Star Rishabh Pant, an Indian cricketer, was involved in a tragic accident on Friday morning (December 30) in Roorkee. Around 5:30 am, the 25-year-old cricketer’s vehicle struck a divider and caught fire. Pant managed to escape by shattering the windscreen, although he was badly hurt. At the Max Hospital in Dehradun, he is currently receiving medical attention. His accident news quickly went viral after it was first reported. On social media, several pictures and videos from the collision have gone viral.
The official update regarding Pant’s ailments was provided in a statement that the BCCI issued on Friday afternoon. The right knee of the left-handed wicketkeeper-batter has a torn ligament. He also has abrasions on his back, right wrist, ankle, and toe injuries, as well as two cuts on his forehead.
The batsman will need at least three to six months to recover from these wounds, according to a story in The Times of India, and will therefore be unable to compete in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
In the Indian Premier League, Pant serves as the team’s captain for the Delhi Capitals. Before the 2021 season began, he received the assignment. DC will need to find a new captain as well as a wicketkeeper-batter if he is unable to get fit, which has a very slim possibility of happening. They have a few players who, if needed, can perform the task.
Here are four options for the Delhi Capitals’ captaincy in Pant’s absence:
David Warner: David Warner, an Australian opening batter, will be the front-runner to succeed Pant as captain of the Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2023. He has prior IPL franchise captaincy leadership experience. In the 2016 IPL, when Sunrisers Hyderabad won the championship, he served as their captain. Despite Cricket Australia’s ban on him serving as captain, it won’t extend to the IPL, so he may take charge once more.
Prithvi Shaw: Another candidate for the position is Prithvi Shaw, the former captain of India’s U-19 World Cup-winning team. Although he has commanded the Mumbai team in domestic cricket, the 23-year-old has never captained the team in the IPL. He was their captain as they won the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy and finished second in the 2021–22 Ranji Trophy.
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Mitchell Marsh: Similar to Prithvi Shaw, Marsh has never led a side in the IPL, but he will get the opportunity to do so in 2023. The 31-year-old all-rounder has experience coaching teams in Australian domestic cricket as well as managing the Australia U-19 squad to a championship victory in 2010.
Manish Pandey: Manish Pandey was acquired by the Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.4 crore last week during the IPL 2023 mini-auction. Due to his significant domestic cricket experience as the captain of Karnataka and his several championship victories, he may be a surprise choice to captain DC in the IPL 2023. He could be given the duty if necessary because he is the only member of the Delhi Capitals team to have participated in all 15 IPL seasons.
