INDIA. Mumbai: Rishabh Pant, Star India batter, who was injured in a road accident on December 30, was shifted from Dehradun to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, located at Andheri in Northwest in Mumbai on Wednesday evening and was set to “undergo surgery for ligament tears”.
“Pant has been airlifted from a Dehradun hospital to Mumbai where he will undergo extensive treatment for ligament injuries in the knee and ankle which he had sustained during a car crash on December 30”, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a press release. The release read that the BCCI decided to shift Pant to Mumbai by air ambulance since he was not in a position to fly by a commercial airline.
He will be under the direct supervision of Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, Head – of the Centre for Sports Medicine and Director – of Arthroscopy & Shoulder Service at the hospital. He will undergo surgery and subsequent procedures for ligament tears and will continue to be monitored by the BCCI Medical Team throughout his recovery and rehabilitation. The Board will make every effort to aid and expedite the recovery process of Rishabh and will provide him with all the support he needs during this period, Shah added.
The 25-year-old got seriously injured when his car collided with the divider on the Narsan border of Roorkee (NH-58 on the Delhi-Dehradun expressway) near Hammadpur Jhal on December 30.
According to a statement by the BCCI, in coordination with the Max Hospital in Dehradun, where he was admitted, the cricketer has suffered two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee, ankle, toe and back. He escaped the near-fatal accident, with burn injuries, among others that will require plastic surgeries.
He was travelling to his hometown Roorkee from Delhi to surprise his mother. He was alone in the car and reportedly fell asleep at the wheel when the accident happened.
According to reports, Rishabh Pant’s injuries will keep him out of action for a minimum period of six months. He is a key player for India, especially in the longest format, in the last two years.
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