Rishabh Pant batted despite suffering a fractured toe in ongoing 4th test.
Pant was hit on his right toe by Chris Woakes's yorker while he was trying to reverse sweep it. The Manchester audience applauded him when he returned to resume his innings at 37 despite the injury. He was ultimately dismissed for 54 runs by Jofra Archer, but had managed to power India to 358 runs in the first innings.
Lloyd shared the sentiment from the legends lounge at the venue regarding Pant's injury situation.
"I've never had a metatarsal, which I think is somewhere in the foot, seeing Rishabh Pant. I have had a smashed hand against Andy Roberts and a broken cheekbone. I couldn't bat on after either, although I think I did continue when I had a broken finger. Pant looked in pain; it was pretty heroic of him to come out, though," Lloyd told talkSPORT Cricket.
"I was in that legends lounge today, and the consensus was, 'He is milking that injury. It can't be that bad. He's milked it, coming down those steps, and one or two said, 'He should be timed out,” he added.
The incident has reignited discussions about allowing substitutes for injuries in Test cricket. Lloyd expressed his views on the matter.
"I probably am against runners, but I am pro substitutes for an external injury. It opens up a can of worms, it really does. But if it is an external injury, a break, and medically he isn't going to be fit for six weeks, you could have a like-for-like substitute. So that's something else that you've got to consider. Not like replacing a batter with a spinner, though,” Lloyd stated.
Rishabh Pant will not be keeping wickets in the rest of the Test and has been ruled out of the fifth Test as well. Dhruv Jurel has taken over keeping duties from Pant and will likely replace him in India XI in the final test at the Oval.