Rishabh Pant Car Accident: India Cricketer had two surprise visitors from Bollywood at hospital

Pant
went
through
plastic
surgery
and
MRI
scans
at
Max
Hospital
in
Dehradun
on
Friday
(December
30)
was
visited
by
Bollywood
actors
Anil
Kapoor
and
Anupam
Kher
apart
from
the
officials
from
the
Uttarakhand
state
government
and
Delhi
&
District
Cricket
Association.

Rishabh
Pant
may
be
airlifted
to
Delhi
for
further
treatment,
MRI
reports
come
back
normal

India’s
star
cricketer
had
a
miraculous
escape
when
his
luxury
car
crashed
into
a
road
divider
and
caught
fire
after
he
dozed
off
at
the
wheel
on
the
Delhi-Dehradun
highway.

The
25-year-old,
who
was
on
his
way
to
his
hometown
Roorkee
to
surprise
his
mother,
suffered
injuries
on
his
head,
back
and
feet,
but
is
in
stable
condition.

VIP
Visitors
at
hospital
to
check
up
on
Pant

Bollywood
actors
Anil
Kapoor
and
Anupam
Kher
also
met
Pant
at
the
hospital.
“He
(Pant)
is
doing
fine.
We
met
him
as
fans.
Let
us
pray
that
he
recovers
soon
and
we
see
him
playing
again,”
Kapoor
told
reporters
after
coming
out
of
the
hospital.

Kher,
who
accompanied
Kapoor,
said
they
made
the
cricketer
laugh
a
lot.
“Everything
is
fine.
We
met
Pant,
his
mother
and
relatives,
they
are
all
fine.
We
made
him
laugh
a
lot,”
he
said.

The
25-year-old,
who
was
on
his
way
to
his
hometown
Roorkee
to
surprise
his
mother,
suffered
injuries
on
his
head,
back
and
feet
in
the
accident,
according
to
police.
Hospital
authorities
have
said
that
his
condition
is
stable.

Delhi
&
District
Cricket
Association
(DDCA)
director
Shyam
Sharma
on
Saturday
met
Rishabh
Pant
at
Max
Hospital
here
and
expressed
satisfaction
at
the
treatment
being
given
to
the
cricket
star
at
the
facility.

“He
(Pant)
is
being
looked
after
well
by
doctors
here.
The
BCCI
is
also
in
touch
with
them,
taking
updates
on
his
condition.
As
of
now,
he
will
be
kept
here
only,”
Sharma
told
reporters
after
meeting
the
cricketer.

Replying
to
a
question,
Sharma
said
Pant
told
him
that
it
was
dark
and
the
accident
took
place
when
he
was
trying
to
negotiate
a
pothole.

Pant
has
scored
2,271
runs
in
33
Tests
so
far
with
the
help
of
five
hundreds
and
11
fifties.
He
has
also
represented
the
country
in
30
ODIs
and
66
T20Is.