New Delhi, Dec 31: Former England captain Nasser Hussain is hoping India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant makes a successful return to competitive cricket in 2024, after being on the sidelines in 2023.
On December 30, 2022, around 5:30am, Pant miraculously survived when his Mercedes car collided with a divider and caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun highway while on the way to his hometown Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
He was initially taken to Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre, before being admitted to Max Hospital, Dehradun. The medical update from the BCCI hours after the accident said apart from right knee ligament tear, Pant suffered two cuts on his forehead, and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, and toe apart from abrasion injuries on his back.On January 4, Pant was shifted to Mumbai via an air ambulance for surgery and further treatment, under direct supervision of Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, the head of the Centre for Sports Medicine, and Director of Arthroscopy & Shoulder Service, at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri West, Mumbai.Since then, Pant has posted pictures and videos of him being on the long road to recovery, right from walking on crutches to being free of it and doing his rehab plus exercises for being fully fit at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. (IANS)
