# Pant fit to bat on Day 2 after wrist blow, says India coach 2026-08-23T21:46:05+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets (3 source reports) Indian batting coach Sitanshu Kotak confirmed Rishabh Pant will be fit to bat on Day 2 of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, after the wicketkeeper retired hurt on Day 1. Pant was struck on his left wrist by a short ball from pacer Lahiru Kumara in the final session. After on-field treatment, he walked off on three off 15 balls. Devdutt Padikkal anchored India's innings with a second consecutive century, 117 off 193 balls, before Sri Lanka struck late with the second new ball. India closed at 300 for five at stumps, with Ravindra Jadeja dismissed in the final over. Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal was involved in a heated on-field exchange with Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando after being dismissed for 45. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources provide neutral match reporting with no editorial slant. The coverage is uniform straight reporting, focusing on factual details, Pant's injury, Kotak's update, Padikkal's century, and Jaiswal's confrontation. The measured middle ground a careful reader should take is that India, at 300/5 with Pant likely to bat, have a slight edge but Sri Lanka's late strikes with the new ball keep the contest poised. The key development to watch is Pant's fitness at the start of Day 2 and whether India can push past 400, which would put them in firm control of the match. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - sports.ndtv.com (neutral report) Neutral match report, factual account of injury and batting coach's update - sports.ndtv.com (2) (neutral report) - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Neutral match report, adds context of Jaiswal confrontation and Padikkal's form This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-24T03:41:30+00:00. Tags: Colombo, Devdutt Padikkal, Lahiru Kumara, Rishabh Pant, Sitanshu Kotak, Sri Lanka Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pant-likely-to-bat-on-day-2-after-wrist-injury-says-india-coach/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pant-likely-to-bat-on-day-2-after-wrist-injury-says-india-coach/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/