Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant has sustained injuries after his car collided with the divider and caught fire while he was travelling from Uttarakhand to Delhi.
Initial reports suggest that Pant was driving his Mercedes car, which met with an accident near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. He was alone in the car and broke a window to escape from the vehicle after it caught fire. He has sustained injuries to his head, knee and shin as a result of the accident.
Pant was part of the Indian team that had won the Test series against Bangladesh 2-0 earlier this month. He had impressed with knocks of 46 and 93.
He was recently dropped from the T20I team announced for the series against Sri Lanka.
Pant had celebrated Christmas in Dubai with former India captain MS Dhoni and his family and the pictures were shared on social media by Dhoni’s wife Sakshi.
Pant has been India’s regular wicket-keeper across all formats after MS Dhoni’s retirement and has been one of India’s top performers with the bat in Test cricket in past two years.
He had played a big role in India’s second successive Test series victory in Australia in 2020/21.