Former England captain Nasser Hussain is hopeful that Indian keeper-batter Rishabh Pant will likely be making a robust comeback in 2024, after his restoration from a automobile accident he was concerned in final 12 months. Hussain described Pant as a “field workplace” cricketer and expressed his hope that he will be the identical participant he was earlier than his damage.
Pant (26) had a fortunate escape after he was severely injured in a automobile accident that came about on the morning of December 30, 2022. The stumper’s automobile collided with a divider on the Delhi-Dehradun freeway.
The keeper-batter has made spectacular progress through the rehabilitation interval. In keeping with stories, he may return to cricket forward of the 2024 T20 World Cup in USA and the West Indies.
Sharing his ideas on Pant’s horrific accident and his restoration, Hussain was quoted as saying by the ICC
“That was such a critical accident. The entire world held its breath and it has been a gradual restoration. You observe on social media, on my telephone and the preliminary first strolling steps to then scenes within the fitness center after which scenes of him taking part in a little bit of cricket, scenes of him with Ricky (Ponting). I travelled with Ricky in the summertime within the Ashes, and Ricky was texting him ‘how’s the progress coming alongside’, and he’s a field workplace cricketer.”
In Pant’s absence, David Warner captained Delhi Capitals (DC) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 version. The previous attended the mini-auction in Dubai earlier this month, however there are conflicting stories about his availability for IPL 2024.
“They’re fortunate to have each of them” – Hussain on Rahul filling in for Pant
With Pant out of motion, India backed KL Rahul as their keeper-batter for the ODI World Cup and the latter delivered the products, smashing 452 runs within the event at a median of 75.33. In keeping with Hussain, India are fortunate to have each Pant and Rahul.
“India have carried out nicely with out him (Pant) as KL has are available and been good in all codecs. They’re going to proceed to be good. They’re fortunate to have each of them, however Rishabh Pant, earlier than his damage, was field workplace, and hopefully after his damage, will likely be field workplace as nicely,” the previous England captain commented.
Pant has thus far performed 33 Assessments, 30 ODIs and 66 T20Is, scoring 2271, 865 and 987 runs respectively.
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