Rishabh Pant's recovery after a severe car accident and a major surgery has led the Indian cricket team to handle his workload cautiously. Despite his aggressive innings in India's second innings, Pant was kept from wicketkeeping to ensure his full recovery.

Dhruv Jurel replaced Rishabh Pant behind the stumps after the latter was hit on his right knee at the fag end of Day 2 in the India vs New Zealand 1st Test. While Pant made 99 in the second innings, he did not keep wickets throughout the game.

Rishabh Pant is a 'once in a generation' cricketer and hence will the Indian team risk him in the Pune Test considering there is a long season ahead with five Tests against Australia coming up? This is going to be a tough call that needs to be taken by the management and they do not have a lot of time.