India, Aug. 11 -- The case of Rishabh Pant is becoming all the more curious. The left-handed batter is no longer an all-format player and just plays Test cricket for India. Moreover, he has lost his vice-captaincy in the longest format, and KL Rahul now serves as Shubman Gill's deputy. One doesn't need a rocket scientist to figure out that the mind of the cricketer is really cluttered, and everything came to the surface during IPL 2026 when he dropped an 'F' bomb on live TV during his chat with the broadcaster.

The recent warm-up fixture against the SLC XI ahead of two Sri Lanka Tests also left Pant confused, as he struggled to adopt a single approach. The first innings saw him playing a reckless shot early on. While the second innings s...