India keeper-batter Rishabh Pant, who had met with a horrible accident in the morning today, December 30, 2022, and was undergoing treatment at the Max Hospital in Dehradun, underwent further testing, importantly scans of his spine and brain.
The accident took place in the early hours of Friday when Pant was driving to Roorkee. His car, which was severely damaged in the accident, is reported to have hit the divider on the road and subsequently caught fire.
The India cricketing star was taken to a local hospital Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre - where he was treated for impact injuries before being moved to Max Hospital in Dehradun.
As per the ESPNCricinfo report, the results of India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant's MRI of the brain and spine are normal. MRI scans of his ankle and knee have been postponed till tomorrow because of pain and swelling.
He also underwent plastic surgery to manage his facial injuries, lacerated wounds, and abrasions that he suffered during the accident.
The doctors at Max Hospital in Dehradun have also given him "above knee splintage ... for suspected right knee ligament injury, and suspected right ankle ligament injury". The medical update from the hospital in the evening mentioned that Pant is "stable, conscious and oriented".
The bulletin noted that "prima facie, he had sustained multiple abrasions on right-hand forearm and leg, and lacerated wounds over forehead and near eyebrow, and multiple graze abrasions on the back".
Rishabh Pant was traveling to his home to be with his family for new year and as per police had fallen asleep at the wheel which caused the accident. He broke the window of the car with help of some locals and a bus driver to get out before the vehicle caught fire.
He had been rested for the upcoming Sri Lanka white-ball series and was supposed to go to NCA in Bengaluru for strength and conditioning training.
(ESPNCricinfo inputs)
