Former India player Robin Uthappa advises Rishabh Pant to not hurry his comeback. Pant, who is sidelined after a horrific car crash in December 2022, will make his comeback in IPL 2024. Uthappa is happy to see Pant back in the grind, but warns him to not push his recovery. He also speaks about Dhruv Jurel’s chances to make it to the T20 World Cup 2024.
‘Really hope Rishabh Pant takes his time to make comeback’
“Well as far as Rishabh Pant is concerned, it all depends on his fitness and how he recovers from what has been a tough year and a half for him. I think, we should send all those energies to him that he recovers and comes back to his best. It’s good to see He’s back in the nets, he’s hitting the ball well, doing center wicketkeeping practice. He shouldn’t rush the process. It’s hard to stay out of the game for so long, especially when you are super competitive and you want to perform and win matches. But sometimes when you hurry the process you end up doing more damage and go back to the wait line which is more frustrating. I really hope he takes his time to comeback and when he does he comes out good,” Uthappa tells InsideSport.
Uthappa flags ‘moving pieces’ in Jurel’s path to T20 World Cup 2024
“As far as Dhruv Jurel is concerned, there is a lot happening in Indian cricket. We have seen a lot of moving pieces in the last couple of months. Ishan Kishan, KS Bharat has also been in the mix. We’ll have to see how the IPL goes. Kl Rahul is also a keeper, T20 World Cup player. How does KL fit in the mix given his injuries and hopefully he recovers soon. For Dhruv, as far as t20 is concerned, he has to wait. But it is incredible what he has achieved at the national level,” Uthappa adds.
