Rishabh Pant Health Update: Good news for Indian cricket and for Rishabh Pant fans. The wicketkeeper-batter is making remarkable progress and will be discharged from Kokilaben hospital this week. The 25-year-old has been in hospital since his horrific accident on December 30. But now after spending a month in the hospital, he is ready to go home. He had his first surgery on torn ligament on the right knee. As per BCCI sources, he is making a remarkable recovery. Follow IND vs AUS Test LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
“He is doing pretty great. It’s good news from the medical team. The first surgery was successful and that is what everyone wanted to hear. He will be discharged this week,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport on Sunday.
Rishabh Pant Health Update: Good news, Rishabh Pant making REMARKABLE Recovery, set to be discharged from hospital this week, Follow LIVE Updates
However, Pant will need to go back to the hospital next month again. He will have his second surgery on the torn ACL in his right knee. Pant tore all three ligaments on his right knee in the accident on the Delhi-Dehradun highway. Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala and his team successfully reconstructed Pant’s posterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in a marathon three-hour surgery. But he will need further surgery for his anterior cruciate ligament in a month.
“He will need another surgery in about a month. Doctors will decide when it is right to have the 2nd surgery. BCCI Medical team is in constant touch with Dr Pardiwala and the hospital. We hope to see him back on the field soon,” the official added.
Rishabh Pant Recovery Timeline
- December 30: Pant suffered a near-fatal accident while driving to Roorkee to see his mother from Delhi. His Mercedes SUV caught fire and he was rescued by two good samaritans.
- December 30: He was taken to the nearest Saksham Hospital for first-aid with abrasion and cuts on his forehead. He also suffered injuries to his wrist and knee.
- Dec 30: Following first-aid, Pant was transferred to Max Dehradun for further treatment.
- January 4: BCCI airlifted Rishabh to Mumbai’s Kokilaben hospital to avoid crowd in Dehradun.
- January 4: BCCI Medical team in association with Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala takes over Pant’s treatment.
- January 7: Rishabh Pant undergoes surgery on his PCL and MCL under Dr Pardiwala’s guidance.
- January 16: Rishabh posts first images of his recovery from Kokilaben hospital.
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When will Rishabh Pant Return? – Pant’s return to the cricket field depends on his rehab. After the second surgery, Pant will need around 4-5 months to recover completely. Post that, he will begin his rehab and training. It will take another 2 months to be fit to resume full-fledged practice.
His recovery timeline will make it almost impossible to come back before the ODI World Cup in October. To put it bluntly, he will miss most of 2023 recovering and will miss the World Cup 2023.
“We are not even thinking of his comeback now. Focus is on his recovery. It’s still too early to say when he will return. As per his latest medical reports, it will take 8-9 months. But we are keeping our fingers crossed and hoping that he will be fit in time for the World Cup. But it looks highly unlikely,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport.
Meanwhile, former Australia captain Ian Chappell has said that India will miss Rishabh Pant dearly in the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
“Australia’s confidence is further boosted by a serious injury to Rishabh Pant. It means the wicketkeeper-batter’s gregarious personality will be sorely missed. The main thing India will lose from Pant’s unavailability is an excellent run rate, which came from his belligerent aggression. No one can replace Pant’s desire to dominate bowlers,” Ian Chappell wrote in his column on ESPNCricinfo.
Rishabh Pant Health Update: Good news, Rishabh Pant making REMARKABLE Recovery, set to be discharged from hospital this week, Follow LIVE Updates
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