Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant has sustained injuries after the BMW car he was travelling in collided with a divider and caught fire on Friday morning. According to reports, the accident took place near Roorkee in Uttarakhand.
Pant suffered injuries to his forehead and leg, and might need to undergo plastic surgery, sources said. He is, reportedly, stable.
"He himself was driving the car when it hit the divider on Delhi Narson border. He was immediately taken to Saksham Hospital but later shifted to Max Hospital in Dehradun for further treatment," a source close to the cricketer said.
Pant was left out of the upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka as he was supposed to join NCA for strength and conditioning programme ahead of February's Border Gavaskar Trophy.
He played a big role in India's two-Test series win against Bangladesh.
Pant had scored a match-winning knock of 93 in the second Test in Mirpur.
"We are all concerned but thankfully he is stable. We at DDCA are keeping a tab and wish him a speedy recovery," DDCA secretary Siddharth Sahib Singh said in a statement.
Pant has scored 2,271 runs in 33 Tests so far with the help of five hundreds and 11 fifties. He has also represented the country in 30 ODIs and 66 T20Is.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said all medical facilities are being provided and that the state government will bear Pant's treatment expenses.
(With PTI inputs)
