Rishabh Pant feared amputation of his right leg after the star cricketer was involved in a horrific car crash.
The Indian wicketkeeper-batter was driving from Delhi to Roorkee to meet his family after India toured Bangladesh back in 2022. The Indian southpaw was instrumental in India’s win over Bangladesh in the 2nd Test at the time.
Not sure he’ll be able to keep wicket’
During an interaction after his felicitation at the Bombay Gymkhana, former India cricketer Farokh Engineer urged Bharat to make minor changes as wicketkeeper. The former India wicketkeeper hailed Pant as a match-winner for Rohit Sharma’s men. However, the ex-wicketkeeper was also not sure about Pant returning to the Indian side as a wicketkeeper.
“(I was) so sad to hear about Rishabh’s accident. I hope that he’s recovered now. I’m not sure (that) he’ll be able to ‘keep wicket, because once you lose your sharpness, the sixth sense… but his batting is so good, he can be a match-winner for India with the bat. He has so much confidence as a batsman. Like me, he thinks that spinners shouldn’t exist,” Engineer was quoted as saying by newsagency PTI.