India international cricketer Rishabh Pant has been hospitalized after he was injured in a car accident in the northern state of Uttarakhand on Friday.
Former Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting said he was thinking of Pant. “Hope you’re on the mend and back on your feet soon,” he wrote Friday. The car Pant was in collided with a divider and caught fire in the early hours of Friday, CNN affiliate CNN News-18 reported, citing police.
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 ...
Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar said: 'Pant had told the local police that he lost control on his car after he dozed off for a couple of seconds. Policemen investigate the scene of a car accident near Roorkee, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Friday, Dec. Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, 25, was driving the car that overturned and caught fire after hitting a road divider A Delhi Capitals statement published on social media said the crash occurred between Manglaur and Narsan in Haridwar district A Delhi Capitals statement published on social media said the crash occurred between Manglaur and Narsan in Haridwar district. The car hit the median strip and flipped over twice and burst into flames, police claimed, while photographs taken in the aftermath of the crash showed the twisted and charred remains of the vehicle.
Rishabh Pant has played in 31 Test matches for India, notching five centuries with his high-risk brand of batting, and is assigned to the Delhi Capitals in ...
[England](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/england-cricket-team) in August 2018, Pant has cemented a reputation as one of the most exciting players in world cricket. He had been named as captain for the Capitals ahead of the 2023 campaign. He is lucky to survive the severe accident”. According to a report in the The incident took place at around 5.30am. However, he is conscious and able to talk,” police superintendent Swapn Kishor Singh was quoted as saying.
Pant is in a stable condition after his car collided with a divider and caught fire, according to police.
We are closely monitoring his progress and will provide him with all the necessary support. I have spoken to his family and the doctors treating him. We are closely monitoring his progress and will provide him with all the necessary support,” Shah said in a tweet.
The wicketkeeper-batsman is understood to have been traveling to see his mum for a surprise visit when, police say, he fell asleep momentarily.
The police is investigating the case." Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar told the Reuters news agency: "Pant had told the local police that he lost control of his car after he dozed off for a couple of seconds. Indian cricket star Rishabh Pant is facing the prospect of a lengthy injury spell after a horror car crash that forced him to punch his way out of the vehicle when it burst into flames.
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant is “stable and undergoing scans” in hospital after being injured in a car accident. Pant fell asleep at the wheel of...
We are closely monitoring his progress and will provide him with all the necessary support.” “I have spoken to his family and the doctors treating him. “He was admitted to Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre where he was treated for impact injuries.
India wicketkeeper undergoes plastic surgery as well, to manage injuries suffered during Friday's car crash.
[not part of the India squads](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hardik-pandya-to-lead-india-in-t20i-series-against-sri-lanka-rohit-sharma-returns-for-odis-1351345)for the T20I and ODI home series against Sri Lanka beginning on January 3. His car, which was severely damaged in the accident, is reported to have hit the divider on the road and subsequently caught fire. He has also undergone plastic surgery to manage his facial injuries, lacerated wounds and abrasions suffered in a serious car accident near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, [on Friday morning](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rishabh-pant-injured-in-car-crash-on-way-to-delhi-1351631).
Rishabh Pant was taken to hospital in northern India after he dozed off at the wheel in the early hours of Friday morning. According to reports, his car hit ...
"I have spoken to his family and the doctors treating him. According to reports, his car hit the central reserve and caught fire. He was taken to Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he was distressed by the news of Rishabh Pant's car accident, while others like Sachin Tendulkar wished him a ...
Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra tweeted: "My thoughts and prayers are with Pant. For now I think now people should let him rest and recover in private!" "My thoughts and prayers are with Rishabh Pant as he fights his way back to recovery... Wishes also came in from across the border with Pakistani speed gun Shaheen Shah Afridi tweeting: "Praying for Pant." "Hope you're on the mend and back on your feet soon," Ponting wrote. Former India batter and National Cricket Academy chief VVS Laxman said: "Praying for Rishabh Pant.
'He was panicking and limping': Eyewitness reveals dramatic rescue after cricket star's crash.
His face was covered in blood and his clothes torn and his back was scratched. Then I rang up the police and the conductor called for an ambulance. The ambulance arrived after 15 minutes and we got in him. He had also scattered his money on the road, which we picked up and handed them to him in his hands. “I called the National Highway, no one answered. The car had screeched onto the second lane of the road seeing which I immediately applied the brakes. he is an India cricketer’. Then, three more people came running and got him on a safe side.” “After regrouping, he told us he is Rishabh Pant. By then the fire has started. “The car had already caught sparks so I and the conductor rushed to get him out of the car. Local police superintendent Swapn Kishor Singh said the car Pant was driving was “completely burnt” and that he was “lucky to survive the severe accident”.
How Rishabh Pant was rescued: 'The car had already caught sparks so I and the conductor rushed to get him out'. An eye witness account from a bus driver who was ...
[not part of the India squads](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hardik-pandya-to-lead-india-in-t20i-series-against-sri-lanka-rohit-sharma-returns-for-odis-1351345)for the T20I and ODI home series against Sri Lanka beginning on January 3. The car had already caught sparks so I and the conductor rushed to get him out of the car. Sushil and the conductor of the bus Paramjeet were among the people who helped Pant out of his car. Very grateful to these selfless guys who had great presence of mind and a big heart. The car had screeched onto the second lane of the road, seeing which I immediately applied the brakes. After the impact, the car landed on the wrong side of the road - the one that goes to Delhi.
While returning from Delhi to Roorkee, Pant's car collided with the divider on the Narsan border of Roorkee near Hammadpur Jhal on December 30.
In ODIs, he has aggregated 865 runs to his name in 30 matches at an average of 34.60, with five half-centuries and a ton at a strike rate of 106.65. In 66 T20Is, the wicket-keeper batter has scored 987 runs, with three half-centuries against his name at an average of 22.43 and a strike rate of 126.37. The 25-year-old was alone in the car and suffered injuries on his back, forehead and leg. Pant also has 119 catches and 14 stumpings against his name. The accident happened because he fell asleep at the wheel a kilometre ahead of Narsan towards Roorkee.” Sharma said that Pant might be airlifted to the National Capital for further surgery as he suffered multiple injuries.