Rishabh Pant starts batting in local match after car accident – watch

In a good news to the fans, after around eight months of staying away from the cricket since the horrific car accident, Team India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has started batting again.

Pant hit the ground to bat in Bengaluru for the first time in more than eight months on India’s Independence Day on Tuesday. A clip of the video has gone viral over various social media platforms. In the video clip, Pant can be seen batting comfortably in a local match in Bengaluru.

The video has garnered more than 16k likes on Twitter. Several fans have showered amusing comments in the comment box.

Rishabh Pant's batting practice, recovery has been excellent.

- Great news for Indian cricket. pic.twitter.com/KThpdkagDz

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 16, 2023

Reacting to the video, a fan wrote, “This just made my day. I hope we’ll see him bat for India very soon. Rishabh Pant is a true fighter!”

“Rishabh gonna achieve unparallel success in future. Now he has also got sympathy angle due to a horrible incident he faced. People are really loving him. I see him as next India's 3 format Captain,” another fan tweeted.

“Great to see him progressing on his health. From not being able to walk a few months back to now hitting the ball like before, superb,” a third user commented.

Notably, Pant has been ruled out of professional cricket since that accident and has undergone multiple surgeries to repair the damages suffered in the accident.