Rishabh Pant interacts with Under-16 players at NCA Bangalore as his recovery journey continues, BCCI shares pics

May 10, 2023

BENGALURU: Rishabh Pant may be out of regular cricket action for a while now but the India wicketkeeper-batter is hardly a forgotten figure. Pant is recovering from the injuries he sustained from a horrific car crash that he suffered on December 30, 2022 and this is set to keep him out of action for the rest of the year.

His absence has been felt most keenly by the Delhi Capitals, whom he captains in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and is also going to be felt by India in the plethora of big matches that they play in Tests and ODIs later this year, starting with the World Test Championship final against Australia in June.

Pant recently made a post on Instagram that showed him theatrically throwing away his crutches, thus indicating that he is now ready to start walking without assistance.

He had made a visit to the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi for one of DC's home games and on Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said that Pant interacted with the under-16 players present at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.

"The boys who are part of the Under-16 high performance camp at NCA Bangalore had the opportunity to interact with Rishabh Pant on cricket, life, hard work and much much more. It was very generous of @RishabhPant17 to spare time for interacting with these young boys," said the BCCI in its tweet along with images of Pant's interaction.

Pant started his rehabilitation at the NCA this April. The wicket-keeper batter had met with a car accident on the Delhi-Dehradun highway. After receiving initial treatment in Dehradun, he was airlifted to Mumbai for better and more specialised treatment. Pant has been ruled out of the ongoing Indian Premier League and is also out of action in international cricket since the accident.