“Ligament Treatment Will Be Overseen By BCCI”: Cricket Board Concerned About Rishabh Pant's Ligament Tear – Reports

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is worried about the ligament tear on the right knee of the young wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, which he sustained following the horrific car accident on Friday, December 30, reported TOI.

Pant met with a road accident when he was driving from New Delhi to Roorkee early in the morning to pay a surprise visit to his family. As per reports, he dozed off and his Mercedes Benz car collided with the divider on the Delhi-Haridwar highway and it caught fire.

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After the horrific car accident, Rishabh Pant was taken to Saksham Hospital Multispecialty and Trauma Centre for treatment and was later shifted to the Max Hospital in Dehradun.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India released an official statement on Friday, confirming that Rishabh Pant’s condition is stable. The board also informed about the wicketkeeper-batter’s injuries.

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“Rishabh has two cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear in his right knee and has also hurt his right wrist, ankle, toe and has suffered abrasion injuries on his back,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India said in an official media release.

Rishabh Pant was already carrying the niggle, The accident may have aggravated it – BCCI source

According to a report published in TOI, the Board of Control for Cricket in India medical team had a meeting with the doctors treating Pant in Dehradun’s Max Hospital, and the decision was made that the ligament treatment will only be done by the BCCI Medical Team. The Indian cricket board will assessing the grade of the injury, before deciding the course of treatment.

A BCCI source also told that Pant was set to miss the white-ball series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand in order to travel to NCA for strengthening his knee. The source added that the wicketkeeper-batter was already carrying a niggle and the accident would have aggravated it.

“It has been conveyed to Pant’s family members and doctors in Dehradun that his ligament treatment will be overseen by BCCI. Pant will be discharged from Dehradun hospital after staying observation. After that, he will be assessed by BCCI’s doctors in Mumbai and further treatment will be decided. It could happen abroad as well,” a BCCI source told TOI on Friday evening.

“The team management had already decided that he would not have played any of the T20Is or ODIs against the touring Sri Lanka and New Zealand teams over the next month. He was supposed to reach National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru on Jan 6 for strengthening his knee. He was told that he was needed fit for the Australia series and then the subsequent ODI series before the IPL. He was already carrying the niggle. The accident may have aggravated it,” the source added.

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