There are so many things Rishabh Pant knows he has to be thankful for. Sixteen months ago, the fact that his career might be over seemed a minor issue at the time. He had survived a ghastly car accident, and as he said later, he thought his “time in this world was over.”
He didn’t have a fracture, but he had torn all the ligaments in his knee which finished at a right angle to his hip while he landed face down. Each one had to be replaced. The what-might-have-beens are too frightening to speculate about. His recovery was steady (and must have been painful too), and he kept everybody’s spirits up as he learnt to walk again, sending out social media messages of hope and cheer.
“I didn’t think I would ever enjoy brushing my teeth,” he said in an interview.
