Rishabh Pant was trying to avoid a pothole, says DDCA director Shyam Sharma on Indian wicketekeeper’s accident

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DDCA Director Shyam Sharma said that Rishabh Pant was trying to avoid a pothole when his car lost balance, leading to a horrifying accident.

India Today Web Desk

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 31, 2022 20:21 IST

Pant was trying to avoid a pothole: DDCA director on Indian wicketekeeper’s accident. Courtesy: AP

Pant was trying to avoid a pothole: DDCA director on Indian wicketekeeper’s accident. Courtesy: AP

By India Today Web Desk: Delhi and District Cricket Association Director, Shyam Sharma, on Saturday, December 31, said that Rishabh Pant was trying to avoid a pothole when his car lost balance on the Delhi-Dehradun highway.

On Friday, Pant suffered a horrifying accident when he was returning from Delhi to Uttarakhand. His car collided with the divider on the Narsan border of Roorkee near Hammadpur Jhal.

However, bus driver Sushil Mann, conductor Paramjeet and passengers inside the bus helped Pant, who was inside his car with bruises all over his body.

The 25-year-old Pant, who was alone inside the car, suffered multiple injuries to his back, forehead and leg.

Pant is currently being treated at the Max Hospital in Dehradun and there’s a chance that he will be airlifted to Delhi for plastic surgery.

“He was going to Roorkee to meet his relatives. The accident happened because he fell asleep at the wheel a kilometre ahead of Narsan towards Roorkee,” S.K. Singh, Superintendent of Police, Haridwar (Rural), was quoted as saying.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also issued a statement on Pant’s injury, stating, “Pant has two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, and toe and has suffered abrasion injuries on his back.”

Narendra Modi, the Honourable Prime Minister of India, also reached out to Pant’s family members to inquire about the cricketer’s well-being. The BCCI, in the meantime, thanked PM Modi for his heartfelt gesture.

Recently, Dr Qamar Azam, who takes care of the sports injury department at AIIMS in Rishikesh, mentioned that it could take Pant three to six months to return to full fitness.

Pant was recently dropped from India’s ODI and T20I teams for the series against Sri Lanka.

Edited By:

sabyasachi chowdhury

Published On:

Dec 31, 2022



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