Rishabh Pant played an important role by scoring 40 runs for India despite battling injuries on the first day of the fifth Test in Sydney. Pant hopes to avoid further injuries in his future innings. He looks forward to working with Justin Langer at the Lucknow Super Giants in the 2025 IPL after being acquired for INR 27 crore.

Pant had laboured to 40 off 98 balls, taking multiple blows on his body during his 149-minute stay on the wicket. Pant had said that he was not in a frame of mind to attack

Former Indian all-rounder Sanjay Bangar hailed wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant's scintillating half-century against Australia at Sydney.