Overview

• Pant is expected to report to the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru to start supervised rehabilitation, according to multiple reports citing Cricbuzz.
• Doctors have given him a tentative recovery timeline and his right foot remains strapped as assessments continue.
• His first target is India’s two-Test home series against the West Indies from October 2–14, with the Australia white-ball tour later in October–November viewed as the fallback window.
• He sustained a fractured right foot when struck by a Chris Woakes delivery at Old Trafford on July 23, returned to bat a 54 with heavy strapping, and was then ruled out of the fifth Test and the 2025 Asia Cup.
• In Pant’s absence, Dhruv Jurel kept in the England series finale, and Sanju Samson and Jitesh Sharma were selected as wicketkeepers for the Asia Cup.