India stumper Pant injured in car crash

Indian cricket team’s wicket-keeper and batsman Rishabh Pant met with an accident after his car hit the divider near Mangalore Police Station in Roorkee on Friday morning.

Pant suffered injuries in his leg and head and is being moved to a private hospital in Dehradun for treatment.

The BCCI in a statement later stated: “India wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant met with a car accident early on Friday morning near Roorkee, Uttarakhand. He was admitted to Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre, where he was treated for impact injuries.

Rishabh has two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, toe and has suffered abrasion injuries on his back.

Rishabh’s condition remains stable, and he has now been shifted to Max Hospital, Dehradun, where he will undergo MRI scans to ascertain the extent of his injuries and formulate his further course of treatment.” (C.D)