Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant hospitalised
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been hospitalised following a car accident near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. According to local reports, the 25-year-old’s car collided with a highway road divider while travelling to New Delhi on Friday morning, with IndiaToday reporting that Pant said he had dozed off before the crash which took place before 6am local time.
A police spokesman claimed that Pant also said he broke the car’s glass windshield to escape flames that engulfed his BMW.
Pant was initially admitted to Saksham Hospital in Roorkee, but has now he has been referred to Max Hospital in Dehradun.
Dr. Sushil Nagar, chairman of Saksham Hospital, said that Pant‘s condition was stable. According to later reports, Dr Nagar said that initial Xrays showed no bone fractures and no burns on Pant’s body despite the fire. Pant suffered abrasions on his back.
“Rishabh has two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, toe and has suffered abrasion injuries on his back,” Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jay Shah said in a statement.
“He has now been shifted to Max Hospital, Dehradun, where he will undergo MRI scans to ascertain the extent of his injuries and formulate his further course of treatment.” According to Indian legend VVS Laxman, the cricketer is “out of danger”.
Pant has scored 2271 Test runs at 43.67 since making his debut in 2018, including five centuries. He became a household name following two career-defining performances against Australia in Sydney and Brisbane last year.
Last week, Pant scored 93 during India’s second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur.