Rishabh Pant was making an attempt to keep away from a pothole, says DDCA director Shyam Sharma on Indian wicketkeeper’s accident

DDCA Director Shyam Sharma mentioned that Rishabh Pant was making an attempt to keep away from a pothole when his automobile misplaced stability, resulting in a horrifying accident.

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

Pant was making an attempt to keep away from 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, mentioned that Rishabh Pant was making an attempt to keep away from a pothole when his automobile misplaced stability on the Delhi-Dehradun freeway.

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

However, bus driver Sushil Mann, conductor Paramjeet and passengers contained in the bus helped Pant, who was inside his automobile with bruises throughout his physique.

The 25-year-old Pant, who was alone contained in the automobile, suffered a number of accidents to his again, brow and leg.

Pant is presently being handled on the Max Hospital in Dehradun and there’s an opportunity that he will likely be airlifted to Delhi for cosmetic 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.Okay. Singh, Superintendent of Police, Haridwar (Rural), was quoted as saying.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) additionally issued an announcement on Pant’s harm, 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, additionally reached out to Pant’s members of the family to inquire in regards to the cricketer’s well-being. The BCCI, within the meantime, thanked PM Modi for his heartfelt gesture.

Recently, Dr Qamar Azam, who takes care of the sports activities harm division at AIIMS in Rishikesh, talked about that it might take Pant three to 6 months to return to full health.

Pant was lately dropped from India’s ODI and T20I groups for the collection towards Sri Lanka.

Edited By:

sabyasachi chowdhury

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Dec 31, 2022