Watch: Rishabh Pant dismissed for 10 as Rest of India stumble against J&K in Irani Cup 2026

Rishabh Pant, leading the Rest of India (ROI) during the Irani Cup 2026, didn’t have a great time with the bat as he was dismissed for just 10 runs against the Jammu and Kashmir at the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar. His poor knock didn’t help his side, who were bundled out before the end of the opening day. 

Pant didn’t win the toss and was put into bat first on surface, which looked full of green grass as the pacers were expected to enjoy their time if they bowl full-length deliveries. Before the Ranji Trophy 2026/27 and the upcoming New Zealand trip for the Indian side, it was a vital clash for Pant.

Pant falls for 10 as J&K strike again in Srinagar

Pant walked into the middle in the second session and opened his account on the very second ball as he opened the bat face and dabbed the 128-kph delivery into the deep backward point region. He decided to bring a new tactic by coming out to his crease to counter the swing and seam movement.

Watch Rishabh Pant's dismissal here- 

On the very first ball of the 39th over of the innings, the left-handed batter leaned across to get close to the pitch of the full delivery to blaze the drive through the cover region for a fine boundary. But it didn’t last long as he was dismissed soon.

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In the 46th over of the innings, Pant tried to go for a few glorious-looking risky shot. And he perished in the same over for 10 runs. The Rest of India captain stepped out of his crease and moved leg-side in the process to try and smash one through the covers. He managed to convert it into the half-volley and sliced it to short cover-point. 

How Rest of India struggled vs J&K: Early wickets and seam movement on a green pitch

The Rest of India side was bundled out for 237 in the first innings. Their opener, Shikhar Mohan, who smashed 60 runs at a strike rate of 50.85 with the help of nine boundaries and one six, was one of the two half-centurions of the innings along with Smaran Ravichandran, who blasted 68 runs off 83 balls, shouldering on eight boundaries and one six. 

For Jammu & Kashmir, Sunil Kumar ended with figures of 3/36 in 20.1 overs while Lone Nasir-Muzaffar claimed 3/59 in 13 overs. The three other bowlers also had a wicket each on their name.

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Jammu and Kashmir batted towards the end of the first day’s play as they faced the heat from Akash Deep and Mukhesh Choudhary.

Brief Scores: Jammu and Kashmir 21/2 (Qamran Iqbal 12*, Mukesh Choudhary 1/3) vs Rest of India 237 (Smaran Ravichandran 68, Sunil Kumar 3/36)