On Friday, Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant met with a serious road accident when he was traveling from Delhi to Roorkee to surprise his family ahead of the new year. As per reports, the 25-year-old was all alone in the car and the accident occurred as he felt sleepy and the car hit the road railing around 5:30 AM.
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He suffered injuries to his head, back, and leg and is currently out of the danger. If reports are to be believed, before the car caught fire, Rishabh Pant broke the window and jumped out in time. Despite injuries, he managed to call the ambulance before some locals arrived at the spot to help him.
He was immediately taken to the nearby Hospital and later shifted to Max Hospital in Dehradun. “Rishabh Pant suffered two lacerations on his forehead. He has a ligament injury on his knee. MRI will determine extent. He was stable and conscious. Back injuries are not burn injuries. It is because he fell while jumping out of car”, Dr. S Nagar who is treating Pant said.
A report from OpIndia says that some men were present near the accident spot and instead of helping Rishabh Pant they took the money out from his bag and ran away. Pant was unable to get out of the car due to injuries and in the meantime, they showed inhuman behaviour.
Pictures and videos of Rishabh Pant’s burnt car are taking rounds of the internet. In one of the pictures, the cricketer’s back can be seen bruised. Rishabh Pant’s well-wishers praying for his speedy recovery. Ricky Ponting and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah are among those who send wishes to the 25-year-old keeper-batter.
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Remind you that Rishabh Pant’s name was missing from the squads for the upcoming T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka and was expected to play the Border-Gavaskar series in February. However, now he may take months to recover and is likely to miss IPL 2023 season as well.