BENGALURU: India A skipper Rishabh Pant allayed injury concerns as he came out to bat after being forced to retire hurt on the third day of the four-day match against South Africa A here on Saturday.

Pant was taken out as a precautionary measure after he was hit thrice by South African pacer Tshepo Moreki towards the end of the morning session at the BCCI CoE grounds here.

The southpaw was batting on 17 off 22 balls then. Dhruv Jurel walked in for him. He was then seen with his left-hand strapped.

However, Pant, who was named in the India squad for the two-Test home series against South Africa from November 14, later came out to bat after the dismissal of Harsh Dubey.

Earlier, a team official had informed that Pant would come out to bat if the situation demands it.

“The team physios

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