Pant health update: Brain and spinal cord MRI scan result normal | Cricket

The results of MRI scans carried out on Rishabh Pant’s brain and spinal cord have come back as “normal” following the 25-year-old’s horrific car accident in the early hours of Friday. After being taken to the Civil Hospital in Roorkee, Pant has been admitted to a hospital in Dehradun.

A medical bulletin issued by Max Hospital stated that Pant is “stable, conscious and oriented” and that doctors have prescribed him “splints above the knee … for ligament injury of the right knee, and for ligament injury of the right ankle”. suspicious”. According to ESPNcricinfo, MRI scans of his ankle and knee have been postponed until tomorrow due to pain and swelling.

The bulletin further notes that “prima facie, he had several bruises on the forearm and leg of his right hand, and wounds on the forehead and near the eyebrows, and several bruises on the back”.

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Pant’s car crashed into the divider on the Delhi-Dehradun highway on Friday and caught fire. The wicketkeeper-batsman was on his way to Dehradun to meet his family. “The incident took place between 5:30 and 6 am. Rishabh Pant’s car met with an accident in which he suffered some injuries. He was rushed to Saksham Hospital where a team of doctors took care of him. He was then admitted to Max Hospital in Dehradun. Referred to U.S. for better treatment,” read a police statement.

Pant was rescued by a local bus driver, who ensured that the Indian cricketer escaped unhurt from the car that caught fire. The driver said that he was unaware of Pant’s identity until the cricketer told him about it.

Pant has so far scored 2,271 runs in 33 Tests at an average of 43.67. He jointly holds the record for most Test centuries with former India captain MS Dhoni, who has scored five in his career. He has also represented the country in 30 ODIs and 66 T20Is, scoring 865 and 987 runs respectively.