding the incident. Pant revealed that he faked the injury and stated that there wouldn't be any such moment again when he will be playing a World Cup final. Pant added that he kept on telling the physio that he kept on wasting the time. The video of the incident is going viral on social media.

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