Rishabh Pant suffered a painful blow on his arm and a hit on his helmet from Mitchell Starc's fiery deliveries during the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Pant required immediate medical attention, while Starc displayed sportsmanship by checking on Pant after the helmet strike. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is captaining India in the fifth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test as the visitors won the toss and elected to bat first.
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