‘Uska accident ho gaya hai’…pehla thought mereko aaya ki ye bhai gaya: Axar Patel reveals his first reactions to Rishabh Pant’s mishap

31/12/2023

Rishabh Pant’s Delhi Capitals and Indian teammate Axar Patel revealed his first reaction when he first heard the news of Pant being met with an accident in December 2022. Revealing about the incident on a video uploaded by DC on social media Axar said, “Subah 7 ya 8 baje mere phone pe ring baji. Pratima di ka phone aya.

Pratima di ne mujhe pucha ki ‘teri Rishabh se kab baat hui thi last?’ Mene bola ‘nahi, kal karne wala tha lekin kal nahi ki mene’. ‘Are uski mummy ka number ho toh mereko send kar, uska accident ho gaya hai’. Matlab pehla thought mereko aaya ki ye bhai gaya (Early morning I got a call from sister Pratima. She asked me when did I talk to Rishabh Pant [1] last?

I told her that I was about to talk to him last day but I did not. Pratima said that she needed Pant’s mother’s contact number as the player has met an accident. At the first time, I though he is gone).”

365 Days since that fateful night.

Every day since then has been nothing but full of gratitude, belief, self-care, hardwork and a never-give-up approach towards making a roaring comeback in the game that runs thick through his veins ?? Here’s to seeing the unorthodox,… pic.twitter.com/y5TD35RCrS [2] — Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) December 30, 2023 [3][4]

Pant met with an accident in December of 2022. His car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway in the wee hours of December 30. The star India wicket-keeper batter was lucky to survive severe injuries due to his alertness, jumping off his Mercedes in the nick of time as the car went up in flames after hitting the divider.

Advertisement Pant underwent surgery in Mumbai [5] under the care of Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, who treated Pant’s three ligaments in the right knee in February this year.

The 26-year-old is expected to return to action again soon.

Earlier in the month, he had a few glimpses of his recovery process on social media on

In a video he shared on X, previously known as Twitter, Pant can be seen attempting a plethora of weightlifting exercises as he works towards gaining full fitness before joining his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Delhi Capitals, as well as the Indian squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup next year.

References

^ Rishabh Pant (indianexpress.com)
^ pic.twitter.com/y5TD35RCrS (t.co)
^ Delhi Capitals (indianexpress.com)
^ December 30, 2023 (twitter.com)
^ Mumbai (indianexpress.com)