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India's Pant clears fitness test ahead of New Zealand Tests

Global Published 13 November 2026, 12:26 · archived 13 Nov 2026

India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has passed a fitness Test and left to join ‌the national team in New Zealand for a two-Test series, ​media reports said on ​Thursday. The 29-year-old, who last played ⁠for India in August, was ​sidelined with a left-side strain. ​He was named in India’s squad last month pending a fitness clearance ​at the Indian cricket ​board’s (BCCI) Centre of Excellence, where he underwent ‌rehabilitation. On ⁠Thursday, Pant posted a picture of an airplane wing in an Instagram story, with ​emojis ​indicating he ⁠was flying to New Zealand, where India are ​playing a fiv...

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