Rishabh Pant Gets Massive 'IPL' Warning Ahead of Must-Win 4th Test at Manchester

England vs India: Rishabh Pant has been in top form in the ongoing five-match Test series against England. But despite his good form, Pant was blamed by some after India's loss at Lord's because of the runout he was involved in with KL Rahul. Most believe had that runout not happened, India could have got a big lead and eventually have won the match. Former India cricketer Farokh Engineer, who is in England, was asked about Pant. 

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While speaking to RevSports, Engineer urged Pant to save his extravagant shots for the IPL. He also said that Test cricket requires ‘discipline’. 

‘Save those for IPL’

“Absolutely. Save those for IPL. Test cricket demands discipline. From a number three or four, you expect them to play proper cricket, get big scores, and build innings.”

Will Pant Play at Manchester? 

The India wicketkeeper picked up a finger injury in the Lord's Test after which Dhruv Jurel took over the keeping duties. Pant did bat in both the innings where he scored 74 and nine. There are speculations over will he keep at Manchester or not and to clear the doubt on this, India's assistant coach Ryan Ten Doeschate said that he is hopeful that Pant would play, but he could not reveal more than that. 

With the Old Trafford Test being a crucial one for India, Pant would try his best to make the XI. He is already the second-highest run-scorer with 425 runs from 3 matches at an average of 70.83 and a strike rate of 78.41.

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The fourth Test starts from July 23 and as per whispers, the Old Trafford strip will assist pacers as it will have bounce in it. England lead the five-match Test series 2-1.