Rishabh Pant undergoes successful knee surgery in Mumbai, to stay out of action for an year

The
wicketkeeper-batter
miraculously
survived
a
horrific
car
accident
last
week
and
was
air-lifted
from
a
hospital
in
Dehradun.

“Rishabh
Pant
has
successfully
undergone
knee
ligament
surgery
on
Friday.
He
will
be
under
observation.
Further
course
of
action
and
rehabilitation
will
be
advised
by
Dr
Dinshaw
Pardiwala
and
followed
by
the
BCCI
sports
science
and
medicine
team,”
a
BCCI
source
told
PTI.

It
is
learnt
that
Pant
has
undergone
an
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
(ACL)
reconstruction
surgery
and
will
be
out
of
action
for
close
to
a
year.

The
surgery
took
place
at
the
Kokilaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
hospital
in
Andheri
West
under
the
supervision
of
Dr
Pardiwala,
the
head
of
the
Centre
for
Sports
Medicine
and
director
of
Arthroscopy
&
Shoulder
Service.

Pant
was
taken
to
Mumbai
by
air
ambulance
from
Dehradun
since
he
was
not
in
a
position
to
fly
by
a
commercial
airline.

The
25-year-old,
who
was
driving
from
Delhi
to
Roorkee
to
surprise
his
family
members
in
the
early
hours
of
December
30,
suffered
multiple
injuries
after
his
speeding
car
hit
the
divider
and
caught
fire.

Meanwhile,
senior
Australia
cricketer
David
Warner
–
who
plays
with
the
Delhi
cricketer
for
the
Indian
Premier
League
franchise
Delhi
Capitals
–
shared
an
endearing
photo
with
his
IPL
skipper
in
which
both
were
seen
doing
a
famous
gesture
from
the
blockbuster
Telugu
film
‘Pushpa:
The
Rise’ and
wrote,
“Get
well
[soon]
brother
@rishabpant
we
all
behind
you.”

Yeh
fighter
jhukega
nahi
????????????#YehHaiNayiDilli
|

@davidwarner31
@RishabhPant17
pic.twitter.com/mEb78BDq0Q

—
Delhi
Capitals
(@DelhiCapitals)

January
6,
2023

Warner
was
praised
for
his
gesture
by
the
Capitals.
Referring
to
one
of
the
dialogues
from
the
film,
the
IPL
franchise
reacted
to
the
post
saying,
“Yeh
fighter
jhukega
nahi
(This
fighter
will
not
bow
down
easily).”

Pant
is
likely
to
miss
the
entire
IPL
2023
season
and
Delhi
Capitals
team
management
will
have
to
appoint
a
stand-in
captain.
The
team
management
might
contemplate
appointing
Warner
as
the
captain
of
the
side.