Delhi, India: On Friday, India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was injured in a car accident while returning home on the Delhi-Dehradun highway near Roorkee.
He was the one who was driving the car, and he has injuries to his legs, back, and forehead.
According to photographs taken at the scene of the accident, the vehicle struck the highway road divider at high speed and caught fire. Pant was seen lying on a hospital bed with a lot of bandages covering his forehead, and another picture shows him being treated for serious back injuries.
Pant has been admitted to Dehradun's Max Hospital.
"Cricketer Rishabh Gasp's vehicle met with a mishap among Manglaur and Narsan in Haridwar region. After receiving initial treatment at Roorkee Civil Hospital, he has been transferred to Max Hospital Dehradun. "We are on our way to the hospital," stated Swapan Kishore, Haridwar SP (Rural). "The accident took place on NH-58 of the Manglaur PS area. Rishabh is a fighter who will soon triumph over this. We got the news and presently we as a whole are hurrying to the emergency clinic," said Gasp's sister when reached by Timesofindia.com.
Rishabh Pant, a cricketer, was involved in an accident on the Delhi-Dehradun highway near the Roorkee border, where a car caught fire. "Praying for the speedy recovery of cricketer Rishabh Pant, who was injured in a vehicle accident, have directed the officials to ensure all possible arrangements for his treatment," Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami tweeted in Hindi. https://t.co/HYGBV9B8e3
Siddharth Sahib Singh, secretary of the Delhi and District Cricket Association, also voiced his concern.
"We are all concerned, but he is stable, thankfully. In a statement released by the DDCA, Singh stated, "We at DDCA are keeping a tab and wish him a speedy recovery."
Pant will not be playing in India's upcoming ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka at home. He was scheduled to depart for Bengaluru to participate in a strength and conditioning program at the National Cricket Academy.
Pant has scored 2,271 runs through five hundreds and 11 fifties in 33 Test matches thus far. He has also played for the country in 30 One-Day Internationals and 66 Twenty20 Internationals.