India, July 28 -- India vice-captain Rishabh Pant finally broke his silence on being ruled out of the remainder of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy due to a foot fracture, saying he will begin his rehab process once his fracture heals. The wicketkeeper-batter has been advised six weeks of rest after sustaining a nasty blow on his foot. The incident happened on Day 1 of the Manchester Test, where he inside-edged a reverse sweep onto his foot off the bowling of Chris Woakes.

Pant immediately went down in pain, and the physios came charging out. He was then escorted out of the field in a golf-cart-like vehicle. Subsequent scans showed a foot fracture, and hence, he was ruled out of the series. The incident happened when the left-handed batter ...