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Rishabh Pant: India’s 30-run defeat to South Africa in the first Test in Kolkata was a setback, but the match also offered a few positives. Chief among them was the return of a fully fit Rishabh Pant, who again backed his big-hitting instincts to unsettle the bowlers. While keeping wickets, he encouraged his bowlers, adjusted the field, and, as always, his one-liners added light moments.

Pant had fractured his right foot while attempting a reverse sweep against Chris Woakes in the first innings of the fourth Test against England in Manchester in July. After receiving treatment, he limped back out to resume his innings and completed his half-century. But he missed the fifth and final Test of the series, which ended 2-2, as well as the two-Test home series agains

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