Overview

• Sanjay Bangar said Ashish Nehra forecast Pant’s rapid progress and described him as a naturally gifted, fearless batter.
• Bangar recalled Pant urging bowlers in the nets to bowl faster and target his body, citing it as an early sign of his mindset.
• Pant finished the England series with 479 runs in four Tests at 68.42, including two centuries and three fifties.
• He became only the second wicketkeeper-batter to score a hundred in each innings of a Test, achieving the feat at Headingley.
• Pant suffered a toe injury from a Chris Woakes yorker at Old Trafford, was ruled out of the fifth Test, shared a bandaged-foot update on Instagram, and reports suggest his absence could last several months.