Star Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, who met with an unfortunate accident on Friday morning (December 30) when he was travelling to Dehradun from Delhi to surprise his mother, has undergone plastic surgery on his forehead to repair the damage done. The 25-year-old had suffered multiple injuries when his car crashed after hitting the divider in Roorkee on the Delhi-Dehradun highway around 5:30 a.m. The cricketer was able to escape by breaking the windscreen, but he sustained injuries to his forehead and a ligament tear in his right knee.
After getting initial treatment at the local hospital, he was shifted to Max Hospital in Dehradun, where the surgery took place on Saturday, December 31. He is currently stable and out of danger. The news of Pant undergoing a minor surgery was confirmed by DDCA director Shyam Sharma, who also shared an update about Pant’s health.
Rishabh Pant underwent a minor plastic surgery near his forehead. A 3-member DDCA team is reaching Dehradun in an hour. BCCI is constantly in touch with the doctors at Max Hospital and with Pant’s family. He is currently stable and out of danger. We are yet to decide whether he needs to be shifted to Delhi or not,” DDCA director Shyam Sharma was quoted as saying by NDTV.
Pant was travelling alone and was sleepy when the accident took place. Several videos of his car hitting the divider and catching fire later went viral on social media platforms. He was helped by a bus driver and conductor after the accident, who took him to the hospital.
Pant, who is a regular member of the Indian cricket team, is likely to remain out of action for at least six months, as per a report in The Times of India. The left-handed batter is all but out of the upcoming four-match Test series against Australia at home and the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League as well.
