India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant on Friday sustained injuries after his car collided with the divider and caught fire while he was travelling from Delhi to Uttarakhand. He was driving his Mercedes car, which met with an accident near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. Pant has sustained injuries to his head, knee and shin as a result of the accident. There could be a fracture in his leg and he is currently being moved to the Max Hospital in Dehradun. After Pant got injured in the road accident, people from all walks of life took to Twitter and wished the cricketer a speedy recovery.
Here's how Twitter reacted:
"Sending all my love and well wishes @RishabhPant17. Praying for a speedy and successful recovery," India batter KL Rahul tweeted.
"Praying for Rishabh and wishing for his speedy recovery. Get well soon brother," India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja posted a tweet.
"Wishing a very speedy & full recovery to Rishabh! Take care @RishabhPant17," former India batter Gautam Gambhir posted a tweet.
"Really hope Rishabh Pant is ok. The car looks absolutely quashed. Horrific to see even," Indian cricketer Abhinav Mukund tweeted.
"Praying for Rishabh Pants speedy recovery. Relieved to hear that he is safe and stable," former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin tweeted.
"Wishing dear @RishabhPant17 a super speedy recovery. Bahut hi Jald swasth ho jaao," former India opening batter Virender Sehwag tweeted.
Praying for Rishabh Pant. Thankfully he is out of danger. Wishing @RishabhPant17 a very speedy recovery. Get well soon Champ," former India batter VVS Laxman wrote on Twitter.
"Thinking about Rishabh Pant this morning and desperately hoping he is fine and recovers soon," veteran cricket analyst and commentator Harsha Bhogle tweeted.
"Get well soon #RishabhPant," former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad tweeted
"Rishabh Pant met with an accident between Manglaur and Narsan in Haridwar district. He has now been shifted to a hospital in Dehradun after receiving primary treatment in a hospital in Roorkee," Pant's IPL franchise Delhi Capitals posted on Twitter.
Former India women's cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami tweeted, "Wishing a speedy recovery to @RishabPant17. Our prayers and wishes are always with you. Get well soon."
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Pant was part of the Indian team that had won the Test series against Bangladesh 2-0 earlier this month. He had impressed with knocks of 46 and 93 in the first and second Test, repectively.
He was recently dropped from the T20I team announced for the series against Sri Lanka and was supposed to join National Cricket Academy for strength and conditioning programme ahead of February's Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.