Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant batting in a game in Bangalore. (FILE/Screengrab) In a heartwarming video released on social media by Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals, wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant was seen batting in a club game in Bengaluru.
Pant, who has been recuperating at the NCA after he met with a horrific accident in December last year, visited a sporting facility near Bengaluru to take part in the Independence Day celebrations organised by the JSW Foundation which co-owns Delhi Capitals.
During the function, Pant exhorted people to keep enjoying sports. “Once you keep growing older, you stop loving the game. One of the reasons is that there is a lot of pressure; you want to excel in life and do this and that.
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“But enjoyment nahi miss karna hein life mein, (Don’t miss enjoyment in life),” Pant said in a video shared by Sangita Jindal, chairperson of JSW Foundation.
In December, Pant had the accident after his car collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway.
The player jumped off his Mercedes in the nick of time as the car went up in flames after hitting the divider.
Pant went through surgery in Mumbai under the care of Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala in February this year, who treated Pant’s three ligaments in the right knee
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