While returning from Delhi to Roorkee in Narsan, Haridwar district—about 90 kilometres from Dehradun—Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant was critically hurt in a traffic accident.

Around 5:15 am, the 25-year-car old’s reportedly collided with a road barrier. While it was being driven from his Roorkee home to New Delhi.

Pant said that he was a little sleepy when his car hit the divider. To exit the vehicle, the great cricketer cracked the windscreen. He sustained numerous head wounds as well as a ligament lesion to his right ankle.

Cricketer Rishab Pant met with road accident while traveling Roorkee. pic.twitter.com/3wIVzezavV

Apparently Pant’s automobile caught fire, but he managed to escape, despite suffering injuries to his head, back, and feet, according to eyewitnesses.

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According to several early news accounts, Pant was then hospitalised to Saksham Facility near Delhi, though it’s possible that they later moved him to a Dehradun hospital. His condition is still steady.

The director of India’s National Cricket Academy, VVS Laxman, claimed on Twitter that Pant is “out of danger” despite not yet knowing the full extent of his injuries. Pant was scheduled to visit this academy in early January.

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Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, asked officials about the accident’s specifics and gave them the go-ahead to prioritise making all required arrangements for the patient’s care.

They fully charred his car in the crash, as seen in the photos that have surfaced.

Dainik Jagran said that Pant was originally treated at the Saksham Facility close to the Delhi-Dehradun motorway before being transferred to another Dehradun hospital.

“When the car struck the divider on the Delhi-Narson border, he was operating the wheel. He was brought right away to Saksham Hospital but will be transferred to Max Hospital for additional care, “said a source to PTI”.

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