Rishabh Rajendra Pant

With the Right to Match (RTM) cards available with eight off the ten franchises, fans can expect the auction to take interesting twists at any given point.

At stumps on day 2, New Zealand were 171 for 9 in their second innings, an overall lead of 143. Any chase in excess of 150 is likely to be extremely tricky on this surface.

Post-lunch on Day 2, India suffered another batting collapse. In between, there was a 96-run fifth wicket partnership at better than five an over between Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant that, along with Washington Sundar's 38 not out off 36 balls.

Delhi Capitals have decided to retain Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, South Africa batter Tristan Stubbs and uncapped Indian wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel.

Rishabh Pant on Wednesday overtook his superstar India teammate Virat Kohli to reach the sixth spot in the ICC Test rankings for batters.

Rishabh Pant has "no injury concerns" and is set to keep wickets for India while the team will decide on Jasprit Bumrah's workload after the second Test against New Zealand starting here on Thursday, said head coach Gautam Gambhir.

India wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant on Sunday said there will always be ups and downs in the game but what is important is to "rise stronger every time" after a setback.

All-rounder Washington Sundar was on Sunday added to the India squad for the remaining two Tests against New Zealand.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is confident that his team will bounce back from the eight-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the opening Test by winning the next two games, just like it won four on trot against England earlier this year.

A resilient display of batting by Will Young, coupled with another sparkling innings from Rachin Ravindra, helped New Zealand chase down the target of 107 runs in under 28 overs with eight wickets to spare, securing their first Test win in India in 36 years and taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

India buried the ghosts of their first innings by piling up 462 in their second, led by a superb 150 from Sarfaraz Khan and a sparkling 99 from Rishabh Pant.

Virat Kohli broke into a loud cheer and Rohit Sharma joined him, as Sarfaraz Khan reached his maiden Test hundred. This Indian team might occasionally suffer batting implosions like 46 all out against New Zealand in the first innings in Bangalore.

Rishabh Pant will not keep wickets for India on the third day of the opening Test against New Zealand after copping a blow to his knee during the second day’s play here.

With Rishabh Pant being India’s first-choice wicketkeeping option, his fitness is paramount for the team.

BCCI's Centre of Excellence chief VVS Laxman said moving patiently through required protocols is more important than trying to achieve a pre-set timeline in the rehabilitation process of injured cricketers.

Despite the opening day being a rain-curtailed one, and only 35 overs were bowled, Rishabh Pant produced another gem, which was caught on the stump mic.

It was reported that Rishabh Pant had approached RCB as all the ten franchises gear up for the mega-auction.

India skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli slipped in a major shake-up in standings.

The great bonhomie that they share off the field is reflected when they are battling it out on the 22 yards, India's star keeper Rishabh Pant revealed the secret of his successful partnership with Shubman Gill during team's second innings in the opening Test against Bangladesh.

Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and flamboyant wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant must remain injury-free and in top form if India are to achieve a historic hat-trick of series wins Down Under, said former Australia captain Ian Chappell.