{"id":258895,"date":"2025-07-12T12:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258895\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:19:14","slug":"ind-vs-eng-3rd-test-why-rishabh-pant-was-allowed-to-bat-at-his-regular-spot-despite-missing-fielding-duty-explained-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258895\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Why Rishabh Pant was allowed to bat at his regular spot despite missing fielding duty &#8211; Explained | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122398755.jpg\" alt=\"IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Why Rishabh Pant was allowed to bat at his regular spot despite missing fielding duty  - Explained\" title=\"India batsman Rishabh Pant (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>India batsman Rishabh Pant (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images) <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishabh-pant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rishabh Pant<\/a> did not take the field on Day 2 of the third Test at Lord\u2019s after injuring his finger while keeping on Day 1. With substitute Dhruv Jurel taking over the gloves for the rest of England\u2019s innings, fans began to wonder \u2014 would Pant be allowed to bat in his usual position? The answer is yes \u2014 and it\u2019s completely within the rules.<\/p>\n<p>Rishabh Pant: On talking to himself, stump mic chatter and India Playing XI<\/p>\n<p>Why Pant Could Still Bat at No. 5<\/p>\n<p> According to the ICC\u2019s Playing Conditions, a player who misses fielding due to external injury or illness is allowed to bat at their regular position, as long as the absence is considered legitimate. Since Pant\u2019s injury happened during play and was verified by the team physio, there was no breach of protocol. This is different from situations where players deliberately stay off the field for tactical reasons. In those cases, the player may face a batting restriction and can only come in after a certain number of overs have passed.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should players be allowed to bat if they are injured but cannot field?<\/p>\n<p> Pant\u2019s case falls under the \u201cinjury or external blow\u201d clause, which provides full flexibility.  Pant\u2019s return to bat at No. 5 was a huge boost for India, he came in after India had lost three wickets for just 65 in response to England\u2019s 387. He and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kl-rahul\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KL Rahul<\/a> steadied the innings with a solid partnership. While Rahul kept things calm, Pant added energy at the other end. The fact that he didn\u2019t take the field didn\u2019t affect his batting eligibility, and for India, that made all the difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India batsman Rishabh Pant (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images) Rishabh Pant did not take the field on Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,69236,2192,99325,43158,99324,99326,22956,83465,22958,79,99323,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-258895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-dhruv-jurel","10":"tag-icc","11":"tag-icc-playing-conditions","12":"tag-india-cricket","13":"tag-india-england-test-match","14":"tag-injury-rules-cricket","15":"tag-kl-rahul","16":"tag-pant","17":"tag-rishabh-pant","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-third-test-lords","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}