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Rishabh Pant ‘stable’ after India cricket star involved in horror car crash

By Gilless Mischler
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India's Rishabh Pant was involved in a car crash on Friday morning

India’s Rishabh Pant was involved in a car crash on Friday morning (Picture: Getty)

India cricketer Rishabh Pant is in a stable condition in hospital following a car crash in the early hours of Friday morning.

Police said the wicketkeeper-batsman, who was alone in the car when it crashed in the northern state of Uttarakhand, had lost control of the vehicle when he “dozed off”. The car flipped over twice, police added.

Photographs of the crash showed extensive impact and fire damage to the car.

Hospital authorities were not immediately available to give an update on Pant’s condition.

Cricket website ESPNCricinfo reported that the 25-year-old suffered lacerative wounds on his forehead above his left eye and also a ligament tear in his knee. The report added that first X-rays did not show any fractures.

‘Rishabh is stable and undergoing scans,’ Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah tweeted. ‘We are closely monitoring his progress and will provide him with all the necessary support.’

Pant’s Indian Premier League team Delhi Capitals said the crash occurred between Manglaur and Narsan in Haridwar district.


Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant was seriously injured in a car accident in northern India's Uttarakhand. See SWNS story SWFScricket. The incident happened while he was driving home from Delhi to Roorkee in Narsan, Haridwar district on December 30. CCTV footage captured the chilling moment when the car crashed against the divider. Visuals showed the car on fire after the collision The remains of the vehicle were seen after it was burnt to a crisp. According to a report, Pant was alone and was driving his Mercedes GLE which then hit a divider railings on the Delhi-Haridwar highway. Visuals emerged of some of the injuries that he sustained. He had several bruises on his back apart from a head injury. The four-wheeler caught fire soon and locals, hearing the sound of the accident, rushed to the spot and pulled him out of the vehicle. He was taken to a nearby hospital first before being shifted to a major hospital in Dehradun. He suffered injuries to his knee, forehand and hand.
Caption: Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant was seriously injured in a car accident in northern India’s Uttarakhand (Credits: Newslions / SWNS)

Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant was seriously injured in a car accident in northern India's Uttarakhand. See SWNS story SWFScricket. The incident happened while he was driving home from Delhi to Roorkee in Narsan, Haridwar district on December 30. CCTV footage captured the chilling moment when the car crashed against the divider. Visuals showed the car on fire after the collision The remains of the vehicle were seen after it was burnt to a crisp. According to a report, Pant was alone and was driving his Mercedes GLE which then hit a divider railings on the Delhi-Haridwar highway. Visuals emerged of some of the injuries that he sustained. He had several bruises on his back apart from a head injury. The four-wheeler caught fire soon and locals, hearing the sound of the accident, rushed to the spot and pulled him out of the vehicle. He was taken to a nearby hospital first before being shifted to a major hospital in Dehradun. He suffered injuries to his knee, forehand and hand.
CCTV footage captured the chilling moment when Rishabh Pant’s car crashed against the divider (Picture: Newslions / SWNS)

‘He has now been shifted to a hospital in Dehradun after receiving primary treatment in a hospital in Roorkee,’ they said on Twitter.

Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar told Reuters: ‘Pant had told the local police that he lost control on his car after he dozed off for a couple of seconds. The police is investigating the case.’

Multiple reports in Indian media said Pant’s car had collided with the traffic divider in the middle of the road.

Pant was part of the India test squad that sealed a 2-0 series victory over Bangladesh this month. He was not named in their Twenty20 and ODI squads for matches against Sri Lanka next month.

National Cricket Academy chairman and former test batsman VVS Laxman wished Pant a speedy recovery.

‘Praying for Rishabh Pant. Thankfully he is out of danger,’ Laxman tweeted.

Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting also expressed his concern. ‘Hope you’re on the mend and back on your feet soon,’ tweeted the former Australia captain. 


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