Delhi Capitals star batter Rishabh Pant will return to action in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 after enduring and surviving a life-threatening horrific accident in late 2022.
The player on Friday posted a cryptic story on his Instagram account he shared a screenshot of the user who would write “Understand Me. I am the type of person who never tells anyone what’s there in my heart. But I want some selected people to understand me without saying anything.”
To which Pant would respond with a cryptic message “If you wanna survive you have to become more tough.”
long road to recovery
Pant, who last featured in a competitive game in December 2022, played some practice games and will be available for Delhi Capitals’ opening match against Punjab Kings at Mohali which is scheduled for March 23, with the T20 World Cup on the horizon as well.
The 26-year-old took 14 months to recover before being certified as fit by the National Cricket Academy (NCA).
“I feel very close to normal,” he concedes in the recent video shared by the BCCI.
In another video, the batter was seen back in practice in the nets in which he was seen practicing lofted shots on the leg-side and a reverse-sweep.
felt like my time in this world is up
The near-fatal accident near Roorkee, Uttarakhand had left Pant with a ligament tear in his right knee and two cuts on his forehead and the 26-year-old has remained out of competitive cricket action since.
𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧.𝐦𝐩𝟒 🤌🏻
Rishabh Pant is HERE and you will be HERE too, watching this on loop🔥#YehHaiNayiDilli #IPL2024 pic.twitter.com/TaDZXaZyWS
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) March 14, 2024
“First time in my life I felt like my time in this world was up. During the accident, I was aware of the wounds, but I was lucky as it could have been even more serious. I was feeling that someone saved me.” Pant told Star Sports.
I asked the doctor how long will it take for me to recover, and he said it would take 16-18 months. I knew I had to work hard to cut this recovery time,” he added.
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