NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant is in “excessive spirits” and recovering from surgical procedure after his horror automotive crash however will seemingly miss the upcoming Take a look at sequence in opposition to Australia, media reviews mentioned Sunday.
The star wicketkeeper-batsman suffered a number of accidents when his Mercedes SUV crashed into the median earlier than daybreak on Friday as he was travelling alone from New Delhi to his hometown Roorkee, a number of hours north of the Indian capital.
His automotive instantly caught fireplace and the 25-year-old was rescued by a bus driver and conductor on the freeway.
Pant “is in excessive spirits and responding effectively to remedy… He underwent a cosmetic surgery on his left eyebrow the place he suffered a reduce within the accident,” Shyam Sharma of the Delhi and District Cricket Affiliation informed The Occasions of India.
The cricketer additionally suffered a ligament harm in his proper knee, harm his wrist, ankle, and has abrasion accidents on his again, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) mentioned in a press release.
Sharma mentioned the BCCI was monitoring Pant’s remedy and was in “fixed contact” along with his medical workforce.
“So far as the ligament harm in his proper knee is anxious, he’ll take a while to recuperate. He can be supplied the very best remedy,” he added.
A BCCI staffer quoted by the Press Belief of India information company mentioned Pant confronted a protracted absence from aggressive cricket and would seemingly miss the four-Take a look at Australia sequence at house beginning February 9.
A maverick batsman, Pant is the mainstay of the Take a look at squad and has performed a key position in a few of India’s most memorable wins within the final three years.
However his white-ball kind has been inconsistent these days and Pant was unnoticed of the squad for the T20 and ODI tour by Sri Lanka beginning subsequent week.
The wicketkeeper’s omission got here days after his match-winning innings of 93 within the second Take a look at in opposition to Bangladesh, serving to India safe a 2-0 sequence whitewash.
Followers and members of India’s cricket fraternity have expressed shock on the information and wished Pant a speedy restoration.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned Friday he was distressed by the accident and had prayed for Pant’s good well being.
Bus driver Sushil Kumar and his conductor, who helped Pant out of his automotive, have been hailed as heroes for his or her response to the near-fatal crash.