Rishabh Pant is unlikely to play most of the cricket this year as it will take almost a year for him to fully recover.
Rishabh Pant, the wicketkeeper and batsman of the Indian cricket team, drove from Delhi to his hometown Roorkee in the state of Uttarakhand on December 30. His car hit a barricade on the national highway early in the morning and caught fire. Rishabh Pant survived with serious injuries. After the first phase of treatment, he was shifted to Max Hospital in Dehradun for treatment. Plastic surgery was done immediately for the forehead injury. Rishabh Pandu was seriously injured in leg and ankle.
Rishabh Pant was airlifted from Dehradun by Air Ambulance to Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Kokilaben, Mumbai for further treatment. Surgery was performed for a muscle fiber injury in the leg. But there is still another surgery to be done and this surgery is expected to happen after 6 weeks.
It is said that it will take almost a year for him to fully recover from his injury. As things stand, Rishabh Pant is unlikely to play most of the cricket matches this year. At least 6 months of rest is required. Thus the current year’s IPL He misses the series completely. Delhi Capitals team director Sourav Ganguly has also confirmed this. Thus, there is a chance for Warner to replace Rishabh Pant as the captain. England’s young wicketkeeper batsman Philip Salt is likely to fill his wicketkeeper position. Similarly, cricket board sources have said that it is doubtful that he will be fit for the ODI World Cup series to be held in India in October and November.