“Ye Bhai Gaya…”: Axar Patel Reveals New Details On Rishabh Pant’s ‘Fateful’ Accident

Saturday marked one 12 months of the horrific automobile crash suffered by India’s star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant. The mishap happened as Pant’s automobile hit a divider within the Delhi-Roorkee freeway. The southpaw acquired severe accidents however was fortunate to one way or the other escape from his burning automobile, due to the well timed assist given by a passerby. Pant’s India and Delhi Capitals (DC) teammate Axar Patel has now revealed new particulars of the “fateful” accident that has nonetheless stored the wicketkeeper-batter away from aggressive cricket.

“Subah 7 ya 8 baje mere phone pe ring baji. Pratima di ka phone aya. Pratima di ne mujhe pucha ki ‘teri Rishabh se kab baat hui thi last?’ Mene bola ‘nahi, kal karne wala tha lekin kal nahi ki mene’. ‘Are uski mummy ka number ho toh mereko send kar, uska accident ho gaya hai’. Matlab pehla thought mereko aaya ki ye bhai gaya (Early morning I got a call from sister Pratima. She asked me when did I talk to Rishabh Pant last? I told her that I was about to talk to him last day but I did not. Pratima said that she needed Pant’s mother’s contact number as the player has met an accident. At the first time, I though he is gone),” stated Axar in a video uploaded by DC displaying the timeline of Pant’s accident and restoration.

365 Days since that fateful evening.

Every day since then has been nothing however filled with gratitude, perception, self-care, hardwork and a never-give-up strategy in direction of making a roaring comeback within the sport that runs thick by means of his veins

Here’s to seeing the unorthodox,… pic.twitter.com/y5TD35RCrS

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) December 30, 2023

Pant is restoration properly in a bid to make a return in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. He was with the DC franchise within the public sale desk on December 19 this 12 months in Dubai.

As Pant continues to work on his restoration, he just lately opened up on the automobile crash, admitting that he’s fortunate to be alive.

“The kind of accident I had I am lucky to be alive. The first part of recovery was so challenging with lots of pain but now recovery is going well,” Pant stated in a video posted by the IPL on X.

“More from a physical point of view because in the starting there was a lot of pain to be endured. But just looking forward to the journey till now. I think it’s been going really well from a recovery point of view.

“I felt like I could not face folks and all, and I felt like I needed to do one thing which supplies me confidence and I wished to assist my group on the identical time as a result of I’ve been taking part in for them. I really like my group all the best way, so I wished to indicate my assist even within the worst occasions. So that was the concept and I feel it is a part of the restoration course of.”