Sydney: There was no visible pain on his face when he addressed the media after the day's play at the Sydney Cricket Ground but Rishabh Pant is certain to wake up with a lot of soreness. During his 98-ball 40 versus Australia, the left-hander copped a lot of blows and two of them - near the groin area and left bicep - looked very painful. The blow to the bicep instantly turned the point of impact blue and it had to be taped up for him to continue.
Yes, he continued batting but there were more blows in store as Mitchell Starc hit him on the grill of the helmet and his back. Scott Boland and Pat Cummins, too, kept firing from the other end as the groin area received some damage on a couple of occasions but the 27-year-old was in for the fight and kept battling it out despite all the blows.
