Rishabh Pant to be airlifted to Mumbai for further treatment

By Charlie On Jan 4, 2023

Rishabh Pant is being airlifted from Dehradun to Mumbai because one of the two ligament tears in his knee needs immediate intervention.

In Mumbai, Pant will be under the care of Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who has previously worked with Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and also with Olympics athletes. Pardiwala is the director of arthroscopy, sports orthopaedics and centre for sports medicine at Kokilaben Hospital in Andheri, a western suburb of the city.

The BCCI, while appreciative of the immediate treatment given to Pant by the two hospitals in Uttarakhand, prefers to have his injuries treated by the board’s own empanelled medical team. While Pant’s medical insurance covers his treatment, the cost of the air ambulance is being borne by the board.

Pant hasn’t had MRI scans for his leg injuries yet, but after two-three rounds of meetings between the BCCI’s empanelled doctors and the doctors at Max hospital in Dehradun, the assessment is that one of the tears needs urgent treatment, which is likely to be a surgery.

After immediate emergency care at Saksham Hospital in Roorkee, Pant was moved to Max Hospital in Dehradun, where he had plastic surgery to treat laceration wounds, facial injuries and abrasions. MRI scans done on his brain and spine that evening returned normal results, but scans of the knee and foot were postponed because of pain and swelling.

It is too early to put a timeframe on Pant’s return to athletic activity and then top-flight cricket. He hasn’t started walking yet. India’s three big assignments in 2023 are the four Tests against Australia at home in February-March, a possible World Test Championship final in England in June, and the ODI World Cup in India in October-November. Pant’s chances of playing the Test series against Australia appear to be slim, though it can’t be ruled out. The other big event is the IPL, in April-May, where Pant captains Delhi Capitals.

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